News
IOM Delivers Medicine and Hundreds of Tons of Rice to Earthquake Affected Communities in Java
IOM today begins delivering
critically-needed medical supplies and hundreds of tons of rice
from government warehouses in Klaten, Central Java, to remote areas
hard hit by the May 27th earthquake on Java island.
Migrants' Remittances and Development
A new report jointly sponsored by IOM and
The Hague Process on Refugees and Migration (THP) sheds fresh light
on the role of migrants’ remittances in development.
IOM-Supported Project for Vulnerable Populations Receives Award
A micro enterprise run by internally
displaced Colombians and supported by IOM this week won first prize
in the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) Entrepreneurship
Awards.
Funds Urgently Needed to Assist Growing Numbers of Internally Displaced
IOM is urgently seeking $20 million to help
the rapidly growing numbers of vulnerable internally displaced
people (IDPs) in Iraq in need of emergency humanitarian
assistance.
Addressing the Psychological Consequences of Human Trafficking
As part of its counter-trafficking work in
Tanzania, IOM has organized training for social workers and others
involved in assisting victims of trafficking that will help them
address the psychological consequences of the crime.
Bolivian Fire Victims Highlight Poor Conditions for Migrants
The return back home from Buenos Aires of
the bodies of six Bolivian migrants killed by a fire in a
clandestine textile factory and 12 of their family members, has
highlighted the dire working conditions of many Bolivian migrants
IOM Consolidates, Expands Indonesian Earthquake Response
IOM is consolidating and expanding its
emergency response to Saturday’s devastating earthquake on
Java, delivering relief supplies to the worst-affected areas and
helping hundreds of injured people return home from
hospital.
IOM Delivers Food and Water to IDPs
IOM Timor Leste, working with the Timorese
Ministry of Labour, this week deployed trucks and staff to deliver
rice and water to thousands of displaced people in the capital
Dili.
International Migration Law Course Begins
IOM, the Ministry in Charge of the Moroccan
Community Residing Abroad and the Migrants’ Rights Resource
Centre are organizing a four-day course on international migration
law.
IOM Distributes Relief to Areas Worst Hit by Earthquake, Reunites Family Members
IOM is providing transport and logistical
support to the Indonesian authorities, domestic and foreign relief
groups and donor governments responding to Saturday’s
earthquake on Indonesia’s Java Island.
Essentials of Migration Management Workshop
Training on selected modules of IOM’s
Essentials of Migration Management (EMM) was completed last week in
Kinshasa for 28 senior officials from the Ministry of
Interior’s “Direction Générale de la
Kandahar Violence Upsurge Displaces Families
Between 2,000-3,000 thousand people have
been forced to flee their villages and camps in Panjwayi district,
32 kilometres west of Kandahar city, according to IOM
Kandahar-based programme officer Abdul Basir.