Kristalina Georgieva, Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response, spoke on the deteriorated humanitarian situation in Misrata, Libya. She asked to all sides in the conflict to protect civilians and to allow humanitarian aid.

The Libyan city of Misrata has been a point for Libyans and third country nationals (TCNs) fleeing the conflict across Libya, but now it also turned into a target for regime forces. Regarding humanitarian aid, the Misrata port has been delivering relief and repatriating foreigners. Before the conflict moved to Misrata, 30 ships have been able to dock at the port in order to provide humanitarian assistance and to evacuate more than 10,000 third country nationals. For instance, European assistance allowed for the evacuation of around 2100 TCNs to Benghazi. Due to heavy fighting, humanitarian access the rest of Libya is also limited or impossible.

The Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response, Kristalina Georgieva, stated that the shelling of Misrata seaport and the fighting in areas of the town where civilians seek protection must stop as a matter of urgency. The delivery of food, medical supplies and other relief items has been interrupted, and it is close to impossible for Commission's humanitarian partners to evacuate the wounded and civilians by sea. According to the hospitals reports, they are overwhelmed by a growing number of wounded.

The European Union as a whole has contributed €100 million to assist civilians entangled in the Libyan crisis. The funding of the European Commission covers humanitarian assistance to the people fleeing Libya, support to the repatriation of TCNs to their countries of origin, and the prepositioning of emergency stocks to provide relief aid inside Libya.