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Emergency medical aid and social support to victims of the Libyan crisis


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Following the Tunisian and Egyptian revolutions, the Libyan revolt started on 17 February 2011, known as ‘the day of anger’, and ended with the death of Colonel Gaddafi on 20 October 2011. The fighting drove many Libyans to flee, along with many foreign workers who are often stigmatised and have sometimes been subjected to retaliatory violence. MdM decided to provide emergency medical and social aid to the Libyan population and the foreign workers fleeing the Libyan crisis in the Egyptian and Tunisian border areas.

» Ras el-Jdir (Tunisia) and Salloum (Egypt) border areas

» ACTIVITIES

In Egypt, MdM provided free medical consultations at the Salloum border post. MdM’s outreach work among the different communities present at the border made it possible to identify the more severe medical problems. At the same time the programme has also brought psychological and social support. Lastly, MdM supported WFP’s nutritional programme.

In Tunisia, MdM set up in Choucha camp (situated near the Ras el-Jdir border post), in order to bring psychological support to the people fleeing the combat. Intermediaries between the Tunisian authorities and humanitarian workers, MdM facilitated the dissemination of information within the migrant communities, and made sure that the most serious health cases were enrolled on the lists of priority departures.

This programme was carried out in partnership with the Malian Association for Deportees and the Association for Central African deportees in Mali, with whom MdM has already worked in Mali.

» RESULTS

397 people participated in discussion groups in the refugee camp of Choucha over the course of the three-week programme.

» OUTLOOK

MdM closed its programme in June 2011, but continues to monitor the situation of the refugees still in the camps, particularly in Tunisia.

August 2012

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