IOM’s 2019 Humanitarian Appeal for Syria: USD 207 Million as Conflict Enters Ninth Year
The Syrian crisis, entering its ninth year this week, has displaced more than 11 million people. Further insecurity and continued displacement, as well as large-scale humanitarian and protection needs, are expected in the year ahead. Read more | IOM Appeal | IOM Achievements | 3RP Regional Strategic Overview
Thousands of Nigerians Displaced by Conflict Find Safe Shelter in New Camp
Following an attack on her village in late December, Hajja arrived on foot in Maiduguri, Borno State in North-east Nigeria where she found shelter with her family in Teachers Village camp. Read more
Yemen: Most Dire Humanitarian Crisis in the World Requires Scaled Up Response in 2019
After four years of escalating violence and rising displacement in Yemen, the scale of the world’s worst humanitarian emergency cannot be ignored.
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Venezuelan Outflow Continues Unabated, Population Abroad Now Stands at 3.4 Million
The number of refugees and migrants from Venezuela worldwide now stands at 3.4 million, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and IOM, the International Organization for Migration, announced today. Read more
IOM Bangladesh Appeal | Rohingya Humanitarian Crisis Response January - December 2019
The present appeal outlines IOM's response plan and associated funding requirements from January to December 2019 in line with the Joint Response Plan. In 2019, IOM will adopt an integrated approach to support life-saving and sustaining assistance as well as early recovery activities. Read more
Organization Colleagues Mourn Deaths of IOM Staffer and other UN Workers in Ethiopian Airlines Crash
Geneva –IOM Director-General António Vitorino expressed the organization’s deep sadness upon learning that this past weekend’s tragic Ethiopian Airlines accident claimed the lives of all 157 aboard, including a young IOM staff member Anne-Katrin Feigl and 18 others working in Africa for United Nations’ related agencies. Read more
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As Education Empowers Women, Migration Allows Them to Go to Where Opportunities Beckon
Of 258 million international migrants in the world today, about half are women and girls—125 million, or 48.5 per cent of the total in 2017, the last full year for which such statistics are available.
IOM-NGO Humanitarian Consultations: Open Dialogue for More Effective Crisis Response Partnerships
Geneva – Strong partnerships are essential for the delivery of effective, principled humanitarian assistance at a time when an unprecedented 131.7 million people are affected by crises in new and increasingly complex circumstances.
South-South Migration Hub kicks off in Accra, Ghana
Last month marked the official start of the UKRI GCRF South-South Migration, Inequality and Development Hub in Accra, Ghana. The five-year Hub is currently one of the largest migration research projects in the world.
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Are there specific events or activities that transform a new place into a home, or is it more of a feeling you have? A 30-year-old Syrian named Khaled seemed to find the answer for himself in less than a year.
The Maina Kaderi site, situated in the commune of Chetimari in the Diffa region in Niger, is comprised of over 400 households amounting now close to 5,000 internally displaced people, returnees and refugees.
“Leaving for success, for the honour of our mothers…This is only our mothers’ fault.”