PERAN UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES (UNHCR) DALAM MEMBERIKAN BANTUAN TERHADAP PENGUNGSI LIBYA DI ITALIA TAHUN 2017 – 2019

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to find out how the role of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in providing assistance to the problem of Libyan refugees in Italy from 2017 to 2019. Civilians in Libya suffer due to frequent conflicts, political insecurity and instability, and economic collapse. This impact is very real. Thousands of people live in misery, living in unsafe conditions, with little or no access to medical services such as medicine, food, clean water, education and housing. And also reinforced by the increasing number of military operations so that Libyan civilians feel insecure in their own country.

The Italian government cooperates with UNHCR as the UN humanitarian agency which aims to handle and provide protection efforts for Libyan refugees. With various roles and collaborations with NGOs or other organizations, UNHCR has tried to solve this problem well.

This research uses Pluralism perspective. Pluralism believes that the state is not the only actor in the international world. Therefore, international organizations such as UNHCR participate in dealing with the Libyan refugee problem. The type of research used by the author is qualitative research with analytical descriptive data processing using library data collection techniques, namely utilizing secondary data obtained through literature studies which are abstracted from various literatures such as books, journals, bulletins, newspapers, annual reports of several related agencies. , documents, or other materials.

Keywords: Refugees, International Cooperation, Human Rights Violations, UNHCR.