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

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IOM Begins Canadian Refugee Resettlement Operations in Lebanon
12/04/15
Lebanon – IOM, in collaboration with the Canadian government, UNHCR and partners, today began refugee resettlement operations in Lebanon.

IOM Monitors Greece-FYRoM Border Amid Security Concerns
12/04/15
Greece – The situation at Greece’s border with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYRoM) is extremely tense.

Better Policies Needed to Help Migrants, IOM Tells Special Meeting in Bangkok
12/04/15
Thailand – “Bad policies are unintentionally subsidizing the smugglers,” says IOM’s Director General William Lacy Swing.

IOM Highlights Needs of Deported Afghan Minors
12/04/15
Afghanistan – Unaccompanied minors make up the largest group of vulnerable Afghans returning from Iran, yet the needs of the children who make this dangerous cross-border journey are often overlooked.

IOM Aids Cyclone-Hit Communities in Socotra, Yemen
12/04/15
Yemen – In the first two weeks of November 2015, two cyclones, Chapala and Megh, made landfall across the southern coast of Yemen. As part of ongoing support to the affected population, IOM provided humanitarian assistance to over 2,000 vulnerable internal displaced families on the island of Socotra.

IOM Helps Stranded Malian Migrants to Leave Libya, Return Home
12/04/15
Mali – On Tuesday (1/12) IOM, in collaboration with the Libyan and Malian authorities, helped 170 stranded Malian migrants, including 20 women and 150 men, to return home from the Libyan capital, Tripoli.

IOM Tanzania Targets Health, Mobility and HIV Prevention on World Aids Day
12/04/15
Tanzania – HIV / AIDS remains a major public health issue around the world and has been responsible for over 35 million deaths to date. Migrants and mobile populations are recognised as being at a high risk of HIV infection as they frequently face marginalisation, exclusion and various barriers to accessing health promotion and care.

IOM Cote d’Ivoire Assesses Counter Trafficking Project on Liberian Border
12/04/15
Côte d’Ivoire – IOM Cote d’Ivoire has led a two-day evaluation mission to the town of San Pedro on the Liberian border as a part of its Akoma counter trafficking project.

IOM, Canada Open Processing Center in Amman, Jordan for Canada-bound Refugees
12/01/15
Jordan – IOM, together with its partners, began the process of registering Syrian refugees slated for resettlement in Canada from Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey.

Children Account for 20% of Maritime Arrivals to Europe in 2015: IOM and UNICEF
12/01/15
Germany – IOM’s Global Migration Data Analysis Centre and UNICEF shows that children make up at least one in five of the 870,000 arrivals to Europe in 2015.

Migrants Should Not be Left Behind in Fight to Eradicate AIDS
12/01/15
Switzerland – With 15 million people already accessing life-saving HIV treatment, UNAIDS estimates that the world is on the fast track to end AIDS.

UK Backs Lifesaving IOM Operations in South Sudan
12/01/15
South Sudan – The United Kingdom has increased its support of IOM’s lifesaving operations for vulnerable populations across South Sudan. Needs remain immense two years into the crisis, with an estimated 1.7 million people internally displaced and millions more in urgent need of assistance.

Cameroon Internal Displacement Tops 158,000
12/01/15
Cameroon – According to the first round of IOM’s Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM), 158,316 people or 27,919 households are now internally displaced in the Far North region of Cameroon.

IOM Senegal, Spain Launch Youth Centre for Entrepreneurship Training
12/01/15
Senegal – A Centre for Training and Assistance to Entrepreneurship was officially launched on Friday 27th November in Guédiawaye, on the outskirts of Dakar, by Senegal’s Director of the National Agency for the Promotion of Youth Employment (ANPEJ).

IOM, Partners Host Workshop to Address Irregular Migration in Southern Africa
12/01/15
South Africa – Following the Migration Dialogue for Southern Africa (MIDSA) Conference held in Zimbabwe in July 2015, IOM, UNHCR, UNODC, UNICEF and Save the Children International yesterday (30/11) jointly launched a regional stakeholder workshop to facilitate technical discussions for the implementation of priority actions identified at the 2015 Ministerial MIDSA.

Singaporean Students Pilot Interactive Counter Trafficking App
12/01/15
Thailand – IOM’s IOM X Campaign, along with its partners USAID, the U.S. Embassy Singapore and Microsoft, yesterday presented the findings from IOM X Connect Singapore – its pilot outreach project aimed at raising public awareness for the issue of human trafficking in Singapore.