
Migrants and refugees struggle ashore on a Greek beach. © F. Malavolta 2016
Mediterranean Migrant Deaths Reach 374; Arrivals in Greece Top 68,000 in 2016
Posted on Fri. Feb-05-2016
Greece - IOM estimates that Mediterranean migrant and refugee arrivals in Italy and Greece reached 74,676 through February 4th.
The first four days of February saw 7,483 arrivals—surpassing the 6,834 recorded for the entire month of February in 2015.
Since the beginning of 2016, IOM estimates that 68,778 migrants and refugees have reached the Greek islands. Of these roughly 44 % were men, 22 % women and 34 % children.
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IOM provides winter support for displaced families in rural Aleppo, Syria. © IOM/Bonyan 2015
IOM DG Attends London Pledging Conference for Syria and the Region
Posted on Fri. Feb-05-2016
United Kingdom - IOM Director General William Lacy Swing attended this week’s ‘Supporting Syria and the Region 2016’ pledging conference in London co-hosted by the UK, Germany, Kuwait, Norway, and the United Nations.
The conference yesterday (4/2) built on the successes of the three previous international pledging conferences which took place in Kuwait, as well as on the Berlin Conference on the Syrian Refugee Situation in 2014 and the recent Resilience Development Forum in Amman.
Donors pledged over USD 10 billion, with some of the largest pledges coming from the European Union, Germany, UK, France, Norway, USA, Italy, Japan and Kuwait.
Speaking to the UK’s Guardian newspaper yesterday in London, Ambassador Swing hailed the generosity of the global community, but pointed out that aid was only part of the answer.
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