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Bangladesh’s Rohingya Camps Hit by 7th Day of Wind, Rain - IOM Scales Up Distribution of Emergency Materials
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.
IOM, UNCTAD Strengthen Efforts to Maximize Migration Benefits
Increased cooperation expected in areas addressing migration and development, such as investment, enterprise development and entrepreneurship
IOM, Experts Gather on Environmental Migration, Climate-Resilient Reintegration of Returning Migrants
Rabat – In West Africa, environmental challenges are widely believed to drive migration from rural areas, where livelihoods are largely dependent on natural resources (agriculture, mining and fisheries).
Burundi: Japan, IOM Ramp Up Disease Prevention, Disaster Response and Reintegration Efforts
Bujumbura – In poor countries like Burundi, seasonal rains often lead to displacement—due to floods and landslides that impact subsistence farmers and small-scale traders, many of whom are vulnerable are vulnerable to losing farmland and their livelihoods in a matter of minutes...
Mozambique: Resettling and Rebuilding After Cyclone Idai
Ndeja Camp, Sofala Province – A season has passed since Category-4 Cyclone Idai devastated and displaced an estimated 1.85 million individuals across Mozambique’s coastal Sofala province and into Central Mozambique.
Chad Conducts National Consultation on Global Compact for Migration
N’Djamena – Earlier this month (3-4 July), Chad’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, with the support of IOM, hosted the country’s first national consultation on the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, marking a significant step in the implementation of this...
More Progress Needed on Migration Governance If Sustainable Development Goals Are to Be Achieved by 2030, IOM Urges
New York – The United Nations High-level Political Forum (HLPF) – the biggest gathering of governments, business and civil society leaders to review progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals...
Thousands Displaced as Monsoon Rains Pound Rohingya Camps
Cox’s Bazar – Five days of heavy rains and winds have pounded Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, displacing over 2,700, damaging over 3,400 houses and leaving two people dead.
Latin American Countries Agree on Road Map for the Integration of Venezuelans
Buenos Aires – IOM, the International Organization for Migration, and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, welcome the adoption by Latin American and Caribbean countries of a road map to facilitate integration in the region of refugees and migrants from Venezuela.
IOM Assists Survivors of Shipwreck Tragedy Off Tunisia’s Coast
Zarzis, Tunisia – More than 80 migrants, among them women and children are believed to have drowned when a vessel capsized off Tunisia’s Mediterranean coast this week.
New Spike in Displacement in Eastern DRC Further Complicates Ebola Response, Requires Urgent Relocation and Response
Kinshasa – Renewed violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) region that is struggling to contain the on-going Ebola outbreak, has claimed the lives of at least 160 people and displaced hundreds of thousands of others, further complicating the response to...
Tripoli Migrant Centre Airstrike Death Toll Rises to 53, Including 6 Children
Tripoli – IOM teams are continuing to provide food and water to the roughly 350 migrants still detained in Tajoura detention centre following Tuesday’s airstrike that killed 53 people, including several migrants who were scheduled to return home in the days after Tuesday’s...