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Cox’s Bazar Health Facilities Struggle to Cope as New Arrivals Pass 415,000: IOM Scales Up Mobile Teams, Support to Government Clinics
Cox’s Bazar – IOM is working with Government and aid agency partners to rapidly ramp up fixed and mobile health services in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar district.
More than 40 Million in Modern Slavery, 152 Million in Child Labour Around the World
New York – New research developed jointly by ILO and the Walk Free Foundation, in partnership with IOM has revealed the true scale of modern slavery around the world.
Mediterranean Migrant Arrivals Reach 131,772 in 2017; Deaths Reach 2,556
Geneva – IOM, the UN Migration Agency, reports that 131,772 migrants and refugees entered Europe by sea in 2017 through 17 September.
UN Migration Agency Appeals for USD 4.95 Million to Support Communities in Wake of Irma, Jose Devastation
San Jose – In early September, two Category Five hurricanes, Irma and Jose, laid a path of destruction across the Leeward Islands, the eastern Caribbean region, the sub-Bahamian region, Cuba and the United States.
Child Protection on Eastern and Central Mediterranean Migration Routes Focus of Ljubljana Conference
Ljubljana – Over 100,000 migrant and refugee children arrived in Europe via the Central and Eastern Mediterranean routes in 2016 alone. More than two thirds of these were unaccompanied or separated children at high risk of exploitation.
Lack of Data on Children and Women Migrant Deaths Highlighted in New UN Migration Agency Report
Berlin – Between January 2014 and June 2017 IOM´s Missing Migrants Project recorded 665 migrant children deaths, a figure which is likely to be three times as high based on the number of children migrating, both accompanied and unaccompanied, worldwide.
UN Migration Agency Supports Pakistan’s Registration of Undocumented Afghans
Pakistan – IOM, the UN Migration Agency, is backing a Pakistan government initiative to register up to a million unregistered Afghans believed to be living in Pakistan.
UN Migration Agency Assists National Consultations on Global Compact on Migration in Ghana
Accra – The Ministry of Interior of Ghana, in collaboration with IOM, the UN Migration Agency, held a one-day national multi-stakeholder consultation forum on 15 September to support Ghana’s contribution to the Global Compact on Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM).
Ending Modern Slavery
By William Lacy Swing, Director General of the United Nations migration agency, the International Organization for Migration (IOM)
NEW YORK—Two centuries ago, right here in this city soon to emerge as the world’s center of commerce, a coalition of clergy,...
UN Migration Agency Calls for Coordinated Response as Nearly 400,000 Stream into Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar
Cox's Bazar - IOM yesterday highlighted the need for a coordinated humanitarian response to the massive inflow of destitute people fleeing Myanmar and arriving in Cox’s Bazar.
UN Migration Agency Deploys Experts to Support Islands Affected by Hurricanes Irma, Jose
San Jose - IOM, the UN Migration Agency, has deployed a surge team to support humanitarian efforts in the Caribbean islands most affected by Hurricanes Irma and Jose.
Labour-sending Asian Colombo Process Countries Meet on Global Migration Compact in Kathmandu
Kathmandu – A two-day meeting of labour-sending countries in Asia ended yesterday (14/09) in Kathmandu, Nepal.