Number of refugees and asylum-seekers in Libya 2021, by country of origin
number of refugees and asylum-seekers in Libya exceeded 45 thousand.
As of June 2021, most refugees and asylum-seekers in Libya came from Sudan, amounting to over 15.7 thousand. Syria was the second most common country of origin, counting around 14.5 thousand individuals hosted in Libya. Eritrea, Palestine, and Somalia followed. In 2020, the