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Over 600,000 displaced Syrians returned home in first 7 months of 2017
Aug 15, 2017News Hour Between January and July 2017, 602,759 displaced Syrians returned home according to reports from IOM, the UN Migration Agency, and implementing partners on the ground. Findings indicate that the vast majority of the people... -
Nine dead as UN bases come under twin attack in Mali
Aug 15, 2017News Hour Gunmen attacked two United Nations bases in Mali on Monday, killing a peacekeeper, a contractor and seven Malians, the UN said, in the latest attacks on its presence in the country. The Togolese peacekeeper... -
132 Guinean migrants return home safely from Libya
Aug 11, 2017News Hour 132 Guinean migrants, including six unaccompanied children, returned voluntarily to Guinea from Libya with the support of IOM, the UN Migration Agency, in collaboration with Guinean and Libyan authorities. William Lacy Swing, IOM Director... -
Sudanese criminal justice system works with UN Migration Agency to fight human trafficking
Aug 6, 2017News Hour Over the past two weeks a 10-day training for 20 senior-level judges, lawyers and police officers, on investigating and prosecuting human trafficking cases, took place at the Sudan Judicial and Legal Science Institute. The... -
Babies and mothers worldwide failed by lack of investment in breastfeeding
Aug 2, 2017News Hour No country in the world fully meets recommended standards for breastfeeding, according to a new report by UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO) in collaboration with the Global Breastfeeding Collective, a new initiative... -
Thai immigration bureau receives advanced equipment from UN Migration agency
Aug 1, 2017News Hour The Thai Immigration Bureau (TIB) received five new Verifier Travel Document and Bearer (TD&B) workstations from IOM to strengthen Thailand’s border control and detect passport and identity fraud. The donation is part of the... -
IOM gets same status and privileges as UN agencies from Bangladesh
Aug 1, 2017News Hour Bangladesh is the first country to make a “full-fledged” cooperation agreement following IOM’s entry in the UN system, the IOM said in a Press release. After 65 years of existence and global operations outside... -
UNHCR need additional support to respond to the Nigeria situation
Jul 29, 2017News Hour UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is launching a supplementary appeal for an additional US$9.5 million to scale up its activities in north-east Nigeria, as a result of an unexpected surge in self-organized returns of... -
Dialogue on migration discusses migrant vulnerabilities in preparation for global compact for migration
Jul 18, 2017News Hour: Key actors in the Global Compact for Migration process will convene on 18 and 19 July at the United Nations Office in Geneva to explore and better understand migrant vulnerabilities through IOM’s International Dialogue... -
From poverty to prosperity, why universal health coverage is a must
Jul 17, 2017News Hour: According to the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Bank, roughly 400 million people around the world do not have access to any essential health services, and many families in low- and middle-income...