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Mounting Death Toll in the Central Mediterranean Calls for Urgent Action

 UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) are deeply disturbed by reports of a tragic shipwreck off the coast of Libya. Fears are that this latest incident could have claimed the lives of up to 130 people. Read more. 

Emergency Funding Released as Nearly 4,000 More People Flee Cabo Delgado

Nearly 4,000 people have fled in Palma in northern Mozambique in the past week, pushing the total number of displaced to almost 25,000 according to data collected by the International Organization for Migration (IOM), which this week contributed USD 1.2 million to the response. Read More. 

Stand up for LGBTIQ+ migrants!

For many lesbian, gay, bi, trans, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ+) people, leaving their communities in search of a safer and more welcoming place to call home is the only way to find a job, get access to healthcare or find safety from poverty, family rejection, criminalization, threats and violence. Read more. 

Over 1 Million People Displaced due to Conflict in Northern Ethiopia: IOM DTM

Over 1 million people are displaced due to conflict across 178 accessible locations in Ethiopia’s Tigray region and neighboring Afar and Amhara, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM) ’s Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM). Read More.

More than 200,000 People Return to Zimbabwe as COVID-19 Impacts Regional Economies

More than 200,000 Zimbabweans have returned home over the past year due to the economic fallout from COVID-19 in countries where they had been working. Read More.

IOM/UNHCR: Relocations in Brazil Offer Dignity and Hope to Thousands of Venezuelans

More than 50,000 Venezuelans have been relocated from Brazil’s isolated northern state of Roraima to 675 Brazilian cities, thanks to a model national initiative. Read More.

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Mounting Death Toll in the Central Mediterranean Calls for Urgent Action

Geneva –  UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) are deeply disturbed by reports of a tragic shipwreck off the coast of Libya. Fears...

Emergency Funding Released as Nearly 4,000 More People Flee Cabo Delgado

Pemba – Nearly 4,000 people have fled in Palma in northern Mozambique in the past week, pushing the total number of displaced to almost 25,000 according to data collected by the...

IOM Responds to Devastation Caused by La Soufriere Volcanic Eruption in St. Vincent

St. Vincent – The first members of the International Organization for Migration (IOM)'s emergency response team arrived today (23/04) in St. Vincent to support displacement...

Features

How One Diaspora Pediatrician is Trying to Reduce Neonatal Deaths in Somalia

For Dr Ubah Farah Ahmed, returning to Somalia was not an easy decision to make, but she knew it was the right thing to do.

Community Advocates Inspire Positive Change Across Rohingya Refugee Camps

When Syedul first laid eyes on the refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar in 2018, the Rohingya refugee crisis was at its peak. Tens of thousands of men, women and children were fleeing persecution in their...

Galmo’s Story: In Ethiopia, IOM and EU Assist Thousands of Desert Locust-Affected Households

“When the desert locusts suddenly invaded, we were horrified,” explains Galmo Kiyo Waariyo, a farmer living in a village called Lafto in Ethiopia. “The rustling swarms were so enormous that the...

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