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1 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION Briefing on the IOM Emergency Response to the Libya Crisis in Chad to the United Nations (UN) & African Union (AU) Interagency Assessment Mission on the Impact of the Libya Crisis to the Sahel Region, N’Djamena, 15 December 2011. Briefing on the IOM Emergency Response to the Libya Crisis in Chad to the United Nations (UN) & African Union (AU) Interagency Assessment Mission on the Impact of the Libya Crisis to the Sahel Region, N’Djamena, 15 December 2011.

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Briefing on the IOM Emergency Response to the Libya Crisis in Chad to

the United Nations (UN) & African Union (AU) Interagency Assessment Mission on

the Impact of the Libya Crisis to the Sahel Region, 

N’Djamena, 15 December 2011.

Briefing on the IOM Emergency Response to the Libya Crisis in Chad to

the United Nations (UN) & African Union (AU) Interagency Assessment Mission on

the Impact of the Libya Crisis to the Sahel Region, 

N’Djamena, 15 December 2011.

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I.   Background

II.  Emergency Response

III. Impact of the Crisis 

IV.  Challenges & Needs

V.   Recommendations

I.   Background

II.  Emergency Response

III. Impact of the Crisis 

IV.  Challenges & Needs

V.   Recommendations

Outline

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I. Background 

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I. BackgroundGeneral Information.Population: 10.146.000 (75%  are in Rural Areas)Size: 1.284.000 km2 (Population density = 0.1 person/km2)HDI: 0.295 (Worldwide Ranking 183)

Current Dynamics.1) Food Insecurity; 2) Epidemics i.e. Cholera, Polio, Guinea Worm;           3) Refugees, IDP’s & Returnees from Libya and4) Chad is considered as a Fragile State.

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II. Humanitarian Response• Since March 2011, IOM Chad has received almost 90.000 Chadian 

Returnees and other Third Country Nationals (TCNs) from Libya;

• IOM received Chadian Migrants on board of 212 Flights  from Egypt and Tunisia (this figure includes 10 flights from Faya to Abeche and N’Djamena) in Chad;

• IOM evacuated Chadian Returnees and Sub‐Saharan African Migrants from Sabha (South Libya) to Chad on board of 45 trucks (with an average of 106 passengers per truck) and

• IOM organized almost 200 trucks from Transit Centers to Final Destinations in Chad.

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II. Humanitarian Response• To date, IOM set up 5 Transit Centers in Paris‐Congo, Harazai 

(N’Djamena), Abeche, Kalait and Faya and 5 Way Stations in Zouarke, Ounianga, Mao, Nokou and Salal;

• Assistance Provided to Migrants consisted of Temporary Shelter, Profiling and Registration, Protection Services, Food Items (FIs), Non Food Items (NFIs), Water and Sanitation (WASH) Services, Health Services including Psychosocial Care, Pre‐departure Medical Screening and Treatment, Medical Referral, Medical Evacuations, Medical Escorts, Emergency Rescue Trucks, Onward Transportation of Migrants to Final Destinations inside or outside (for TCNs) Chad.

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II. Humanitarian Response

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III. Impact of the Crisis• Loss of remittances with negative socioeconomic impact at family, 

community, national and regional levels;

• Loss of savings, livelihood and housing in Libya;

• Lack of access to judicial processes to claim losses as most of Chadian migrants travelled and were irregular in Libya;

• Lack of job opportunities upon return (See Figure 3);

• Rising social tensions in communities facing food insecurities, cyclic shocks and epidemics;

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III. Impact of the Crisis• Lack of psychosocial support system for traumatized returnees;

• Increased strain on medical and educational infrastructure in areas of high return;

• Remigration to Libya currently not an option (See Figure 2);

• Concerns over stability of security due to returning unemployed young men without economic prospects in communities;

• Lack of housing for migrants who overstayed in Libya and

• Difficulties in reunification of separated families.

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III. Impact of the CrisisFig. 2. Migrants Intentions to Remain in Chad upon Arrival.

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III. Impact of the CrisisFig. 3. Intended Activities to be Pursued by Migrants upon Arrival. 

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III. Impact of the CrisisFig. 4. Education Level of Returnees.

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IV. Needs and Challenges

• Very week or inexistent infrastructure at the Entry Points in Chad (Zouarke and Ounianga) i.e. roads, electricity, water, communication;

• Some of the Entry Points, Operation Areas and Routes are close to mine fields between Chad and Libya,

• Frequent presence of Drug Traffickers along the main route to Chad (Niger desert) and

• No other Humanitarian Actors are present in Northern Chad.

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V. Recommendations• Psychosocial, Economic and Community Stabilization support in 

Areas of High Return to increase the social cohesion between Returnees and Host Communities;

• Support to Educational and Health in Areas of High Return; 

• Support to Government on Border Management and Control;

• Support to Government  on Counter Irregular Migration and 

• Support to Government to improve the Security Sector.

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Thank you!