Situation Reports
Yemen | Migration Overview | January - March 2020
Africa and Middle East
Agadez, Niger. A truck packed with migrants leaves Agadez, a Saharan hub for West African migrants travelling to Libya, Algeria and Europe, for Tourayat. From Tourayat to Libya can take more than two days across the desert. In 2015 IOM Niger registered and assisted over 7,000 migrants in Agadez. Photo: IOM/Amanda Nero.
Malakal Protection of Civilians (PoC) site, South Sudan. An IDP gathers the remains of his home in Sector 1 of the Malakal PoC following ethnic fighting that broke out in the camp resulting in the deaths of 18 and a fire that destroyed hundreds of homes. Photo: Muse Mohammed / IOM 2016.
Amman, Jordan. A young Syrian girl holds her mother as she waits in line to board a bus at the assembly point for refugees destined for resettlement in Canada. Photo: Muse Mohammed / IOM.
Maiduguri, Nigeria. An IDP woman poses with her son in front of her makeshift shelter constructed from cardboard at the Farm Center IDP Camp. The camp, a former processing plant, is now home to thousands of people who have fled their homes from villages mainly in Borno State. Some of the IDPs live in emergency shelters provided by agencies including IOM. Others have built their own shelters using whatever materials are available. Photo: Muse Mohammed / IOM.
Somewhere over the Atlantic. A Syrian refugee travelling to start a new life in Canada shows pictures of his hometown of Hama on his mobile phone. Photo: Muse Mohammed / IOM.
