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IOM, Partners Offer “Filter Hotel” to Migrants Needing Quarantine in Northern Mexico
Ciudad Juárez – In this Mexican city on the border with the United States, many migrant shelters have closed their doors in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19. For this reason, recently arrived migrants to the city, or those who can no longer afford to pay for lodging, ...
IOM Niger: Assisted Voluntary Return for Stranded Malians; Over 1,400 Remain in Transit Centers
Niamey – Yesterday (4/06), the International Organization for Migration (IOM) assisted 179 Malian nationals stranded in Niger with their voluntary return to Mali, thanks to the European Union’s financial support. The migrants had been waiting at IOM’s transit centres in Niamey...
COVID Info Line: Enhancing Information Flows through Interactive Voice Response Technology in Bangladesh
Cox’s Bazar—The COVID-19 pandemic, and the restrictions on movement that followed, highlight the importance of protecting the flow of accurate and authentic information. Amid widespread rumors and misinformation about the virus, protecting an evidence-based dialogue is critical...
Free Medical Care for Migrants in New IOM Ethiopia Partnership
Addis Ababa – Mohammed Adem suffered kidney failure while working as an irregular migrant in Sanaa, Yemen in 2018, forcing him to return to Ethiopia. He was supported by the EU-IOM Joint Initiative for Migrant Protection and Reintegration in the Horn of Africa, which also...
IOM Turkey Calls for Greater Assistance for Migrants and Refugees as COVID-19 Restrictions Ease
Ankara - Turkey has the 10th highest number of COVID-19 cases globally, but strict measures implemented by the government have allowed it to flatten the curve, with new cases down to under 1,000 per day.
Climate Change and COVID-19 Impact Agriculture and Youth Mobility Across West and Central Africa
Dakar – West Africa’s agricultural sector represents 35 per cent of the region’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and is one of the main sources of employment for millions of people- up to 80 per cent of the population in rural areas. However, climate change and its effects, such as...
The COVID-19 pandemic is an opportunity to reimagine human mobility
Statement by the United Nations Network on Migration
Geneva - Today, the Secretary-General has urged that global efforts to manage the COVID-19 crisis will depend upon public health responses and a comprehensive recovery that include all people. The...
IOM, Government of South Sudan to Establish a Point of Entry in Rank
Juba –The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is working in close partnership with the government of South Sudan and other UN agencies to ramp up surveillance at the country’s borders as part of efforts to curtail the spread of COVID-19.
COVID-19 ventilators provided to help Somalia fight pandemic
Mogadishu – Ventilators to treat COVID-19 patients are being supplied by IOM, the International Organization for Migration, to help thousands of Somali’s affected by the disease.
In Horn of Africa Migrant Support Centres Join Fight Against Covid-19
Nairobi—During January 2020, some 11,000 irregular migrants arrived in Yemen en route to jobs in the wealthy Gulf Cooperation Council countries, especially Saudi Arabia. Almost all migrants come from the Horn of Africa countries of Ethiopia and Somalia.
Adapting to Change: IOM Faces COVID-19 Pandemic by Strengthening Outreach Tools
San José - The COVID-19 emergency has brought many changes, but issues affecting migrants haven’t disappeared. To keep providing support and services at a distance, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Mesoamerica and the Caribbean is rewiring existing outreach...
Resettlement Sites in Need of Further Preparedness as COVID-19 Cases Increase in Mozambique
Maputo — As the number of COVID-19 cases in Mozambique recently surpassed 250--with cases confirmed in all provinces—there is a continued alert for the spread of the disease in resettlement sites, which host over 100,000 people were displaced by 2019’s twin cyclones Idai and Kenneth.