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IOM Responds to Humanitarian Needs of Migrant Caravan in Guatemala
Guatemala City – IOM has provided food, medical care, housing, and transportation and facilitated the voluntary return of more than 140 migrants to their countries of origin.
Over One Million Ethiopians Received Humanitarian Aid from IOM in 2019
Addis Ababa – Shitaye Assefa knows what it means to live without a reliable supply of water.
As Ukraine’s Veterans Return Home, IOM Survey Finds Bias and Unfair Treatment
Kyiv – Some 370,000 military veterans currently are attempting to reintegrate into civilian life in Ukraine.
New Cooperation Agreement Among East, Horn of Africa States Address Overseas Worker Exploitation
Nairobi – The rescue last week of roughly 100 children and young Ugandan women here as they prepared to fly to United Arab Emirates to labour as domestic workers, reinforces the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime’s (UNODC) recent assessment that human trafficking has...
Weekend Attack an Effort to Intimidate Humanitarian Actors
Ngala - On 18 January, non-state armed groups stormed a humanitarian facility in Ngala town, some 124 kilometers from Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state.
Second International Forum on Migration Statistics Calls for More Evidence-Based Dialogue
Cairo – “I have put migration data at the centre of my vision for IOM, and have committed to strengthening the Organization’s engagement in this area over the next years,” IOM Director General António Vitorino told the second International Forum on Migration Statistics (IFMS)...
Migrant Returnees Turn to Mobile Money in Sudan
Khartoum – To get around the shortage of cash in Sudan, Africa’s largest mobile operator MTN has partnered with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) - enabling returning migrants to use its mobile money service MoMo to re-establish their livelihoods in the country...
IOM Calls on EU Council Presidency to Support a Comprehensive, Long-Term Vision on Migration
Brussels – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) encouraged Croatia to use its six-month tenure at the helm of the Council of the European Union (EU) to promote a more comprehensive approach and a long-term EU budget that facilitates orderly, safe and regular...
Nearly 1,000 Migrants Returned to Libya in the First Two Weeks of 2020: IOM
Geneva – At least 953 migrants, among them 136 women and 85 children, have been returned to Libyan shores in the first two weeks of 2020. Most were disembarked in Tripoli and all were taken to detention centres.
Heartbreak as Women and Children Perish in Migrant Shipwreck
Çeşme, Western Turkey – “I saw some light of hope in people’s eyes hoping that their children or wives were alive but I had to give them the terrible news that some of their family members had died. Then I saw the deepest level of helplessness and desperation in their eyes. I...
IOM, Partners Relocate Hundreds of South Sudanese Refugees in Ethiopia
Gambella – The International Organization for Migration, IOM, this week assisted 700 South Sudanese refugees in Ethiopia with onward transportation to the Gore-Shembola and Tsore refugee camps in Assosa situated in Benishangul Gumuz Regional State, some 800 kilometers from...
10 Years After 'Goudou Goudou' IOM Assists Haitian Women Artists Raise Funds for the Vulnerable
Port-au-Prince – To commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Haiti earthquake and remember its victims, IOM Haiti, its Goodwill Ambassador Phyllisia Ross and a group of Haitian women artists have released the song '...