
A Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS) team rescues migrants in the Aegean between Greece and Turkey (File photo). © MOAS.EU/Jason Florio
Migrant Deaths in January Top 360; Arrivals in Greece Top 62,000
Posted on Tue. Feb-02-2016
Greece - Fatalities of migrants and refugees in the Mediterranean in January topped 360 due to a particularly deadly final weekend of the month, when over 100 men, women in and children died in the waters off Greece, Turkey and Italy.
The deaths of 70 migrants and refugees leaving Libya for Italy was reported to IOM’s Rome office on Saturday, the same day 39 people were reported missing, presumed drowned off Greece.
In what is now the fourth year of the Mediterranean’s migrant emergency, children were especially vulnerable during the past month. IOM estimates that 60 children under the age of 18 died on the so-called Eastern Mediterranean route, bringing to 330 the total number of minors drowning in those waters over the past five months.
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IOM distributes aid to families displaced by fighting in Syria’s northwestern Idleb governorate (File photo). © IOM 2015
IOM DG to Attend London Pledging Conference for Syria
Posted on Tue. Feb-02-2016
United Kingdom - IOM Director General William Lacy Swing will travel to London on Thursday 4th February for the ‘Supporting Syria and the Region 2016’ pledging conference. The event will be co-hosted by the UN, UK, Germany, Kuwait and Norway.
The conference aims to rally international financial support to address humanitarian and development needs inside Syria and the region, bringing together world leaders from around the globe in order to raise money to support those who have been affected by the ongoing Syria crisis.
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