UN Migration Agency
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Afghanistan promotes regional cooperation on combating human trafficking
Sep 7, 2018The UN Migration Agency (IOM) has co-organized a second regional forum bringing together non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan to discuss cross-border cooperation to combat human trafficking in Central and South Asia.... -
UN Migration Agency, UNHCR visit migrant transit centres in Algeria
Aug 5, 2018IOM, the UN Migration Agency, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) delegations in Algeria were invited to participate as observers in visits to the transit centres of Zéralda (Algiers) and Tamanrasset (South of... -
22.2M USD appeal launched for Gedeo, West Guji displacement crisis in Ethiopia
Jul 26, 2018IOM the UN Migration Agency launched an appeal for USD 22,200,000 to respond to the internal displacement crisis in Ethiopia’s Gedeo (SNNPR region) and West Guji (Oromia region) zones. Since April 2018, some 970,000 people have... -
UN migration agency launches community stabilization activities in Northern Niger
May 19, 2018IOM, the UN Migration Agency last week (09/05) launched the project Community Stabilization Initiatives in Northern Niger (COSINN) in Agadez, funded by the German Federal Foreign Office. More than 27,000 individuals entered Niger in February alone.... -
IOM’s MigApp wins Global Award
May 7, 2018IOM, the UN Migration Agency, is today pleased to announce that its MigApp mobile application has won a CIO 100 Award. The 31st annual award programme recognizes organizations and companies around the world that exemplify the... -
IOM Turkey marks fifth year of supporting people fleeing conflict
Nov 1, 2017News Hour IOM, the UN Migration agency, is marking its fifth year of providing assistance to migrants and refugees in Turkey and internally displaced persons (IDPs) in northern Syria. Over two million people – migrants, refugees... -
UN Migration Agency launches second simulation exercise for cross-border crises in Niger
Oct 23, 2017News Hour More than 650 members of communities, authorities, civil society and security forces participated in a crisis simulation exercise organized by IOM, the UN Migration Agency on 17 October in Zinder, Niger, close to border... -
EUR 5 million for UN migration agency livelihood programme in Ukraine
Oct 5, 2017News Hour IOM, the UN Migration Agency, and KfW Development Bank, on behalf of the German Government, signed an agreement in Kyiv to implement a two-year project that will support some 2,000 conflict-affected Ukrainians develop new... -
UN Migration Agency appeals for $ 119.77 million for Rohingya
Oct 4, 2017News Hour The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has appealed to the international community for 119.77 million US dollars to provide desperately needed aid as over 500,000 newly arrived Rohingya are now living in dire state... -
Kilimanjaro International Airport to use facial matching systems to facilitate cross-border mobility
Oct 3, 2017News Hour IOM, the UN Migration Agency, has donated four Facial Matching Systems (FMS), including one to the Tanzania Immigration Services Department (TISD) at the Kilimanjaro International Airport (KIA) on 29 September. The FMS are used...
