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Photo: IOM / Amanda Nero
Smugglers Preying on Ethiopian Migrant Children is Too Common
By Hajer Naili in Washington, DC
(IOM) Yemen - For a considerable amount of time, Yemen, the poorest country in the Middle East, has been a transit and host country for thousands of migrants, many of whom are unaccompanied boys from the Horn of Africa, hoping to find work in Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries. Although Yemen has struggled for years to address child protection issues, the conflict that began in late March 2015 has set back any progress achieved. Children – including migrant children -- have been greatly impacted by the conflict, suffering injuries and deaths. Additionally, children are being recruited for military activities and by criminal networks to smuggle goods over borders or are being forced into labor, domestic servitude, and sexual exploitation.
Low-cost, Locally Available Shelters In Pakistan
By Ammarah Mubarak and Saad Hafeez in Pakistan
(IOM) Pakistan - Flooding in 2010 affected 18 million people in Pakistan. With declining donor funds and flooding again in 2011 and 2012, the humanitarian community required low-cost solutions that could be scaled up to meet both the immediate and the transitional needs of large populations in differing geographical areas.
The approach of the One Room Shelter Programme that IOM (the UN Migration Agency) Pakistan implemented to meet the recovery needs of affected populations in 2010 marked a move away from the usual emergency response.
Toys Distribution at Haj Ali Emergency Site
(IOM) Iraq - When Eid al-Fitr rolled around in Haj Ali emergency site, hundreds of displaced children received new clothes and toys. We followed Hamoudi, a three-year-old from Tal Afar, who received toys and clothes on the day.
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“If properly addressed, it [migration] could contribute to poverty eradication, job creation and economic transformation. We must therefore place migration at the top of the policy agenda.” – Abdalla Hamdok, Acting Executive Secretary of United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA). Read more here.
Migration in the News
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The Guardian, Politico Europe, DW, The Wall Street Journal, DeStandaard and DeMorgen reported on continuing flows of migrants from Libya and the EU and Italy’s proposals to change how rescue at sea is regulated in the Central Mediterranean. They quoted IOM’s Eugenio Ambrosi.
- AFP reported that according to IOM figures, more than 100,000 migrants and refugees have made the perilous journey across the Mediterranean to Europe since the beginning of the year, and 2,247 have died trying.
- BBC and International Business Times reported that around 50 migrants are feared to have drowned in waters off the Moroccan coast, the Spanish coastguard has said.
- AFP reported that Italy summoned Austria’s ambassador Tuesday after Vienna threatened to send troops to the border to stop migrants entering, as the number crossing the Mediterranean topped 100,000 this year.
- DW reported that Italy now wants to control more closely the work of aid organizations assisting refugees in the Mediterranean and is preparing new procedures and new rules of conduct.
- Thomson Reuters Foundation reported that more than 7 million children in West and Central Africa are on the move because of violence, poverty and climate change, accounting for over half of all migrants in the region, UNICEF said.
- Phnom Penh Post reported that Thailand has extended the suspension of hefty fines and other punishments for undocumented migrant workers until the end of this year.
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- EU Observer reported that the European Commission has said €35 million in additional funds and EU refugee resettlements from Africa could help Italy cope with irregular migration.
- Open Democracy reported that although far more men than women undertake the perilous journey through the North African desert or across the Mediterranean in rubber rafts, it is the women who have a greater risk of dying along the way – most of them at sea.
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