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IOM distributes non-food items to internally displaced Iraqis. Photo: IOM
Mosul Tops IOM’s 2017 Funding Appeal for Iraq
Posted on Fri. March 31, 2017
Iraq - As the Mosul battle to retake Iraq’s northern city approaches its seventh month, responding to the needs of affected people has become IOM’s top priority, according to the UN Migration Agency’s Iraq Crisis Funding Appeal.
To meet the urgent needs of nearly a million beneficiaries throughout the country, IOM Iraq’s 2017 Funding Appeal needs USD 76.3 million, of which 38 percent (USD 28.8 million) is allocated for Mosul Crisis Response for the first six months of 2017.
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Mediterranean Migrant Arrivals Reach 27,850, Deaths: 655
Posted on Fri. March 31, 2017
Switzerland - IOM reports that 27,850 migrants and refugees entered Europe by sea in 2017 through 29 March, over 80 percent arriving in Italy and the rest in Spain and Greece. This compares with 165,697 through the first 89 days of 2016.
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IOM’s Dr. Roy Sujatmiko visits a group of reintegrated trafficked victims who are being supported by income-generating activities of catfish farming. Photo: IOM
Tailored Village-specific Policies Bolster Fight against Traffickers in Indonesia
Posted on Fri. March 31, 2017
Indonesia - The fight against human trafficking begins with grassroots leadership, the representatives of 13 at-risk Indonesian communities were told at Wednesday’s unveiling of a series of innovative village-specific counter-trafficking policies developed by a district anti-trafficking task force with IOM’s assistance.
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"The hysterical reaction against migrants is really hard to understand. Have we really forgotten our history?" – Eric Bibb, at the launch of his album “Migration Blues". Read more here.
Migration in the News
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Rudaw reported that UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has met with Iraqi President Fuad Masum in Baghdad to discuss the protection of civilians, as Iraqi forces fight to defeat the so-called Islamic State in Mosul.
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News Deeply ran an OpEd by the founders of Sky School, a new education initiative for refugee youth, explaining why secondary students have been neglected among efforts to support refugee education.
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Al Jazeera reported that the riverside town of Janjanbureh, once the second largest town in The Gambia, has lost most of its youth as they have left for other parts of the country or for Europe in search of greener pastures.
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The Kathmandu Post reported that Nepal assumed chairmanship of the Colombo Process, a regional consultative process on the management of overseas employment and contractual labour for countries of origin in Asia.
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Thomson Reuters Foundation reported that the gold rush in Senegal is fueling human trafficking in Nigeria.
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UNISDR reported that migrants and refugees should be included when tackling risk of disasters.
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- InfoMigrants, a trilingual platform designed to provide migrants with verified and balanced information, at every stage of their journey is launched by France 24 together with German and Italian media.
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