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IOM’s Director General Swing Praises Spain for Bringing 600+ Migrants to Safety
Geneva – IOM, the UN Migration Agency praises Spain’s action bringing over six hundred migrants stranded on Mediterranean rescue ships to safety.
Belgium and IOM Collaborate to Reduce High Costs of Money Transfers to Developing Countries
Brussels – Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Development Cooperation Alexander De Croo joins forces with IOM to build a comprehensive price comparison app for international money transfers (remittances).
IOM Urges Restraint, Calls for Protection of Migrants in Hodeidah Operation
Sana’a – The military offensive on Yemen’s busy port city of Hodeidah, which began yesterday (13/08), is putting the lives of 600,000 people at risk.
IOM to Provide Reintegration Assistance for 32 Ethiopian Migrants from Egypt
Addis Ababa - Following a visit by Ethiopian Prime Minister Dr. Abiy Ahmed to Egypt last weekend, 32 Ethiopian irregular migrants, who were detained in the country, were pardoned by Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and flown back to Ethiopia on 11 June 2018.
IOM Director General Welcomes Spain’s Offer of Safe Harbour for Migrants Aboard Aquarius
Geneva – IOM, the UN Migration Agency has welcomed the decision by Spain to offer a safe harbour to over six hundred migrants – including scores of children and seven pregnant women – who have been waiting aboard a rescue vessel since Sunday (10/06)
Migrant Arrivals in Europe Significantly Down Despite Aquarius Controversy
Geneva – As the Aquarius rescue vessel it's journey to Spain, IOM, the UN Migration Agency, reports that 35,504 migrants and refugees entered Europe by sea as of Sunday, 10 June 2018. This compares with 73,748 arrivals across the region during the same period last year. So far...
Ukraine “Europe’s Largest Crisis”: IOM Regional Director on Visit to Eastern Ukraine
Kyiv – “Ukraine is the largest displacement crisis in Europe since the Balkan wars,” according to Argentina Szabados, IOM, the UN Migration Agency’s Regional Director for Southeastern and Eastern Europe and Central Asia. “Now in its fifth year, with thousands dead and 1.5...
Conditions Deteriorate in Bangladesh’s Rohingya Refugee Camps as Torrential Rain Continues
Cox’s Bazar – Conditions in the Rohingya refugee camps of southern Bangladesh are further deteriorating as torrential rains that began on Saturday (09/06) continue to trigger landslides and flooding. Humanitarian agencies reported some 29 incidents in the camps yesterday (11/06...
UN Migration Agency: “Remittance Flows Can Be an Economic and Social Lifeline for Migrant Families”
Geneva – International Day of Family Remittances will be celebrated this Saturday (16/06). To mark the occasion, IOM, the UN Migration Agency, wishes to highlight the development potential of financial and social links that tie migrants to their loved ones back at home.
171 Nigerian Migrants Return Home on First International Flight from Zintan, Libya: IOM
Zintan – Last Tuesday (05/06), IOM, the UN Migration Agency, helped 171 stranded Nigerian migrants return home via the Organization’s first charter flight departing from the Libyan city of Zintan (136 kilometers southwest of Tripoli). Among the migrants were 75 women, seven of...
UN Migration Agency Launches Report on Indigenous Venezuelans Migration to Brazil
Brasilia - How do migration law and indigenous rights interplay? What rights do indigenous migrants have when reaching a foreign land? These are some of the questions addressed in the report Legal Aspects of the Assistance to Indigenous Migrants from Venezuela to Brazil,...
Anti-Trafficking Campaigners bring Traffic to a Standstill in Moldovan Capital
Chisinau — In the first three months of 2018, Moldovan authorities registered 44 cases of trafficking in persons, which involved 108 victims including 22 children.