Committee: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

Country: Libya

Delegate: Cecilia Illa Romaní, ESADE Law School

It is a known factor that the number of refugees and asylum seekers has soared since the creation of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in 1951. We are currently looking at a number of around 65 million people seeking refuge worldwide.

In the case of Libya, the situation is especially grave, considering that it has become the main transit and departure point for se...