UN Migration Agency Steps Up Life-saving Support in Uganda as South Sudanese Refugees Hit 1 Million
The number of South Sudanese fleeing to Uganda has surpassed 1 million. IOM, the UN Migration Agency, has intensified its efforts to help refugees and the communities hosting them in coordination with UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. Este documento o sitio Internet está disponible únicamente en inglés. Leer más
Mediterranean Update
El proyecto sobre los migrantes (Proyecto Migrantes Desaparecidos) que falta es una base de datos que proporciona información sobre los migrantes muertos y desaparecidos a lo largo de las rutas migratorias de todo el mundo. Esta infografía trata específicamente de las llegadas y las muertes de migrantes en la región mediterránea. #MissingMigrants | Missing Migrants Project | Migration Flows - Europe
Thousands of Displaced Iraqis Living with Psychological Toll of Conflict
Weeks after the retaking of Mosul city, many internally displaced persons (IDPs) are exhibiting signs of stress and anxiety. As the psychological toll of what many had endured over the last three years kicks in, children in particular have been scarred by the violence of life under ISIL. They will need long-term psychological support. Este documento o sitio Internet está disponible únicamente en inglés. Leer mas
Over 600,000 Displaced Syrians Returned Home in First 7 Months of 2017
Between January and July 2017, 602,759 displaced Syrians returned home according to reports from IOM, the UN Migration Agency, and implementing partners on the ground. Este documento o sitio Internet está disponible únicamente en inglés.
Healing Hearts
Eight years of Boko Haram violence has forced more than 1.8 million people from their homes, leaving belongings, communities and lives behind, across Nigeria’s northeast. More than one million of them are children. Leer más
El mundo en movimiento
Hace 65 años, la Organización Internacional para las Migraciones (OIM) surgió de las cenizas de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. En Europa, un continente devastado por la guerra, ningún gobierno por sí solo podía ayudar a los supervivientes, quienes solo deseaban una oportunidad para reanudar sus vidas en libertad y con dignidad. En un principio, la OIM fue fundada para reasentar a refugiados durante la postguerra. Leer más
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"I got my diploma recognized, I have a safe home, and I started a NGO to help refugees get their qualifications acknowledged."
"There was always a piece of me that was different no matter what group of people I was trying to fit in with."
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The Healing Game: Psychosocial Support in Turkey
The UN Migration Agency (IOM) is helping Syrian refugees heal wounds of war and loss. Read the full story here.
Migration Blog
Australian Culture in Five Days? No Worries…
Kuala Lumpur - For most refugees and migrants arriving on humanitarian visas, the thrill of resettlement in a new country is usually mixed with trepidation.
2017 IDM Dedicated to the Process of Elaboration of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration
In the modalities for the intergovernmental negotia-tions of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM), Member States called on IOM to make use of the IDM to contribute to the preparatory process of the global compact.
Low-cost, Locally Available Shelters in Pakistan
The approach of the One Room Shelter Programme that IOM (the UN Migration Agency) Pakistan implemented to meet the recovery needs of affected populations in 2010 marked a move away from the usual emergency response.
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If you walk around any city in West Africa, you will see children alone, without parents. Some are working, some are begging, some want to study and some are just lost.
“My mother was her own Ellis Island,” Luis Torres says about his mother, a Salvadoran immigrant, who fled the civil war and found refuge in California in the 1980s.
These trends point more than ever to the need for better international migration governance and cooperation: