IOM / International Organization for Migration [to 2 July 2016]
http://www.iom.int/press-room/press-releases

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07/01/16
IOM Member States Endorse Move to Join United Nations
Switzerland – Member States of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) decided that IOM should join the United Nations system as a related organization.
[See Week in Review above for more detail]

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Assisted Voluntary Returns Peaked at 70,000 in 2015: IOM
07/01/16
Switzerland – IOM assisted 69,540 migrants from 97 host and/or transit countries and 156 countries of origin in 2015.

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Mediterranean Migrant Arrivals in 2016: 225,095; Deaths: 2,889
07/01/16
Italy – IOM reports an estimated 225,095 migrants and refugees entered Europe by sea in 2016 through 30 June, arriving in Italy, Greece, Cyprus and Spain.

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Yellow Fever Outbreak Confirmed in DR Congo: IOM Trains Border Health Officers
06/28/16
Democratic Republic of Congo – IOM has trained a first group of border health officials to combat an outbreak of yellow