IOM / International Organization for Migration [to 5 September 2015]
http://www.iom.int/press-room/press-releases

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Selected Press Releases
Migrants, Refugees Continue to Stream into Greece, Italy
09/04/15
Greece – Over the past week, IOM Greece estimates that over 5,000 migrants and refugees a day have crossed the Aegean Sea into Greece.

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Confusion Surrounds Treatment of Migrants, Refugees in Hungary
09/04/15
Hungary – Scenes of chaos continue at train stations in Hungary as migrants and refugees try to leave the country and reach Germany via Austria.

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Over 2.1 Million Displaced in Nigeria: IOM
09/04/15
Nigeria – Over 2.1 million people or 300,000 households are now internally displaced in northern Nigeria, according to IOM’s Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM).

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IOM Evacuates Stranded Chadian Migrants from Cameroon
09/04/15
Cameroon – Two years since the conflict in the Central African Republic (CAR) began, IOM is continuing to help Chadian migrants stranded in Cameroon to return home. The migrants were living in CAR and had to flee during the conflict.
Last weekend (29/8) IOM transported 121 Chadian migrants from Cameroon to Chad by road with funding from the UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF).

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IOM Ends Emergency Aid Operations in Northern Chile
09/04/15
Chile – IOM Chile is ending its emergency assistance to victims of floods that hit northern Chile in late March.
The emergency response, which was funded by a USD 338,220 grant from the UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), allowed IOM, with Caritas and Chilean Red Cross, to facilitate the return of displaced families in the municipalities of Diego de Almagro, Chanaral, Tierra Amarilla, Paipote and Copiapo.

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El Nino Affects a Million People in PNG Highlands
09/04/15
Papua New Guinea – A million people in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea (PNG) are currently enduring severe drought and frost in what has been described as the worst El Niño weather system in living memory.

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Finalists for Migrant Smartphone Film Prize Announced
09/04/15
Republic of Korea – The finalists for the Migrant Heroes Prize in the 5th Olleh International Smartphone Film Festival (OISFF) have been announced. They address important migration issues in Nepal and Syria, according to IOM, official partner of OISFF this year.
Among 57 smartphone film submissions from 23 countries for the #MigrantHeroes Smartphone Film Competition – an IOM initiative to gather submissions for the Migration Heroes Prize – three films from Nepal, Jordan, and Syria were chosen as finalists after a vigorous selection process.

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Honduras Relaunches Migrant Call Centre
09/01/15
Honduras – IOM and Honduras’ Ministry of Foreign Affairs have relaunched the ALHO VOZ call centre, which this year is expected to help over 850,000 Honduran migrants.