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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Humanitarian Situation Worsens as Over 800,000 Displaced People Face Cold and Heavy Rains in Ethiopia
Dilla – Over 800,000 internally displaced persons are living without adequate shelter and safe sanitation in Ethiopia, resulting in a worsening humanitarian situation further exacerbated by cold, wet weather brought on by the rainy season. Read more
IOM to Unveil New Virtual Reality Exhibition about Internal Displacement in Geneva
’Holding On' exhibition showcases the stories of internally displaced people by asking them to reflect on their most cherished possessions.
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Over 200 Migrants Drown in Three Days in Mediterranean -- Death Toll for 2018 Passes 1,000
Geneva – This weekend, some 204 migrants have died at sea off Libya, pushing the total number of migrant drownings in the entire Mediterranean so far this year to over 1,000 people.
IOM Global Migration Film Festival Empowers Women Victims of Human Trafficking in Madagascar
A group of Malagasy women who were victims of human trafficking overcame their fear of speaking out and last week spent four days directing and filming their own stories of forced marriage and domestic slavery for a counter-trafficking documentary. Read more
Proposal for a Regional Cooperative Arrangement Ensuring Predictable Disembarkation and Subsequent Processing of Persons Rescued-at-Sea
Approximately 40,000 refugees and migrants have arrived in Europe via maritime routes in 2018 to date. This is almost six times less than over the same period in 2016, following a peak in arrivals by sea in 2015. According to EUROSTAT, approximately 30 per cent of those arriving on the European shores were in need of international protection; moreover, some have faced extreme hardship and abuse at the hands of unscrupulous traffickers during the journey. Read more
DG Swing Discusses Myanmar Crisis with Aung San Suu Kyi
Nay Pyi Taw - IOM’s Director General William Lacy Swing said rebuilding community cohesion in Myanmar is key to resolving the crisis created by the flight of 700,000 refugees to Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh since last August.
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From the Transit Centre to the Football Field: The Migrant Footballers of Agadez
Under IOM’s community stabilization project COSINN, the teams from the Nassara AC in Agadez get to play regularly with other teams from Agadez, but also with the migrants from the centre. Watch here
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Ethiopian Migrant Returnees Get a New Lease on Life, Through Business Training and Reintegration Support
When 25-year-old Maru dropped out of school in the tenth grade he kn
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In Jordan’s Azraq Camp where over 45,000 Syrian refugees are seeking shelter from the conflict across the border, 14-year-old Abdallah is finishing the 8th grade at a school run by the Ministry of Education.
Nature is essential to Madagascar’s identity. Mention the country and it will undoubtedly evoke discussions about its wildlife, natural richness or unique flora.
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