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South Sudan
Five days into the IOM airlift of stranded South Sudanese from Khartoum to Juba, the Organization plans to increase the number of flights to six per day to complete the movement in the next few weeks.
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South Sudan
Through IOM assistance, South Sudanese returnees arrive in Juba from Khartoum. Those whose final destination is not Juba were taken to the UNHCR transit centre, where they were given food and accommodation.
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Micronesia
IOM, with funding from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and in coordination with the Pohnpei State Department of Education (PDOE), has organized a three-day "School Emergency Planning and Preparedness Training."
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Chad
An IOM assessment of returnees from Libya to Chad shows that they continue to face serious challenges in meeting their basic needs, and have become the most vulnerable group in many regions.
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On International Women's Day 2012, more women than ever before are joining the ranks of the world's migrants to support their families and improve their economic status. As migrants, they face unique challenges – none more so than the rural women who are the focus of this year's IWD.
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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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Philippines
Tropical Storm Washi (known locally as Sendong) struck the southern Philippines on 16 December 2011. The storm dumped about 142 millimetres of rain in a span of 12 hours triggering flash floods which left at least 957 dead and 49 missing. IOM has been working with the Government of the Philippines to deliver humanitarian aid to thousands of victims of the storm
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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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Kenya
An IOM staff marks the goats that have been sold. Following a request by the Ministry of Livestock, IOM conducted a commercial destocking exercise on 1 October 2011 in the Kulan host community, Lagdera District.
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Kenya
Refugees from nearby Kismayo in Somalia travel by foot and donkey cart to the Kenyan border town of Wel Merer. IOM visited the town to safely transport them to Dagahaley Camp. Each migrant was checked by IOM health workers before embarking on the 45 minute journey to the camp (October 2011).
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Libya
IOM Chad has conducted an assessment mission to southern Libya late June 2011which resulted in the air evacuation of nearly 2,000 migrants stranded in Gatroun and Sabha. IOM also distributed food and provided medical care during the mission.
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Pakistan
An IOM team working with the Pakistan navy and a local non-governmental organization delivers 1,000 shelter and non-food item relief kits to families stranded in villages in the western Tando Bago area of Sindh's flood-stricken Badin district.
© IOM 2011 (Photo by: Chris Lom)
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Pakistan
Nearly 90 per cent of the Badin district in Pakistan is partially submerged by floodwaters. IOM with the help of the Pakistan navy delivered shelter and non-food item relief kits to families stranded in villages in the western Tando Bago area of Badin.
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Haiti
Some 1,500 Haitians from the southern city of Jacmel who were left homeless by the January 2010 earthquake can now call Camp Mayard home.
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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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Libya
IOM staff were there at the airport ready to assist groups of Bangladeshi nationals who rrived home after fleeing the conflict in Libya.
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