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Sudan
IOM helps 1,400 South Sudanese returnees leave Khartoum by train on 1 March. The 10-day journey will bring the returnees to Aweil and Wau in the Republic of South Sudan and is the first train to leave Khartoum since the Governments of Sudan and South Sudan signed a memorandum of understanding in early February outlining a voluntary, safe and dignified return process.
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Chad
An IOM-supported convoy of 15 lorries carrying 1,222 African migrants from Sabha, southern Libya has recently reached Chad safely. IOM provided them with the first humanitarian assistance including medical care and organized the return to their homes in Chad and elsewhere in Africa.
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Horn of Africa
Bossaso - one of the largest ports in Somalia's State of Puntland - is also home to thousands of Ethiopian migrants seeking prosperity in the Middle-East. Even crossing the perilous Gulf of Aden in crammed, wooden boats and a $100 fee to be smuggled is not a deterrent.
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Somalia
Migrants and internally displaced persons (IDP) are among the poorest and most vulnerable in Bossaso, Somalia. Fleeing conflict, thousands of Somalis are displaced in IDP camps with limited access to water, food and health care.
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Libya
IOM Chad has conducted assessment mission to southern Libya late June 2011. This has resulted into air evacuation of nearly two thousand migrants that were stranded in Gatroun and Sabha. Food distribution and Medical care were also provided during the mission. To meet the needs of the stranded migrants, IOM has set up a Transit Centre in Sabha. Due to the recent deterioration of the security situation on the ground, over 3000 migrants from different countries have sought refuge in the Transit Centre. IOM is in the process of organizing their evacuation by road through Chad.
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Horn of Africa
Thousands of Kenyans, Somalis and Ethiopians are forced to take long arduous journeys in search of survival, as the Horn of Africa experiences the worst drought in 60 years.
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Libya
It is estimated that 6,000 to 10,000 Third Country Nationals (TCN) have been stuck in Misrata as fighting between Ghaddafi forces and revolutionaries raged on.
© IOM 2011 (Photo: Nicole Tung)
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Libya
IOM continues rescue operations for migrants stranded in the Libyan city of Misrata. More and more civilians are trying to get out of the city as fighting intensifies.
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Tunisia-Libya Border
IOM Director General William Lacy Swing visits migrants at the Tunisia-Libya border and to witness first hand IOM operations on the ground.
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Egypt
IOM-chartered Habib arrives in Alexandria from Sfax with 1,450 Egyptian migrant workers on 4 March.
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Egypt
Bangladeshi migrant workers who fled the conflict in Libya are assisted by IOM. The Organization on March 8 helped some 2,180 Bangladeshi migrant workers return home.
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Egypt and Tunisia
Migrants from Libya receive assistance from IOM. The Organization is urgently appealing for an initial US$11 million to help evacuate and repatriate migrants caught by the violence in Libya. Also, IOM together with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) call on governments to immediately supply massive financial and logistical assets to the humanitarian evacuation programme, including planes, boats and expert personnel.
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South Africa: Spaces, Places and Faces...the Unseen Side of Human Trafficking |
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South Africa
Human trafficking has been succinctly described as modern day slavery. Men, women and children are recruited through the use of false promises or abduction and are transported from their homes for the sole purpose of exploitation. It is a hidden criminal activity, thus, under-reported.
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Sierra Leone
The Sierra Leone Reparations Programme (SLRP) is implemented by the National Commission for Social Action (NaCSA), with funding from the UN Peace Building Fund (UN PBF) and technical assistance from the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
Photography: Nick Danziger.
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Scaling Up IOM's Cholera Response in Zimbabwe |
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Zimbabwe
In immediate response to the cholera outbreak, and working with UN agencies and local health authorities, IOM has set up Cholera Treatment Centres, fielded nurses, and provided treatment centres and local clinics with drugs, medical supplies, and non-food items like protective clothing and cleaning materials.
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Tanzania
Mixed emotions of joy, sadness, and fear pass over the faces of 43 Burundian refugees as they board an IOM charter flight from Kibondo for Nairobi, Kenya, before embarking on the last leg of their journey for resettlement and a new life in the United States.
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Zimbabwe
An exhibition featuring the top 30 pieces selected from a national competition designed to promote peer-to-peer messages on safe migration.
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Senegal
An exhibition of artworks on migration.
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Senegal
An exhibition of artworks by local artists and young Senagalese migrants who failed in their attempt to reach Europe.
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Syria
In the wake of the conflict, some 180,000 Lebanese have fled to Syria. Weeks later, when the ceasefire was announced, about 110,000 of them have returned home, although many remain in Syria because they lack the resources to make their way back.
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Lebanon
IOM evacuates stranded migrants from countries unable to help their nationals during the Lebanon conflict of 2006.
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Kenya
In June 2002, IOM began assisting Somali Bantu refugees scheduled for resettlement in the United States. These refugees attend classes and language training, and receive other basic skills to help them in their transition to a new life.
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