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As First Rains Hit Rohingya Refugee Camps, Scale of Monsoon Challenges, Need for Heavy Equipment Triggers Funding Concerns
Cox’s Bazar – Humanitarian agencies welcomed the arrival yesterday (19/4) of vital road clearing equipment as early rains struck Bangladesh’s Rohingya refugee camps causing flooding and highlighting the severe challenges ahead when the monsoon proper arrives.
Mediterranean Migrant Arrivals Reach 18,575 in 2018; Deaths Reach 559
Geneva – IOM, the UN Migration Agency, reports that 18,575 migrants and refugees entered Europe by sea through the first 108 days of 2018, with about 40 per cent arriving in Italy and the remainder divided between Greece (38 per cent) and Spain, at roughly 20 per cent.
IOM Training Manual Helps Vietnamese Authorities Plan Relocation of Communities Displaced by Environmental and Climate Change
Ho Chi Minh City —Viet Nam experiences frequent natural hazards including typhoons, flooding and landslides. These are expected to increase with environmental and climate change.
Highly Skilled Moldovan Migrants Present Public Policy Proposals to Moldovan Government
Chisinau – Ten Moldovan emigrants who left the country 10 to 20 years ago returned on 17 April 2018 to present to the Moldovan Government five public policy proposals.
UN Migration Agency Facilitates Return of Internally Displaced Persons in Central African Republic
Bangui – On Wednesday (18/04) IOM, the UN Migration Agency, in coordination with the Government of the Central African Republic (CAR), facilitated the return of five displaced families (13 individuals) to their areas of origin.
UN Migration Agency Supports National Response to Human Trafficking in Zimbabwe
Harare – IOM, the UN Migration Agency, with funding support from the European Union under the project Promoting Migration Governance in Zimbabwe (PMGZ), handed over yesterday (19/04) a state-of-the-art public address system to the Ministry of Home Affairs and Cultural...
IOM Launches Opens Migration Information Centre, Launches MigrantApp in Belize
Belmopan — IOM, the UN Migration Agency this week (18/04) in Belize, launched a Migration Information Centre and the MigrantApp, a mobile app which provides migrants with free and reliable information on regular migration options in Mesoamerica.
IOM, ACP-EU Migration Action Help Tackle Trafficking in Persons, Migrant Smuggling in DR Congo
Kinshasa – Beginning on Monday (16/04) and at the request of the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), IOM and ACP-EU Migration Action hosted a five-day training on countering trafficking in persons and migrant smuggling for Congolese Government officials.
African Youth and Irregular Migration, Theme of IOM Côte d’Ivoire Partnership with Major Urban Music Festival
Abidjan — IOM, the UN Migration Agency is this week (17-22/04) participating in the 2018 Anoumabo Urban Music Festival (FEMUA) under the theme: African Youth and Irregular Migration.
New IOM Project Boosts Integration of Syrian Refugees in Europe
Bucharest – IOM is today (19/04) kicking off an innovative multi-country project to provide resettled refugees with the building blocks to start their new life in Europe.
USD 38 Million Sought to Aid Conflict-Affected People in Ukraine throughout 2018
Kyiv – Four years into the conflict in Eastern Ukraine, acute humanitarian needs persist. These include the basics – access to health care, food, water and employment.
IOM Signs Landmark Agreement with Slovenia to Resettle 60 Syrian Refugees from Turkey
Ljubljana – Slovenia will implement its first ever refugee resettlement programme with the support of IOM by resettling 60 Syrian refugees from Turkey to Slovenia in 2018.