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Djibouti Works to Assist Street Children, Beginning With a Study on Their Needs: IOM Report
Djibouti City – Djibouti might be a relatively small country on the Horn of Africa, but it is a significant transit location for migrants, especially from Ethiopia, who are seeking to cross over to Yemen, and ultimately to the Arab Peninsular.
Continued Winter Assistance Needed for Displaced and Vulnerable Iraqis: IOM
Erbil – As winter temperatures set in, accompanied by winds and rain, IOM in Iraq has completed the three-month distribution of 25,000 winter non-food item kits.
Mediterranean Migrant Arrivals Reach 2,200 in 2019; Deaths Reach 16
Geneva – IOM, the UN Migration Agency, reports that 2,200 migrants and refugees have entered Europe by sea through the first 13 days of 2019, a slight increase over the 1,915 arriving during the same period last year.
Urgent Humanitarian Assistance Needed for Migrant Workers Displaced by Clashes in Northern Chad
Chad - The International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Chad requires USD 1.2 million to urgently assist more than 950 migrants and Chadian nationals displaced by inter-communal fighting around two gold mines near the Libyan border at the end of December (27-28/12).
30,000 Irregular Migration Deaths, Disappearances Between 2014-2018: IOM Report
Berlin – At least 30,510 people died during irregular migration between 2014 and 2018, the International Organization for Migration’s (IOM) Missing Migrants Project reports.
E-Campus Offers Free Online Learning Platform on Migration
San José – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has begun 2019 with the launch of E-Campus, a free online learning platform on migration.
IOM Welcomes Malta’s Safe Harbour and EU Solidarity for Sea Rescue Survivors, Appeals for Swifter, Reliable Solutions
Floriana/Rome/Brussels – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) commends the Maltese authorities for providing a safe port for the disembarkation of the 49 migrants rescued by the Sea Watch 3 and Sea Eye boats.
IOM Addresses Protection Needs of Internally Displaced Somalis
Baidao – Tens of thousands of drought and conflict displaced Somalis received shelter materials and non-food item kits distributed by IOM in Somalia last month.
IOM Podcast Series, #9: Migrant Rights and Your Rights
New York – Migration is one of the great challenges of our time. The worldwide numbers have increased by almost 50 per cent since 2000.
Grim Milestone as Migrant Deaths, Disappearances Top 4,000 for Fifth Consecutive Year
Berlin - For the fifth consecutive year more than 4,000 people are believed to have died or gone missing on migratory routes across the globe, IOM's Missing Migrants Project reports.
Statement by UN Network on Migration on the Formal Endorsement of the Global Compact for Migration
New York/Geneva — The new United Nations Network on Migration welcomes the formal endorsement, on 19 December 2018, by the General Assembly, of the outcome of the Marrakech Conference.
Bamboo Treatment Plant Races to Repel Beetles Attacking Bangladesh Refugee Camps
Cox’s Bazar — Work has begun on one of the largest bamboo treatment plants ever installed in an emergency response, as IOM experts tackle a tiny insect that is devastating structures in the world’s biggest refugee settlement.