Three-year-old Issa’s family arrived In the Faya transit camp on June 3, 2011 after a perilous four-week journey from Libya. Throughout the ordeal, the little boy clutched his cherished cuddly toy. After arriving in Faya, Issa was treated by IRC staff at the hospital and vaccinated against measles.

When civil war erupted in Libya last February, the IRC stepped in as waves of refugees and foreign nationals fled to Tunisia.

Libyan women and children attend an anti-Gaddafi demonstration at Martyr's Square in Tripoli September 2, 2011