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News Hour: IOM has launched a socio-economic survey of undocumented Afghan families returning from Pakistan in order to better understand and respond to their needs and intentions. The survey highlights key questions including where returnees plan...

News Hour: Within the past week (6-12 December) over 9,800 displaced Iraqis have arrived at the Emergency Site in Al-Qayara Airstrip in Ninewa governorate. Most had fled their homes due to armed conflict and were in...

News Hour: At the request of the Indonesian government, IOM today deployed 16 personnel to Aceh province to begin tracking and monitoring the locations and needs of almost 84,000 people displaced by last week’s powerful earthquake....

News Hour The number of migrants currently residing in South Korea hit a record high of two million this year. “As the countries of origin of these migrants diversify, the need for an awareness-raising activities has...

News Hour Over the last decade, countries in Southern Africa have been hit by recurrent and frequent floods, droughts and strong cyclones, which have resulted in the displacement of people in both urban and rural areas....

News Hour The humanitarian community will soon be able to better coordinate support for northeast Nigeria, where nearly seven million people are in need of life-saving assistance. This is thanks to the setting up of a...

News Hour IOM Niger’s border management team earlier this week (5/12) launched the Community Engagement on Border Management Mechanism in Niger project in the capital, Niamey. The USD 990,000 project, funded by the United States, will...

News Hour: IOM’s 107th Council – the first since the agency entered the United Nations starts Monday, 5 December, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. It will run through 8 December. The Council will...

News Hour: Winter rains and plunging temperatures have hit northern Iraq in the past two days, posing additional challenges for internally displaced persons (IDPs) and communities affected by military operations around Mosul. Current displacement from Mosul...

News Hour: IOM Turkey is on course to rehabilitate the accommodation of 250 Syrian families by 31 December 2016, under a pilot scheme in Sanliurfa province. The project, funded by the Norwegian government began in October...