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00:22 >> I think we are very grateful for this partnership.

00:25 And I was just saying that the financing part, the resource,

00:30 is something that without which we couldn't do much.

00:33 So when these people are evacuated from Libya

00:37 where they are going through tremendous trauma,

00:40 they arrive here in Rwanda that have given the space for them

00:44 to find security first, to be able to be assessed

00:50 and see how we can find a durable solution for them.

00:53 I think it's a very great step that we have achieved.

00:56 So, so far we have managed to have about 1,000

01:00 that have transited here and found a durable solution

01:03 in another third country.

01:04 So we are very grateful for that.

01:06 This additional funding actually helps us

01:09 to pursue what we are doing.

01:10 Because we have been working with the European Union

01:15 for the past, since the beginning, actually since 2019.

01:19 And this funding needed to be renewed.

01:22 That's what has happened.

01:23 We've got an additional tranche of 22 million euro

01:27 that can cover our activities for the next four years.

01:30 So I think without this we would not have been able

01:33 to extend what we have been doing so far.

01:36 So that's what we are doing.

01:37 And we're going to reinforce and improve the infrastructures

01:41 that we have and also extend the services to the comers

01:45 that come from Libya.

01:46 But also that can help us also to advocate more

01:50 for finding a durable solution for them in a third country.

01:54 [ Music ]

02:04 >> I mean the needs are immense.

02:07 And I also think that this is a very significant support.

02:11 It really is an expression of our commitment

02:15 to support these initiatives.

02:17 And we will continue assessing the needs

02:19 and seeing how best we can be part of the solution.

02:22 The colleagues were saying, the people who stay

02:26 in here they were detained in Libya.

02:28 They often spend two years, three years, very long periods

02:31 of time in detention centers in Libya.

02:33 They register with UNHCR as refugee.

02:36 And then UNHCR channel their demands and channel them

02:40 through the camp here.

02:42 While they are here, the intention is

02:44 to find a durable solution for them.

02:47 Some of the European Union member states like Finland,

02:50 Sweden, France, Belgium have been hosting them

02:55 and allowing them to be a result to Europe.

02:57 And in the time of the wait, while they are here waiting,

03:01 the camp UNHCR offers them support to develop skills

03:07 on a number of issues that will make them develop future lives

03:12 ahead when they come out from here.

03:14 >> Obama, that it was being, I mean that hundreds and thousands

03:20 of refugees found in Libya and they found themselves trapped

03:25 in a situation they were not expecting.

03:28 I mean you talk to the people, they tell you we left Sudan,

03:30 we were hoping to reach Europe.

03:32 We found ourselves trapped in Libya.

03:34 We found ourselves in pursuit,

03:36 found in detention centers, aggressed by police.

03:39 They spent their two years without freedoms.

03:42 And I think that yes, to be working and supporting some

03:48 of the African solutions to that situation,

03:51 it's something that we are proud of.

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EU announces €22 million support to refugees evacuated from Libya to Rwanda

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