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Statement of IOM Director General Swing on Supporting the Future of Syria and the Region
Belgium: On behalf of the International Organization for Migration, I have the honor to submit to you a few considerations in this session dedicated to the future of Syria:
1. The future of Syria will be grim if current needs are not being addressed with a greater sense of urgency. Seven years into the conflict, there is no end in sight for the suffering and deprivation endured by the over 10 million Syrians who have been forced to leave their homes. Despite sporadic and partial halts to the fighting, Syrians continue to face, every day, a level of hardship that is almost unheard of in recent times. In 2016 alone, 4,000 people were displaced every day inside Syria, because of insecurity, because their houses were destroyed, because they had no more access to basic services, because they had lost their livelihood.
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SAS Crowdsourcing App Seeks to Solve the Migrant Crisis While Teaching Data Science Skills
United States: Analytics firm SAS wants to use crowdsourcing and data to solve global humanitarian challenges. Its new app GatherIQ, announced at the SAS Global Forum 2017 in Orlando, FL, puts analytics in the hands of the public to address world problems, starting with the migrant crisis, writes Alison DeNisco.
Thousands of migrants go missing or die on their journey each year, with an estimated 63,000 victims between 2000 and 2016, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
GatherIQ and IOM Projects
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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
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
"We need to change the current negative narrative around migration, which shouldn't be seen as a threat but as a natural and, in fact, needed phenomenon in Europe." – Elena Valenciano, Spanish Socialist Workers' Party. Read more here.
Migration in the News
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ANSA Med reported that at least 663 migrants and refugees have died in the Mediterranean thus far in 2017 in an attempt to reach Europe.
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Reuters reported that 169 Gambian migrants returned home on Tuesday, after journeying across the Sahara in harsh conditions only to get stuck in Libya on their way to Europe.
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Al Jazeera reported that the UN is expanding camps for displaced people around the battered Iraqi city of Mosul as the number of displaced people hit 300,000.
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Arab News reported that the health care system in Yemen is on the verge of collapse with only 45 percent of the medical facilities being in service after about 274 medical facilities and hospitals were destroyed.
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Xinhua reported that the EU has launched two projects aimed at addressing the challenges of mixed migration, aspects of stability and reintegration of returnees to spur better migration management in Somalia.
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The Evening Standard reported that talented migrants who cannot access student loans are being given the chance to go to the University College London through its new scholarship programme.
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