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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UN Agencies Launch Environmental Protection and Resilience Project for Host Communities and Refugees in Bangladesh
Families living in the world’s largest refugee camp in the past week received the first 2,500 stoves and liquid petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders that are part of a United Nations project to protect the environment and build resilience for people living in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Read more
Mediterranean Migrant Arrivals Reach 77,555; Deaths Reach 1,723
IOM, the UN Migration Agency, reports that 77.555 migrants and refugees entered Europe by sea in 2018 through 17 September, with 33,611 to Spain, the leading destination this year. Read more
IOM Conducts First Climate Data Tracking in Lake Chad Basin
In August 2018 IOM, the UN Migration Agency, conducted the first climate data collection and tracking exercise in the four countries around the Lake Chad Basin – Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria – to gather baseline data on the nexus between climate change, conflict, migration and livelihoods. Read more
UN Migration Agency Strengthens Preparations for Peak Hurricane Season in Haiti, Caribbean
With peak hurricane season arriving in early September, the UN Migration Agency (IOM) in Haiti is intensifying its emergency preparedness capacity thanks to additional funding from the European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO). Read more
Over One Fifth of Irregular Migrants to Europe Coming by Land: New IOM Report
Vienna — While the perilous and deadly Mediterranean sea migration route is well known, new figures from IOM show that more than one in five people arriving irregularly in Europe do so by land.
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
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World Humanitarian Day: Abdallah's Story
Abdallah Khader's inspiring story is an example of the rewards and challenges faced daily by thousands of humanitarian workers deployed to assist crisis affected populations around the world.
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Perspectives on Environmental Migration — 10 Key Takeaways from the Global Compact for Migration
Geneva – Following the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants in 2016, United Nations Member States, for the first time in their history, committed to develop, negotiate and adopt a Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM).
IOM: The Proximity Agency
As an Organization, we pride ourselves on the size of our footprint and for being close-to-the-ground.
La surveillance aux points d’entrée pour lutter contre Ebola
“La surveillance épidémiologique en République Démocratique du Congo (RDC) est un défi énorme,” observe Pierre Dimany du Programme national d’hygiène aux frontières (PNHF) alors qu’il regarde le fleuve Congo qui relie Kinshasa à l’Equateur, la province où la dernière épidémie de maladie à virus Ebola (MVE) a été déclarée.
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Cooperation between developing countries — known to development actors as South-South Cooperation (SSC) — is experiencing a resurgence.
“If you die, it must be the lion that kills you. That is what they say in Senegal,” answers a returnee in Diourbel, Senegal, when I ask him why young people from his country keep risking their lives to reach Europe.
Despite their minimal ecological footprint, indigenous peoples and communities are disproportionally vulnerable to climate change impacts.