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IOM Outraged By Somalia Terrorist Attack
Geneva – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has expressed its shock and outrage at Friday’s terrorist attack that claimed the lives of at least 26 people, one of whom worked under the auspices of the UN agency.
“International Approach to Refugees and Migrants in Libya Must Change”: IOM Director General António Vitorino and UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi
Geneva – On 3 July, more than 50 migrants and refugees lost their lives in an airstrike on the Tajoura Detention Centre in the east of Libya’s capital Tripoli. This week we appealed to the European Union and African Union to prevent such a tragedy from being repeated.
EU, IOM Support Veterans’ Reintegration in Ukraine
Kyiv – According to official data, there are about 370,000 veterans of the conflict in Ukraine, many of whom encounter significant challenges attempting to reintegrate into civilian life.
Innovative Schemes to Facilitate Integration of Resettled Refugees in European Union
Brussels – Refugees resettling to the European Union (EU) bring diverse skills, and the majority want to find work and improve their language skills, according to a new report launched today (12/07) in Brussels at the closing event of an International Organization for Migration...
Humanitarian Actors Establish First Anti-Trafficking Task Force in North-East Nigeria
Maiduguri – In a bid to better respond to trafficking in persons in Borno State, north-east Nigeria, where 7.1 million...
Korean Aid Workers Learn to Cope with Gender-Based Violence
Seoul – The United Nations estimates suggest that a third of women worldwide have experienced sexual violence at some point during their lives.
IOM Scales Up Distribution of Emergency Materials as Rohingya Camps are Battered by Wind, Rain
Cox’s Bazar – Unrelenting rain and winds are continuing to batter the Rohingya refugee camps of southern Bangladesh, displacing thousands of people, damaging homes and infrastructure, and increasing the risk of waterborne illnesses.
UN Missions to Senegal Visit Kolda, Home to Many Returnee Migrants
Dakar – The Kolda region in southern Senegal is the main area of return for 31 per cent of the 4,090 Senegalese stranded in Libya and Niger and who were assisted for voluntary return to Senegal between May 2017 and May 2019, under the ...
IOM Partners with Burundi to Combat Human Trafficking
Bujumbura – The International Organization for Migration (IOM), in partnership with the Government of Burundi, this week (10/07) launched a project to strengthen government capacity to combat trafficking in persons (TiP).
Key Lessons, Good Practices Captured at EU, ACP Migration Programme Close
Brussels – Deepened engagement on migration between national and regional authorities in the Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) regions emerged as one of the most promising practices in the concluding analysis of a five-year, European Union-funded programme implemented by the...
Mediterranean Migrant Arrivals Reach 31,649 in 2019; Deaths Reach 682
Geneva – IOM reports that 31,649 migrants and refugees have entered Europe by sea through 10 July, roughly a 35 per cent decrease from the 48,612 arriving during the same period last year.
Joint Libya Statement: IOM Director General António Vitorino and UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi - International Approach to Migrants and Refugees in Libya Must Change
Geneva – On 3 July, more than 50 migrants and refugees lost their lives in an airstrike on the Tajoura Detention Centre in the east of Libya’s capital Tripoli.