Migration

News Hour: A group of 53 unaccompanied Ethiopian child migrants, who were returned from detention in Malawi by IOM early this month, were reunited with their families on September 8. After their release they were flown...

News Hour: As the numbers of refugees and migrants across the globe continue to grow to unprecedented levels, the communities that host them need the world’s support to cope with the enormous strain placed on their...

News Hour: The development of Mongolia’s mining industry in the Gobi region has led to an increase in internal and international migration towards the mining sites, creating new challenges, and increasing the risk of irregular migration,...

News Hour: IOM reports that 294,450 migrants and refugees entered Europe by sea in 2016 through 12 September, arriving mostly in Greece and Italy, where 126,931 migrants or refugees have arrived during 2016. Italy’s 2016 total...

News Hour: IOM and the Government of the Netherlands have agreed on closer bilateral cooperation in the field of migration through a Memorandum of Understanding that was signed by Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation Minister Lilianne...

News Hour: As increased military action turns towards the Iraqi city of Mosul, CARE warns that over 46,000 pregnant and breastfeeding women could be affected by the fighting, with many of them forced to flee under...

News Hour: Hundreds of thousands of people are crossing into Afghanistan from Pakistan, prompting warnings of a major humanitarian crisis. As many as 600,000 Afghans – registered refugees and undocumented returnees – will return to Afghanistan...

News Hour: IOM this week has helped 222 asylum seekers relocate safely from Greece and Italy to other European Union (EU) Member States under the EU’s relocation programme, continuing a trend of increased numbers of relocations...

News Hour: Displacement continues in Iraq as military operations are ongoing; more than 90,100 Iraqis have been recently displaced from Salah al-Din (Baiji and Al-Shirqat districts) and Ninewa (Al-Qayara sub-district) between 16 June and 5 September...

News Hour: IOM organized its first humanitarian repatriation charter flight from southern Libya on 6 September, flying 171 stranded Nigerien migrants back to Niger. The flight departed from Taminhint Airport and arrived in Niamey, Niger in...