IOM / International Organization for Migration [to 6 February 2016]
http://www.iom.int/press-room/press-releases

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02/05/16
Mediterranean Migrant Deaths Reach 374; Arrivals in Greece Top 68,000 in 2016
Greece – IOM estimates that Mediterranean migrant and refugee arrivals in Italy and Greece reached 74,676 through February 4th.

IOM: Migrants Must Be Included in Zika Virus Response Plans
02/05/16
Switzerland – IOM DG William Lacy Swing has called on governments to include migrants and mobile populations in Zika Virus preparedness and response plans.

IOM Guinea Supports Psychosocial, Socio-economic Recovery of Ebola Survivors
02/05/16
Guinea – IOM has launched a programme to distribute cash grants to Ebola survivors as part of community-led projects in Boke in the northwestern part of the country.

IOM Tracks New Displacement in Burundi
02/05/16
Burundi – IOM Burundi has released its second Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) report for three provinces – Makamba, Kirundo and Rutana. It shows a total of 25,081 internally displaced persons (IDPs), of whom 46 per cent are men and 54 per cent women.

IOM, Central American States Promote Regular Flights of Stranded Cuban Migrants
02/05/16

Migrant Deaths in January Top 360; Arrivals in Greece Top 62,000
02/02/16
Greece – Fatalities of migrants and refugees in the Mediterranean in January topped 360 due to a particularly deadly final weekend of the month.

Resettlement of Syrians from Lebanon to Canada Passes 8,000
02/02/16
Lebanon – The ongoing resettlement operation has moved over 8,200 Syrian refugees to Canada.

IOM Helps Iraqi Migrants Voluntarily Return Home from Belgium
02/02/16
Iraq – On Monday, February 1, 106 Iraqi nationals departed voluntarily from Belgium to Baghdad under IOM’s Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration (AVRR) programme.

IOM, UNDP Support Consolidation of Brazil’s Migration and Refugee Policy
02/02/16
Brazil- IOM and UNDP have signed an agreement to support the efforts of the Government of Brazil in consolidating its Refugee and Migration Policy, under a project agreed between the Brazilian National Secretariat of Justice and UNDP: Strengthening Institutional Capacity and Social Participation in the Justice Policy [Fortalecimento da Capacidade Institucional e da Participação Social na Política de Justiça].