The displacement crisis is worsening in Tripoli because of the attack by Hafar forces

Mahmoud Mohamed - Tripoli

Salah al-Din Bilal aspires to return to his home in the Salah al-Din area south of Tripoli, which he left four months ago because of an attack by the forces of retired Major General Khalifa Haftar, where it is more difficult to manage the requirements of the displaced with the mystery of the fate of the Libyan capital.

The war, led by Haftar, displaced more than 130,000 people, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) latest mid-month, according to the Ministry of Displacement Affairs of the Al-Wefaq government. More than 1,048 people, including 106 civilians, were killed and 5,558 injured.

Bilal tells of the day of his exile when he went out with his family in search of a home to take with his children, he also went to the municipality of Ain Zara, also close to the clashes, and stayed at the university.

"We were comfortable in our homes until the war came, and now it's been four months since we got out.

Bilal appealed to the government to support the displaced people in the headquarters of the largest gathering of displaced people in Tripoli, adding that "the support we received from the government during the month of Ramadan, where each family gave a thousand dinars, and then cut financial support only from the good people."

On the food and medicine, Bilal said that the municipality of Ain Zara oversees the provision of basic supplies in coordination with civil society institutions and state institutions. He explained that the Ministry of Health in the government of the Wefaq supported the pharmacy and clinic for the displaced persons' premises.

Ali Muftah, a homeless student, said the missiles were falling in their area and his house was built of tin. He decided to leave his family of ten to the Ein Zara area.

He complains of a key illness that needs urgent operation, stressing his financial inability to pay for treatment.

Accumulated difficulties
For his part, the Minister of Displacement and Displaced Affairs in the Government of Al-Wefaq Yusuf said that the bodies and committees charged by the Presidential Council are considering the establishment of housing complexes for the displaced if the war continues on Tripoli.

"Most of the displaced people are currently in schools, institutes and university dormitories. We are studying the evacuation of these centers and allowing students to return to their schools at the beginning of the new school year," he told Al Jazeera Net.

He explained that since the beginning of the crisis, the Al-Wefaq government has allocated 120 million dinars to 64 municipalities in the western region to assist the displaced. He pointed out that the competent authorities are seeking 100 million dinars for the eastern and southern regions.

His Majesty said that the government of Al-Wefaq will bear a large financial burden to repress the damage caused by the destruction of the public and private facilities and citizens' houses and houses, after the end of the war.

Difficult situations
For his part, the supervisor of the university residence in Ain Adel Abdul Salam said that more than three thousand displaced people are living in difficult conditions, adding that they transferred hundreds of students to hotels in order to vacate the place for families.

Abdul Salam pointed out that the university lodging provides a program for the livelihood of displaced families by providing more than a thousand meals a day, and the municipality of Ein Zara provides other families with food baskets in displaced people's homes.

He praised the role of the Al-Wefaq government and the crisis and emergency committee and the good people who are working to provide the shortages and the requirements of medicine and food on a daily basis.