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IOM Tracks returns in Iraq Amid continued displacement
Jun 28, 2016News Hour: The IOM Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) has identified and confirmed the location of 3,317,394 displaced Iraqis across the country from 1 January 2014 to 8 June 2016. While new displacements are going on, many... -
Namibia and IOM launched country’s migration profile
Jun 28, 2016News Hour: The Government of the Republic of Namibia and IOM officially launched the country’s Migration Profile recently (17 June), in Windhoek, Namibia. The Migration Profile, funded by the IOM Development Fund, is a country-owned tool... -
Germany, IOM to assist displaced, vulnerable, sea-rescued migrants in Libya
Jun 25, 2016News Hour: Germany and IOM Libya have signed an agreement for a six-month project aimed at providing direct assistance to internally displaced persons (IDPs), migrants rescued at sea, detained migrants and other vulnerable migrants in the... -
Ethiopian migrants die in containerized truck
Jun 25, 2016News Hour: At least 19 Ethiopians suffocated and died in a containerized truck that was carrying 95 Ethiopians from Tanzania into Zambia. “The discovery of 19 bodies of those who died in the containerised truck is... -
IOM concludes counter-trafficking project in Malta
Jun 25, 2016News Hour: Today IOM in Malta concluded the final stage of the project “Improve Quality of Prosecution and Protection of Victims of Trafficking through the Justice System in the Republic of Malta”. Following its launch in... -
IOM responds to Malaria upsurge in Bentiu, South Sudan
Jun 25, 2016News Hour: IOM is scaling up resources to respond to an upsurge in malaria cases at the UN protection of civilians (PoC) site in Bentiu, South Sudan. During the first two weeks of June, malaria cases... -
SURA Perú and IOM join forces to prevent trafficking in Persons
Jun 25, 2016News Hour: IOM and the company SURA Peru signed an interinstitutional cooperation agreement that will allow the design and implementation of joint actions aimed at preventing trafficking in persons. The agreement was signed by the IOM... -
Japan donates USD 500,000 to IOM ecuador to support earthquake relief operations
Jun 21, 2016News Hour: The Government of Japan has released USD 500,000 to support IOM’s response to the 7.8 earthquake that struck the country’s Pacific coast on 16 April and left approximately 80,000 people displaced. The Ambassador of... -
IOM provides assistance to asylum seekers and refugees fleeing Burundi for Tanzania
Jun 21, 2016News Hour: For 14 months since April 2015 political instability in Burundi has led to tens of thousands of Burundians, and other Third Country Nationals (TCNs) residing there, to flee the country and seek refuge in... -
Construction of Puntland Immigration Headquarters in Garowe begins with IOM support
Jun 21, 2016News Hour: IOM and Puntland’s Ministry for Security and Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR) earlier this month (08/06) held a groundbreaking ceremony to launch the construction of the ministry’s immigration headquarters in Garowe, Puntland State of...
