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New figures published by IOM, un migration agency today show a sharp rise in the number of Ukrainians identified as victims of trafficking and assisted from January to June 2020. The total – 800 – represents...

IOM, the International Organization for Migration, is giving COVID-19 testing to thousands of truck drivers on Kenya’s borders. It’s part of a regional and national effort to fight the global COVID-19 pandemic and reopen trade across...

The Bangladesh United Nations Network on Migration (BDUNNM) and the members of the Counter-Trafficking in Persons Technical Working Group (CTIP TWG) have asked the Bangladesh government, civil society actors, and private sector partners to collectively establish...

Between the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, handwashing remains among the most difficult preventive actions for millions of Sierra Leoneans to serve. In fact, access to clean water is yet a challenge for many crowded urban settlements across...

Despite borders closed during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 124 stranded Cameroon citizens in Niger safely returned home last week with the help of the International Organization for Migration (IOM). IOM chartered a flight for the 124...

IOM (UN migration agency) is launching an online training course on Countering Human Trafficking in Humanitarian Settings. The course, which has been developed by IOM experts in partnership with the US Department of State’s Office to...

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is helping the voluntary return home of hundreds of Tajik migrants stranded at the Kazakhstan/Uzbekistan border due to restrictions inflicted in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic. The group of 650...

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) this week has donated 4.5 million USD to support tens of thousands of people in South Sudan at risk of contracting COVID-19. The grant, provided by USAID come...

Around 1,200 young migrants are stranded in Djibouti because of the COVID-19 border closures and movement restrictions. Most of them are mainly Ethiopians, were in transit to Saudi Arabia and other Gulf nations seeking for a...

IOM and the Saudi Human Rights Commission have continued this week their training program for frontline workers, for the identification and referral of Victims Of Trafficking (VOT) and for assuring progression in protection assistance. The program...