Most of the thousands who fled Libya in 2011 returned home, but some 4,000 could not go back for fear of persecution.
They were granted refugee status by the UNHCR. Tunisia did not – and still does not – consider applications for refugee status. According to UNHCR, most resettled refugees from Choucha have already been taken by the United States (1,717) and Norway (485).
The EU has granted little resettlement. Germany took the most refugees at 201, Britain took three, Italy two and France one.
