IOM: Migrant Arrivals in Europe by Sea Reached 23,664 in First 14 Days of 2016
Posted on Fri. Jan-15-2016
Italy - Migrant arrivals in Europe by sea averaged over 1,700 per day during the first 14 days of 2016, according to IOM. The period also saw the year’s first fatalities in the Mediterranean between Libya and Italy, a route that took the lives of almost 3,000 migrants and refugees in 2015.
Total fatalities recorded for migrants and refugees in the region were 59 through the year’s first two weeks, not including at least 11 people killed in two bus crashes in Turkey last week. Authorities believe the victims were customers of smugglers supervising their journey to launching points on Turkey’s coast.
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Syrian refugees bound for Canada board buses that will bring them to a processing center in Amman, Jordan. © IOM/Muse Mohammed 2015
IOM Helps 10,000 Syrian Refugees to Resettle in Canada
Posted on Fri. Jan-15-2016
Syria - IOM assisted in the safe and orderly resettlement of 10,000 Syrian refugees from Lebanon and Jordan to Canada between December 11th and January 12th – some 40 per cent of the 25,000 refugees Canada committed to resettle by early 2016.
IOM has been working with the Government of Canada, UNHCR and other partners in Beirut and Amman since late November to register the refugees for resettlement. Its role includes providing transport, logistics, medical screening, organizing charter flights and escorting the refugees to Canada.
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