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Global Messaging App, IOM and a Cat Team Up to Promote Safe Migration in Belarus
Minsk – Coming to your phone soon: A cat from the iconic Brooklyn Bridge, or in the snow in downtown Minsk.
Farmers, Private Sector and Returnees Join Forces to Launch Pineapple Factory, Foster Reintegration in Nigeria
Benin City – For centuries, ever since the opening of Atlantic Ocean trade routes many now associate with the dawn of ‘globalism’, the pineapple has served as a symbol of welcome and safe haven. Replicas of the fruit, cut from wood or stone or sculpted in clay, have been a fixture in luxury...
IOM Responds to Measles Outbreak in Ethiopia
East Wollega – Ethiopia’s Public Health Emergency Management department has recorded more than 700 cases of measles since an outbreak was declared on 24 January 2020.
However, the actual caseload in the community remains undetermined due to inaccessibility of some among the affected...
IOM Campaigns Help Communities in Mexico and Central America Seek Alternatives to Irregular Migration
San José – C4D is shorthand for ‘communication for development’, a staple of messaging campaigns in the humanitarian realm. The enduring question, for bodies like the International Organization for Migration (IOM), is, do they work?
A review of four C4D campaigns implemented by the IOM...
IOM Launches Guidance to Improve Protection and Assistance for Migrants Vulnerable to Violence, Exploitation and Abuse
Geneva – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is launching today (20/02) a new suite of publications to support the identification of vulnerabilities associated with migration and improve the protection and assistance available to migrants.
IOM Supports Rwanda’s Ministry of Health to Engage with The Diaspora
Kigali – The International Organisation for Migration, IOM is collaborating with the Government of Rwanda to tap into the skills of Rwandan medical practitioners in the Diaspora.
Through the ‘Diaspora Engagement in the Rwandan Health Sector’ project, implemented by IOM in coordination ...
IOM Calls on the International Community for Urgent Action to Find Alternatives to Disembarkation in Libya
Geneva – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) today is calling on the international community including the European Union to find an alternative safe disembarkation mechanism for migrants rescued fleeing Libya by boat after roughly 200 migrants were returned to Tripoli, hours...
First Group of Over 1,400 Stranded Ethiopian Migrants Arrive from Tanzania
Dar es Salam and Addis Ababa – The costs of dangerous, sometimes lethal passages some irregular migrants make in Africa can be measured in many ways: in currencies, even in lives. Tamrat and Debebe – two young men newly returned to their native Ethiopia – measure their hardships in years.
IOM Launches Media Campaign to Combat Human Trafficking in Sri Lanka
Colombo – The challenges posed by human trafficking in this South Asian island nation, where over 200,000 people migrate to work abroad each year, are daunting.
Since 2017, IOM Sri Lanka has assisted over 90 victims of trafficking and vulnerable migrants through victim assistance grants...
Armenia Elaborates New Migration Concept with IOM Support
Yerevan – The landlocked, mountainous country of Armenia has for many years seen a robust migration landscape, with a diaspora that significantly exceeds its resident population.
Last week, in the capital Yerevan, work began on the latest State Migration Management Concept, which sets...
Journey from Africa to Yemen Remains World’s Busiest Maritime Migration Route
Nairobi – On average, 11,500 people boarded vessels each month from the Horn of Africa to Yemen in 2019, making it the busiest maritime migration route on earth.
Brutal Winter Temperatures Intensify Desperation for Rising Numbers of Displaced People in Northwest Syria
Geneva – Sub-zero temperatures and increased snowfall are further exacerbating the humanitarian crisis in northwest Syria where more than a quarter of a million people have been displaced in the past four days.