Planting Seeds for a Safer Future
IOM is planting vetiver grass all over the Rohingya refugee camp to mitigate the risk of landslides.
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Mediterranean Migrant Arrivals Reach 113,145 in 2018; Deaths Reach 2,242
IOM, the International Organization for Migration, reports that 113,145 migrants and refugees entered Europe by sea in 2018 through 19 December. Read more
Bamboo Treatment Plant Races to Repel Beetles Attacking Bangladesh Refugee Camps
Work has begun on one of the largest bamboo treatment plants ever installed in an emergency response, as IOM experts tackle a tiny insect that is devastating structures in the world’s biggest refugee settlement. Read more
International Migrants Day 2018
"Migration is the great issue of our era. Migration With Dignity (#WithDignity) is the theme of 2018’s International Migrants Day, which we observe on Tuesday (18 December)," António Vitorino, Director General International Organization for Migration (IOM) Read more | Watch the Message from the Director General
IOM Global Migration Film Festival
The Global MIgration Film Festival is an annual festival, launched in 2016, that is part of the UN Together campaign to promote diversity worldwide. Read more
Emergency Plan for Refugees and Migrants from Venezuela Launched
Faced with the largest population outflow in Latin America of recent years, 95 organizations covering 16 countries have been working together to establish a comprehensive response to the urgent needs of millions of refugees and migrants from Venezuela, and host communities. Read more
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i am a migrant
i am a migrant is a campaign and platform. We create a place for the personal stories of migrants. We want to challenge the anti-migrant...
"Home is dynamic; it is where your family is, where you have good memories and where you make your nest."
"I had accepted my place as an outsider in America, but realizing that I was an outsider in Japan as well was heartbreaking."
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Holding On
It is time to listen to the stories of internally displaced persons. Learn more about this campaign at holding-on.iom.int
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When Deputy Principal Rose was in school, there was about a week of each month, which she dreaded.
Rim is an eight-year-old patient from Lebanon. She was admitted to Al Sahel Hospital, Beirut in early 2018. By then she was in critical condition.
At the Valletta Summit on Migration in November 2015, European and African Heads of State and Government recognised the need to address the challenges and opportunities of migration in Africa.