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Bamboo Treatment Plant Races to Repel Beetles Attacking Bangladesh Refugee Camps

Work has begun on one of the largest bamboo treatment plants ever installed in an emergency response, as IOM experts tackle a tiny insect that is devastating structures in the world’s biggest refugee settlement. Read more

International Migrants Day 2018

"Migration is the great issue of our era. Migration With Dignity (#WithDignity) is the theme of 2018’s International Migrants Day, which we observe on Tuesday (18 December)," António Vitorino, Director General International Organization for Migration (IOM)  Read more  | Watch the Message from the Director General

IOM Global Migration Film Festival

The Global MIgration Film Festival is an annual festival, launched in 2016, that is part of the UN Together campaign to promote diversity worldwide.  Read more

Emergency Plan for Refugees and Migrants from Venezuela Launched

Faced with the largest population outflow in Latin America of recent years, 95 organizations covering 16 countries have been working together to establish a comprehensive response to the urgent needs of millions of refugees and migrants from Venezuela, and host communities.  Read more

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NEWS

Statement by UN Network on Migration on the Formal Endorsement of the Global Compact for Migration

New York/Geneva — The new United Nations Network on Migration welcomes the formal endorsement, on 19 December 2018, by the General Assembly, of the outcome of the Marrakech...

Bamboo Treatment Plant Races to Repel Beetles Attacking Bangladesh Refugee Camps

Cox’s Bazar — Work has begun on one of the largest bamboo treatment plants ever installed in an emergency response, as IOM experts tackle a tiny insect that is devastating...

Defending Migrants Rights and Dignity in Albania for 25 Years

Tirana – International Migrants Day (18 December) in Albania was celebrated with a high-level function attended by the country’s President, senior ministers and diplomats, who...

Situation Reports

Afghanistan | Situation Update | 19 December 2018
Regional Refugee and Migrant Response Plan for Refugees and Migrants from Venezuela | December 2018
Syria | IOM Regional Response to The Syria Crisis | October 2018

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"Home is dynamic; it is where your family is, where you have good memories and where you make your nest."

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Features

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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Sewing A Life

Nour’s family fled Iraq in 1994 thinking they were leaving their home country for good. 

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MIGRATION VIDEO

Holding On

It is time to listen to the stories of internally displaced persons. Learn more about this campaign at holding-on.iom.int

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Stopping History from Repeating Itself

When Deputy Principal Rose was in school, there was about a week of each month, which she dreaded. 

MER: Stories of the UN Migration Agency’s Health Care Initiatives in Yemen, Lebanon and Jordan

Rim is an eight-year-old patient from Lebanon. She was admitted to Al Sahel Hospital, Beirut in early 2018. By then she was in critical condition.

The EU-IOM Joint Initiative: Putting the Valletta Plan into Action in Africa

At the Valletta Summit on Migration in November 2015, European and African Heads of State and Government recognised the need to address the challenges and opportunities of migration in Africa.

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