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Manila Hosts Inaugural Meeting of Bali Process Technical Experts Group on Returns and Reintegration
Manila — Australia and the Philippines last week (23-24/04) co-chaired the inaugural Technical Experts Group on Returns and Reintegration (RRG) meeting in Manila under the auspices of the Bali Process on People Smuggling, Trafficking in Persons and Related Transnational Crime (...
Displaced, Returnees and Host Communities Benefit from Livelihood Supports in Burundi
Bujumbura - IOM, the UN Migration Agency, in partnership with the Belgian Development Cooperation, has provided entrepreneurship training as well as mentorship opportunities in agriculture to 120 representatives drawn from internally displaced persons (IDPs), returnees and the...
IOM’s MigApp Wins Global Award
Geneva – IOM, the UN Migration Agency, is today pleased to announce that its MigApp mobile application has won a CIO 100 Award.
IOM Rolls Out First Aid Training for Rohingya Refugees, But Lack of Funding Threatens Medical Services in Bangladesh Camps
Cox’s Bazar - As heavy rains again lashed Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar this week, UN Migration Agency medical staff helped others to gear up for monsoon and cyclone emergencies with the launch of a first aid training program designed to reach hundreds of safety...
Risks and Rights: New Video Aims to Empower Migrant Workers in Thai Fishing Industry
Bangkok – IOM X and ILO have premiered the video, Real Life of Fishers, which provides migrant workers in the Thai fishing sector with information on their rights and recourse.
Government of Egypt, UN Migration Agency and UNICEF Launch Song and Video Clip with Egyptian artists as part of Awareness Raising Campaign
Cairo — IOM, the UN Migration Agency, and the National Coordinating Committee on Combatting and Preventing Illegal Migration and Trafficking in Persons (NCCPIM&TIP) launched song, “Fares,” and its...
Community Resource Centres to Consolidate Support for Returnee Reintegration in Iraq
Baghdad — Over 3.6 million Internally Displaced Persons—or IDPs—have returned to safe areas of the country after being displaced by conflict. It is critical that areas of origin are supported by the international humanitarian community.
Mediterranean Migrant Arrivals Reach 21,981 in 2018; Deaths Reach 606
Geneva – IOM, the UN Migration Agency, reports that 21,981 migrants and refugees entered Europe by sea through the first 17 weeks of 2018, or the first third of the year. About 43 percent of all arrivals are to Italy, with the remainder divided between Greece (37%) and Spain (20...
Labour Migration a Key Contributor to GDP
Kathmandu - Nepal received remittances of NPR 699 billion (USD 6.56 billion) in FY 2016/17 and ranks fourth in the world in terms of the contribution of remittances to GDP, according to a report launched today by Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security, with support...
Bangladesh’s Rohingya Refugee Camps Face ‘Life Threatening’ Funding Crisis: Aid Agencies
Cox’s Bazar – Work by aid agencies in Bangladesh’s Rohingya refugee camps is under imminent threat unless urgent funding is secured in the next six weeks, according to IOM.
IOM Steps in to Aid New Rohingya Boat Arrivals in Indonesia
Jakarta – The UN Migration Agency has stepped in to provide humanitarian assistance to 84 ethnic Rohingya from Myanmar who have arrived by boat in Aceh, Indonesia this month.
UN Migration Agency Releases First Displacement Tracking Matrix Results on Venezuelan Flows in Brazil
Brazil – Most Venezuelans interviewed crossing Brazil’s northern border are between the prime working ages of 25 and 40 years old and nearly two thirds are men.