The European Union Delegation to Libya announced on Tuesday the allocation of 100,000 euros (112,947 U.S. dollars) in emergency assistance for displaced Libyans fleeing armed conflict.
“An intensification of conflict in Libya and shifting frontlines have resulted in a new spike of displacement,” the EU delegation noted in a statement.
The EU funding will support the Libyan Red Crescent Society in delivering “emergency assistance to 2,500 of the most vulnerable people temporarily housed in schools in the eastern cities of Ejdabia, Tobruk, Shahat, Bayda, Bani Walid and Benghazi,” the statement said.
The funding is part of the EU’s contribution to the Disaster Relief Emergency Fund of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the statement explained.