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Bangladesh’s ‘Digital Island’ Bridges Services Gap

The Government of Bangladesh, Korea Telecom (KT) and IOM, the UN Migration Agency, yesterday inaugurated a USD 2.2 million ‘digital island project’, which aims to provide better access to health, education and e-commerce services to the 321,218 people who live on the remote island of Moheshkhali. Read more 

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

Missing Migrants Project | Migration Flows - Europe

Finding Shelter Together

Since 2013, the people of South Sudan have been suffering through bitter conflict. With no part of the country untouched by the crisis - either through conflict or food insecurity- millions have been forced to flee their homes in search of safety within the country and beyond its borders. Over 350,000 South Sudanese refugees have made the harsh journey, often on foot, to the Gambella Region of Ethiopia. Read more

UN Migration Agency, Partners Redouble Efforts to ‘End Malaria for Good’

Today (25 April), IOM, the UN Migration Agency joins the World Health Organization (WHO), the Roll Back Malaria Partnership and other partners to End Malaria for Good, and bring attention to how the burden of malaria continues to be greatest in the least developed parts of the world and among those with low socioeconomic status. Read more  |  Treating malaria for displaced families in South Sudan  |  IOM Supports Paraguay’s Push for ‘Malaria-Free Country’ Certification  |  Visit: Human Mobility and Malaria webpage   

IOM’s International Dialogue on Migration Sets Stage for Global Compact on Migration Consultations

IOM’s first International Dialogue on Migration (IDM) at the United Nations (UN) Headquarters in New York, since joining the UN last year, took place on 18 and 19 April.  Read more

A World on the Move

IOM rose from the ashes of World War Two 65 years ago. In the battle-scarred continent of Europe, no government alone could help survivors who wanted no more than an opportunity to resume their lives in freedom and with dignity. The first incarnation of IOM was created to resettle refugees during this post-war period.

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Children at a Moheshkhali school are introduced to e-learning. Photo: UN Migration Agency (IOM)/Peppi Siddiq
Bangladesh’s ‘Digital Island’ Bridges Services Gap

Bangladesh - The Government of Bangladesh, Korea Telecom (KT) and IOM inaugurated a digital island project to help people living on the remote island of Moheshkhali.

Sub-Saharan African migrants about to leave Libya with IOM assistance. File Photo: IOM
IOM Displacement Tracking Matrix: 381,463 Migrants in Libya

Libya - IOM, the UN Migration Agency has found that the trip to Libya is reportedly costing more for a larger proportion of migrants from Sudan and Nigeria.

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Mediterranean Migrant Arrivals: 43,357 in 2017; Deaths: 1,089

Switzerland -  IOM, the UN Migration Agency reports that 43,357 migrants and refugees entered Europe by sea in 2017 through 26 April.

Situation Reports

Iraq | Mosul Response Update No. 21 | 06 - 19 April 2017
Afghanistan | Return of Undocumented Afghans | Weekly Situation Report | 16-22 April 2017
Ukraine | IOM's Assistance to Conflict-Affected People in Ukraine | March 2017

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Nigerians stuck in Libya return home with a song
More than 150 Nigerians, some of them in tears, broke out in song as they flew back home, after months stuck in Libya waiting to try to get to Europe.

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Protecting Children in Yemen

Chissey Mueller, Migrant Assistance and Protection Officer with IOM, the UN Migration Agency in Yemen, talks to us about child protection in Yemen in a Q&A.

 

Preventing and Mitigating Gender-Based Violence

Gender-Based Violence (GBV) is prevalent in all the complex emergencies and natural disasters where IOM works. It is one of the most widespread but least-recognized human rights abuses in the world, affecting individuals and communities everywhere.

 

Placing People at the Centre of Our Response

Day after day, I continue to be struck by the dignity and positivity of people, and their ability to cope, in what is often the direst of circumstances – most recently in Libya, Yemen, Iraq and Nigeria.

 
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