IOM Iraq Provides Medical Care to Displaced Families in Hasan Sham Camp
An IOM Iraq mobile medical team based in Erbil travelled to the sprawling Hasan Sham camp for Iraqis displaced by the fighting near Mosul every day this week, visiting a facility that has swelled to over 1,700 families (10,200 individuals) since October 17, when military operations in Mosul began.
Mediterranean Update
Missing Migrants Project is a database sharing key data on deceased and missing migrants along migratory routes worldwide. This infographic focuses on migrant arrivals and fatalities in the Mediterranean region. #MissingMigrants
Lives Interrupted
More than 1.61 million people are internally displaced across South Sudan, including approximately 200,000 sheltering at UN Protection of Civilians (PoC) sites in Juba, Bentiu, Bor, Malakal, Melut and Wau. This story looks at life at two internally displaced person (IDP) sites in South Sudan: Wau and Malakal. Visit story
Beautiful Walls
Afghanistan. Not only is it bedevilled by almost incessant armed violence, it's also subject to flash floods that force people to migrate. IOM is building walls - not to keep people out - but to hold back the water and allow people to stay where they want to be - at home. Visit Story
IOM is launching a Global Migration Film Festival between 5-18 December that will pay tribute to the many films that capture the beauty and challenges of migration. Read more
A World On The Move is a podcast series where migrants and refugees talk about their experience and discuss different topics with experts. In this segment, Gibril Faal, interim director of ADEPT (Africa-Europe Diaspora Development Platform) joins members of the i am a migrant community around the world to discuss diaspora engagement and the cost of remittances, an important factor in the lives of migrants who need to send money back home. Watch here
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Promoting Safe Migration in Agadez, Niger
In the middle of the desert in Agadez, a strategic crossroad for migrants, IOM staff is assisting migrants coming from Liberia, Cameroon, Gambia, Guinea, Senegal, Nigeria and other West African countries.
MIGRATION BLOG
‘Barça ou Barsaq’? How Local Development Can Help Reduce Irregular Migration from Senegal
”If you die, it must be the lion that kills you. That is what they say in Senegal. This is what a returnee migrant explains to me in Diourbel, Senegal, as I try to understand why youth keep on leaving their villages risking their lives to reach Europe.
Deported and Banned from Living with Family: A Young Tajik’s Story
One day I went out to the market on my own and some men asked to see my documents. I didn’t have the right documents, so they took me to an immigration detention center, deported me and banned me from returning to Russia for 5 years.
A Future Vision of Migrant Healthcare
Irish design consultancy, Frontend.com and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM)’s Future Vision of Migrant Healthcare concept has been nominated for a 'Collaborative Design' award and 'Public Choice Award' by Institute Designers Ireland (IDI) in this year’s Irish Design Awards.