HUMANITARIAN NEEDS OVERVIEW LIBYA

The reopening of the coastal road on 30 July After nearly a decade of hostilities and civil war, a was a critical development in the implementation of the Ceasefire Agreement between the Government of Ceasefire Agreement, directly benefitting the population National Accord (GNA) and the Libyan National Army of due to the freer movement of commerce, greater the General Command of the Armed Forces w. [...] Economic and social-economic situation The conflict, the impact of the blockade of the oil With the national budget yet to be approved, the lack sector for much of 2020 and the COVID-19 pandemic of sufficient funding impacted health facilities’ ability have further debilitated the already weak economic to remain fully operational, barely coping to respond situation in the country. [...] IOM/LIBYA 13 HUMANITARIAN NEEDS OVERVIEW 2022 1.2 Shocks and impact of the crisis Impact on people According to the 2021 MSNA, an overall improvement in The signing of the Ceasefire Agreement and the shelter needs was noted for Libyans and migrants and subsequent formation of the GNU laid the foundation refugees. [...] humanitarian assistance represents an overall reduction by 36 per cent from 2021 and highlights the decrease in Derna was identified with the highest percentage of needs brought about by the end of hostilities and the people at the extreme end of the severity scale, with general improvements in access and mobility across 21 per cent of the population categorized as level the country. [...] Mantikas in the southern Physical and mental wellbeing region, along with Benghazi and Sirte in the north, have The frail status of basic infrastructure, impact of the the highest number of households reporting challenges COVID-19 pandemic and the precarious political and in meeting their basic needs41.