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IOM Steps Up Humanitarian Response on Turkey’s Land and Sea Borders
Edirne- As the situation on the Turkey/EU border enters its second week IOM, with its partners, continues to provide humanitarian aid to the thousands of vulnerable migrants who have been sleeping in rough conditions, without proper access to food, shelter or sanitary facilities...
Shipwreck Off Coast of Libya Pushes Migrant Deaths on the Mediterranean Past 20,000 Mark
Berlin – A tragic shipwreck off the coast of Libya last month and more than a dozen other recent fatalities elsewhere have pushed the death toll in the Mediterranean Sea to 20,014 since 2014, according to IOM’s Missing Migrants Project.
IOM Urges Restraint, Calls for a Humane Response on EU-Turkey Border
Geneva - The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is urging all States to exercise restraint and adopt a balanced, humane approach to population movements across the EU-Turkey border.
UN Appeals for USD 877m for Rohingya Refugee Response in Bangladesh
Joint IOM-UNHCR Press Release
Geneva – United Nations agencies and NGO partners today (03/03) launched the...
Humanitarian Leaders Gather in Saudi Arabia to Discuss World’s Most Dangerous Migration Routes
Riyadh – Finding safe and dignified solutions that meet the needs of people embarking on precarious migration routes to and through countries in conflict was a key focus of this week’s Riyadh International Humanitarian Forum, hosted by the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief...
Lack of Quality Data Compounds Risks Facing Millions of Refugee and Migrant Children
UNICEF, IOM, UNHCR, OECD, various countries and other partners join forces to protect children through the International Data Alliance on Children on the Move
Nigerien Youth Trained in Market Gardening
Niamey – Moussa has been cultivating crops for years without any proper technical guidance.
More than 13,000 Migrants Reported Along the Turkish-Greek Border
EDIRNE - Thousands of migrants, including families with young children, are passing a cold night along the border between Turkey and Greece, say staff from the International Organization for Migration, who are tracking the movement of people from Istanbul and providing humanitarian assistance to...
IOM Monitoring Reports of Increased Migrant Movements in Turkey
EDIRNE - The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is monitoring reports of an increase in the movement of migrants in Turkey and assessing their emerging humanitarian needs.
“Migration is Key to the Development of the Region,” IOM Director General Emphasizes During First Visit to the Sahel and Senegal
Nouakchott – The International Organization for Migration’s (IOM) Director General António Vitorino ended his first visit to the Sahel and Senegal this week where he expressed his concern about the increasing vulnerability of local populations and migrants across the region. ...
Belarus Reinforces Partnerships to Fight Online Sexual Abuse of Children
Minsk – Two girls aged just seven and five are among the latest victims of sexual exploitation in Belarus. Their mothers were paid to allow men to film their daughters being abused.
IOM Hails Historic First Human Trafficking Convictions in Sierra Leone
Freetown – The Sierra Leone High Court has for the first time, convicted people of human trafficking, sentencing two women to lengthy jail terms earlier this month, a move hailed as a significant blow to those who engage in this modern-day form of slavery.