Migration

News Hour: The latest edition of the Arab Expatriate Exchange features two Olympic athletes with ties to North Africa: Olympic gold-medal winning swimmer Oussama Mellouli from Tunisia and Sarah Ourahmoune, a French citizen of Algerian ancestry...

News Hour: Between April 21 and August 3, Costa Rica registered the arrival of over 5,600 irregular migrants. The number has continued to rise over the past week and at least 2,500 migrants remain in the...

News Hour: Employment remains a key challenge for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Ukraine, according to a European Union-funded IOM survey. The cumulative report on the survey’s results* was published by IOM Ukraine this week. As...

News Hour: In Rio 2016 Olympic, Ten refugees made history as members of the first-ever Refugee Olympic Team. They havestarted competing in their heats at Rio2016. The team includes two Syrian swimmers, two judokas from the...

News Hour: “Start smart, end with success” is the message of an information campaign that IOM has launched with Thailand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs as part of efforts to address irregular migration in the region, particularly...

News Hour: The Government of Zimbabwe has launched a Trafficking in Persons (TiP) National Plan of Action (NAPLAC) to operationalize the Trafficking in Persons Act which was passed in 2014 to fight against human trafficking in...

News Hour: IOM has donated equipment and materials to enhance Mauritania’s immigration and border management capacity. The handover ceremony in Nouakchott was part of a European Union-funded IOM project: “Strengthening migration management in Mauritania through a...

News Hour: IOM and the Latin American and Caribbean Parliament have signed a cooperation agreement aimed at strengthening coordinated work on migration and development matters. The Latin American Parliament (Parlatino) is a regional, permanent organization composed...

News Hour: The Italian coastguard said the bodies of five migrants were recovered from the Mediterranean on Sunday, while more than 6,500 people had been rescued off Libya since Thursday, reports BSS. In one operation by...

News Hour: “AWARE MIGRANTS,” an information campaign jointly developed by the Italian Ministry of Interior and the IOM Coordination Office for the Mediterranean in Rome, was launched yesterday (28 July). It aims to raise awareness among...