IOM

News Hour: For the first time, Somalia’s Immigration and Naturalization Directorate (IND) had the opportunity to build and formalize a relationship with its regional counterpart, the Directorate General of Immigration and Emigration (DGIE) in Rwanda. IOM...

News Hour: This week, three Chilean mayors are in the United States as part of the State Department’s International Visiting Leaders Program (IVLP), during which they will exchange best practices for migrants’ social inclusion. IVLP’s objective...

News Hour: IOM Egypt opened its migration health assessment centre (MHAC) on March 16th to provide full health assessments to refugees and migrants migrating from Egypt. The centre provides services to self-paying Egyptian migrants and refugees...

News Hour: IOM and the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) launched this week (13/03) a nationwide training programme on the use of the newly developed GIS Legal Handbook. Thirteen trainings are being rolled out in 10 regions...

News Hour: As part of its efforts to support the refugees and host communities in the Gambella Region of Ethiopia, IOM organized a training this week (15/03) for South Sudanese refugees on the impacts of deforestation...

News Hour: In the midst of ongoing operations in Mosul, the Government of Japan is providing USD 6.7 million to IOM to support its humanitarian response to displacement in Iraq. Over a one-year period, this contribution...

News Hour: Three years into the conflict-related crisis in Eastern Ukraine there are acute humanitarian needs, including access to shelter, work, essential services, and even food and water. IOM has just announced plans for its assistance...

News Hour: A delegation of diplomats and aid officials visited Erbil, Iraq 3-5 March 2017 to see first-hand IOM humanitarian projects in response to the ongoing displacement crisis. Over three million Iraqis have continued to be...

News Hour: In order to meet the emergency needs of over a million Somalis affected by drought, IOM in Somalia is scaling up life-saving interventions throughout the country and appealing to international donors for funding. Humanitarian...

News Hour: Some 273,780 people are displaced in Yemen’s Taizz Governorate, according to IOM’s most recent Task Force on Population Movements (TFPM) report. This places it among the top five IDP-hosting governorates in the country. For...