Migration
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Greek schools admit refugee, migrant children
Oct 14, 2016News Hour: 15 Greek schools welcomed for the first time refugee and migrant children from nearby camps. IOM Greece provided transport and equipped the children with school kits, including notebooks, pens, pencils and other materials. In... -
154 Nigerians return home from Libya
Oct 14, 2016News Hour: IOM assisted 154 stranded Nigerian migrants, including 98 women, one infant and three children, to return home to Nigeria from Libya. Of the group, 153 had spent several months in the Al Fallah and... -
Seychelles officials got training on Labour Migration
Oct 9, 2016News Hour: IOM, with the Ministry of Labour and Human Resource Development of the Republic of Seychelles, supported a two-day training workshop on labour migration, and a half-day roundtable on migration management in the Seychelles’ capital... -
At least 28 Europe-bound migrants found dead off Libya
Oct 5, 2016News Hour: Twenty-eight Europe-bound migrants were found dead on a day of frantic rescues off Libya on Tuesday, including at least 22 in an overloaded wooden boat, an AFP photographer and the Italian coastguard said. The... -
Workshop on information management in case of crisis with migration dimension
Oct 5, 2016News Hour: On 26-27 September 2016, the IOM Mission in Armenia conducted a two-day interactive workshop on Information Management in Cases of Crisis with a Migration Dimension. The workshop focused on the identification of gaps on... -
City leadership at front and center in implementing migration policy
Oct 3, 2016News Hour: The 3rd Global Mayoral Forum: “Governing Locally: City Leadership at the Front and Center in Implementing Migration Policy – Promoting Development and Securing Protection” is taking place in Quezon City in the Philippines. The... -
Awareness raised about breast cancer among migrant women in Thailand
Oct 2, 2016News Hour: IOM will carry out activities throughout the month of October to promote awareness of breast cancer among female migrants temporarily detained in Thailand. The initiative is part of IOM’s efforts to commemorate Breast Cancer... -
Findings on Nepal-India migration corridor study
Oct 1, 2016News Hour: At a National Conference on Migration in Nepal this week, IOM presented findings from its recently concluded study on the socio-economic and financial profile of migrants to India. “Unfortunately, the Nepal – India migration... -
7,000 people got training to combat human trafficking in Mesoamerica
Oct 1, 2016News Hour: Students, government officials, non-governmental organizations and journalists are some of the nearly 7,000 people that in the last three years have participated in IOM’s training and awareness programmes, addressing prevention of human trafficking in... -
IOM DG participates in historical peace agreement signing in Colombia
Sep 28, 2016News Hour: IOM Director General William Lacy Swing took part in a historic ceremony in Cartagena marking the formal signing of a peace agreement between the Government of Colombia and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia...
