LIBYA / REFUGEES EVACUATION

United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) carried out a new evacuation of refugees from Libya overnight, flying around 260 people originally from Eritrea, Somalia and Sudan to neighbouring Niger. UNHCR

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:00:57
• Production Date: 13 November 2018
• Asset Language: Arabic
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES - UNHCR
• Subject Topical: REFUGEES
• Geographic Subject: AFRICA
• MAMS Id: 2308593
• Parent Id: 2308593
• Alternate Title: unifeed181113f

Description

STORY: LIBYA / REFUGEES EVACUATION
TRT: 0:57
SOURCE: UNHCR
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT UNHCR ON SCREEN
LANGUAGE: ARABIC /NATS

DATELINE: 12 NOVEMBER 2018, TRIPOLI, LIBYA

Shotlist

1. Med shot, refugees getting off the bus

2. Wide shot, refugees walking into the evacuation point
3. Med shot, Shiva’s family waiting
4. Wide shot, UNHCR staff plays with Shiva
5. Med shot, Shiva
6. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Shiva’s mother, refugee:
“I would like to send her to a good school. Her childhood should not be wasted in prison. I am happy today because she is getting out.”
7. Wide shot, luggage lined up in front of plane
8. Close up, bag with UNHCR sign
9. Wide shot, refugees waiting to board the plane
10. Close up, UNHCR staff playing with a girl

Storyline

UNHCR staff in Libya late Tuesday led a new evacuation of refugees from Libya, where they were being held in various detention centres.

After spending a year in a detention centre in Tripoli, Libya, four-year-old Shiva was evacuated alongside other 261 refugees, in the largest such evacuation so far this year.

SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Shiva’s mother, refugee:
“I would like to send her to a good school. Her childhood should not be wasted in prison. I am happy today because she is getting out.”


Two planes were chartered from Mitiga airport in the capital Tripoli, taking the group on to Niger's capital Niamey, where they will be hosted at UNHCR's Emergency Transit Mechanism until durable solutions in third countries are found for them.

In 2018, 2,082 individuals have been evacuated from Libya including 1,675 to Niger, 312 to Italy and 95 to Romania.