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Libyan Arab Jamahiriya • Crisis o Last updated: 24 April 2011
Humanitarian Overview - Misrata o o Snapshot: Immediate Needs: goods docked at Misrata seaport. The 16 April: Médecins Sans Frontières ship evacuated 971 migrants, mainly (MSF), evacuated 99 wounded people by • At least 4,700 third-country nationals The evacuation of thousands of TCNs and Ghanaian nationals, women and children. boat from Misrata to Tunisia. (TCNs) and Libyans are waiting to leave Libyans who wish to leave Misrata is one Also, 100 Libyans, 23 of whom were war Misrata (International Organization for 14 April: An IOM-chartered ship of the top priorities for the humanitarian casualties, including a child shot in the Migration, update 24 April 2011). delivered 450 tons of humanitarian aid community. There are critical shortages face and an amputee, were among the (including medicine, food and blankets) • 300 people killed and 1,000 injured in of water and food. The population in rescued. to Misrata. The ship also evacuated nearly Misrata according to hospital records (18 Misrata relies on well water since the April). piped water supply has been cut off in the city. Hospitals are struggling to cope Map of City of Misrata • At least 12 evacuation operations with the influx of civilian casualties. organized by the humanitarian Essential drugs and medical supplies in Tripoli community have transported over 8,500 all health facilities are running low. Al Marqab people mainly TCNs, and some war Mediterranean Sea wounded, from Misrata. Humanitarian response to Misratah • On 17 April, an agreement was signed date: Misrata Al Jabal between the UN and the Government of Relief efforts are intensifying since al Gharbi Surt Libya, to facilitate humanitarian access the beginning of April. Humanitarian City Center o Al Mahjoub into Libya and establish an international organizations continue to organize v® v® UN presence in Tripoli.
ships to deliver humanitarian goods into ñ®v®÷® ö ¥ Misrata, and to evacuate TCNs and the E v®
war wounded. ³ Ãv® Port of Misrata Overview: To Zlitan, (Qasr Ahmad) 24 April: An IOM boat is expected Al-Khums v® |n The situation in Misrata grows more to leave Misrata with TCNs to a safer and Tripoli Central serious each day. Water and electricity Al Ghiran Hospital location. The same boat delivered Map Legend have been cut for over 50 days and more than 400 tons of food and medical ö Al 'Aali Mosque medical facilities are overwhelmed by supplies to the city on 22 April. the number of patients. Indiscriminate v® Hospital/Clinic shelling in civilian areas continues. 19 April: The Qatari Red Crescent à People's Hall The exact number of casualties is evacuated 1,200 people from Misrata ® Court Complex o Misrata ÷
unconfirmed, though UNICEF has to Tubruq. They have evacuated 4,000 E Airport ® Museum people from Misrata to date. ñ verified that children as young as 9 To Bani Walid Post Office ³ months have been killed in Misrata, with To Surt, Ras Lanuf 18 April: An International Committee of and Benghazi Primary Road at least 21 child deaths. the Red Crescent (ICRC)-chartered ship 0 1 2 4 Km Secondary Road evacuated over 600 TCNs from Misrata. E Other Road 18 April: An IOM-chartered boat Cartography: OCHA Libya carrying 500 tons of humanitarian o
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o Humanitarian Overview - Misrata
1,200 TNCs to Benghazi. The majority of Water Supply by governorate (%) the evacuees were Bangladeshis and Facts and Figures: 10 Egyptians. MarzaqMarzaq 6 • Misrata commands an important 84 10 April: An International Medical geographic location and economic 11.8 Sabha Sabha 0.2 Corps (IMC) ship delivered surgical kits, status as a commercial hub for 97 7 emergency health kits and medical the exchange of commodities and DarnahDarnah 5 88 Others (rainfall, supplies to hospitals. materials between cities inside Libya. tankered water) 19 ZawiyahZawiyah 32 Wells 9 April: An ICRC ship delivered • The main contributor to the 49 Others (rainfall, tankered water) Connected to emergency medical supplies for 300 economy in Misrata is a steel mill. 21 Wells Surt Surt 1 Public Network people. Other industries include production 78 Connected to Public Network
of carpets, textiles, baskets, pottery 6 7 April: A World Food Programme BenghaziBenghazi 2 and hardware. 92 (WFP)-chartered vessel carrying 800 72 • The city hosts foreign oil and Tripoli Tripoli 13 tons of humanitarian aid docked in 15 Misrata. The ship contained medical gas companies and has advanced 29 MisrataMisratah 18 supplies covering urgent medical needs infrastructure. 53 for 50,000 people for a month provided • Estimated population in the city 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 by the World Health Organization (WHO) of Misrata: 330,540 (2006 national and UNICEF; and more than 600 tons household survey for Libya). Source: 2006 national household survey for Libya of food, which is enough to feed more than 40,000 people for a month. This is • Prior to the conflict, an estimated the largest relief supply in Libya that the 33,000 non-Libyan nationals were United Nations has provided since the living in Misrata. beginning of the crisis. • Over 50 per cent of households in 6 April: The French Red Cross, together Misrata are connected with water with the Maltese Red Cross, delivered and sewage networks. 102 tons of food, medicine and hygiene • There are six hospitals, a university, kits. a seaport and an airport in Misrata. 5 April: A Turkish ferry docked at the • Anti-government rebels now claim Misrata port carrying medical supplies, they are in control of Misrata, having three ambulances and fifteen health taken over several key buildings, professionals. On the return journey to including an insurance office used Turkey, the boat carried around 200 of by Government forces snipers, on the wounded Libyans. 22 April. However, media reports 3 April: MSF evacuated 71 wounded indicate that the city has not been people by boat from Misrata to Tunisia. liberated at this stage.
More information on the humanitarian response to the crisis in Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, including OCHA situation reports, please visit http://libya.humanitarianresponse.info/