IOM works hand in hand with the National Authorities and the United Nations Country Team (UNCT) in addressing the consequences of the Libyan Crisis in Chad.

On November 9th 2011, the Chadian Minister of Social Action, Mme. Fatime Issa Ramadan and the United Nations Resident/Humanitarian Coordinator for Chad, Mr. Thomas Gurtner joined IOM Chief of Mission Dr. Qasim Sufi on an official visit to Faya, in Northern Chad.

The main objective of the visit was to witness the living conditions of Chadian and Third Country Nationals who have returned to Chad from Libya with IOM's assistance. The delegation also looked at the social and economic impact of those returns on local communities in the area.

The delegation met with the Governor of the Borkou region, Mr. Abdoulaye Abakar and Chadian Returnees in the IOM Transit Centre in Faya.

According to the Governor, the number of Chadians who have returned in Faya since the start of the Libyan crisis numbers 7,800 persons.

All parties expressed their gratitude to IOM team for humanitarian services provided to the Chadian nationals and other migrant workers stranded in Libya under very challenging circumstance.

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For further information, please contact:

Jean-Philippe Chauzy, Spokesperson, Office of the Director General, Head, Media and Communications Division, International Organization for Migration, Tel: +41 22 717 93 61, Tel: +41 79 285 43 66, E-mail: jpchauzy@iom.int