Humanitarian Information Assessment at Choucha Camp on the Tunisia/Libya Border

Author(s)
Al-Abbasi, R. and Hardman, J.
Publication language
English
Pages
10pp
Date published
15 Mar 2011
Type
Research, reports and studies
Keywords
Capacity development, Comms, media & information, Networks, Forced displacement and migration, Refugee Camps
Countries
Libya, Tunisia
Organisations
Internews

Internews assessed the information needs at the Tunisian/Libyan border after tens of thousands of people fled the violence in Libya to Tunisia in 2011. Using the example of Choucha transit camp, this paper assess the information needs of the refugee population and the best ways to reach them, including medium and language, and to connect with the humanitarian community to swiftly identify and design best ways to communicate with affected populations.