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286,000 People Displaced as Families Continue to Lose Loved Ones Due to Mosul Operations
Posted on Tues. March 28, 2017
Iraq - Since 25 February, when people from West Mosul first began to flee, the IOM Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) has tracked a total of 27,634 families (165,744 individuals) in their location of displacement.
The largest group of these displaced people – 28,770 individuals – is sheltering in the Qayyara airstrip, constructed by IOM in cooperation with Iraq’s Ministry of Displacement and Migration (MoMD). The emergency site, the largest constructed for the Mosul crisis, is now home to 8,792 families in total (48,959 individuals), an increase of over 28,000 since the West Mosul operations started on 19 February.
Construction work continues at IOM’s second camp in Haj Ali with a capacity for 7,500 plots for families (45,000 individuals). Currently, 4,356 plots (19,880 individuals) are in use mostly by internally displaced persons (IDPs) from West Mosul.
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Mediterranean Migrant Arrivals Reach 26,589, Deaths: 649
Posted on Tues. March 28, 2017
Switzerland - IOM reports that 26,589 migrants and refugees entered Europe by sea in 2017 through 26 March, over 80 percent arriving in Italy and the rest in Spain and Greece. This compares with 163,895 through the first 86 days of 2016.
IOM Rome spokesman Flavio Di Giacomo said on Monday that 2,320 migrants were brought to land on 23 and 24 March. The main nationalities of those rescued included Nigerians, Gambians, Ivorians, Ghanaians, Malians, Senegalese and Guineans (both Guinea-Bissau and Conakry). He added that, on Saturday and Sunday (25 and 26 March), another 1,160 migrants had been rescued at sea and are being brought to land. One corpse was found on a dinghy, which was carrying 138 migrants.
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TOGETHER is a global initiative that promotes respect, safety and dignity for everyone forced to flee their homes in search of a better life. More here
"And until Europe acts out the policy it speaks of, no real happiness can come to those staying in the camps in Greece." – documentary filmmaker Theopi Skarlatos. Read more here.
Migration in the News
- Rudaw reported that at least 76,000 displaced people have returned to Mosul since October 17, 2016, according to IOM.
- Sudan Tribune reported that communicable diseases, such as TB, present huge risks to those living in crowded displacement sites or fleeing conflict in South Sudan.
- UNCTAD reported that a vocational training centre provides a new route to a brighter future for young Gambians instead of taking the perilous journey across the Sahara and Mediterranean.
- Tribune News Network reported on a workshop in Doha organized by Qatar’s Human Rights Department at the Ministry of Interior and UNHCR that tackled the legal prospects for asylum.
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United Nations University published a new series called Our ‘Mygration Story’ which tracks the family histories of staff and fellows at UNU. The aim is to show that many of us owe our lives and careers to the courage of migrant ancestors.
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