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Mediterranean Migrant Arrivals Reach 11,169; Deaths: 258; Global Deaths Top 400
Posted on Fri. Feb. 10, 2017
Switzerland - IOM reports that 11,169 migrants and refugees entered Europe by sea in 2017 through 8 February – about 85 percent arriving in Italy and the rest in Greece. This compares with 76,395 during the first 39 days of 2016.
IOM Rome registered 70 additional arrivals on Thursday that are not included in the total above. With some 9,400 arrivals in Italy since 1 January 2017, IOM Rome notes that this winter’s migration flow already has surpassed totals for the first two months of each of the past two years.
In 2016, IOM recorded 9,101 arrivals in Italy during January and February, and 7,882 in 2015. IOM notes this year’s pace already out-strips either of the past two year’s two-month totals, this with nearly three weeks remaining in February.
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Japan has funded a wide range of IOM projects to help displaced families in Somalia. File photo: IOM
Japan Backs IOM Aid Operations in Drought-Stricken Somalia
Posted on Fri. Feb. 10, 2017
Somalia - The Government of Japan has committed over USD 3.6 million to support IOM’s response to the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Somalia. The funds will help IOM address urgent needs of vulnerable migrants, internally displaced persons (IDPs), returnees and host communities throughout 2017 and into 2018.
The funds will help save the lives of those affected by climate-induced and man-made crises, increase human security and stability, and help counter and prevent violent extremism. They will also contribute to increasing the government’s capacity to cope with displacement due to natural disasters and conflicts. The number of IDPs in Somalia is projected to increase to three million by June 2017.
The funds will also be used to strengthen Somalia’s marine border management capacity to save the lives of trafficking victims and irregular migrants. Thousands of Somali migrants try to reach Europe and the Gulf States via irregular routes every year. Many of them are abused and exploited and an IOM Somalia project provided direct assistance to 97 victims of trafficking – most of them minors – in 2016.
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For the latest Mediterranean Update data on arrivals and fatalities please visit:
http://migration.iom.int/europe
A global database tracking data on deceased and missing migrants along migratory routes. Please visit: MissingMigrants.iom.int
"Our world needs to move from managing crises to preventing them in the first place. We need to break the cycle of responding too late and too little." – UN Secretary-General António Guterres. Read more here.
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CNN shared the story of a former Cuban refugee Raul Alarcón, Jr. who now oversees 13 Spanish-language radio stations across the US as the CEO of SBS Broadcasting.
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New York Times reported warnings from human rights groups about the appalling living conditions of migrants in Greece. Three people died during a recent cold snap on the Aegean island of Lesbos and asylum seekers near Athens have threatened to resume a hunger strike.
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