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UN Report Warns of Irregular Migration from Horn of Africa to Yemen

The Horn of Africa and Yemen is one of the busiest and riskiest migration corridors in the world, traveled by hundreds of thousands of migrants, most of whom cross irregularly, often relying on smugglers to facilitate movement, according to a recent UN report. According to the International Organization of Migration…

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EU to Cooperate with Egypt to Limit Illegal Migration from Libya

The European Union, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the French CIVIPOL agreed on a package of measures to enhance cooperation between the EU and Egypt to address illegal migration. The EU signed an agreement with Egypt on Sunday for the first phase of an 80-million-euro border management program,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ethiopians found in Malawi mass grave thought to have suffocated

Bodies tentatively identified as adults being secretly transported to South Africa on perilous ‘southern route’

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Report: 96K Haitians flee homes amid spike in gang violence

The U.N.'s International Organization for Migration says gang violence has forced some 96,000 people to flee their homes in Haiti’s capital as the country faces a crisis that has prompted the government to request foreign troops

The Independent UK

IOM Report: African Migrants Remain Victim of Abuse in Yemen

African migrants remain the victims of widespread violations committed by smugglers in Yemen.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Millions of Venezuelan migrants lacking access to basic services

Some 4.3 million Venezuelan refugees and migrants face difficulty accessing basic services, food, and formal employment, a statement from the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Wednesday.

Reuters

EXPLAINER: Fewer people cross Mediterranean; many still die

The back-to-back shipwrecks of migrant boats off Greece that left at least 22 people dead this week has once again put the spotlight on the dangers of the Mediterranean migration route to Europe

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Syria’s Security Services Arrest Survivors of Lebanon’s ‘Death Boat’

Director General of the General Authority of al-Basel Hospital Dr. Iskandar Ammar said all the survivors of the migrant boat sinking off Syria’s coast have been discharged from the hospital after their health improved. His remarks came in light of reports that said Syrian security agencies had detained several young…

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Fifty million people now trapped in modern slavery in a ‘surge of exploitation’

New estimates say the past five years has seen 10m more people enslaved and millions more children forced into early marriage

The Guardian - UK

IOM Trains Libyan Forces on Migrant Rescue Missions

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Tuesday it organized a two-week training for Libyan officials to rescue irregular migrants from drowning in the Mediterranean. The training is sponsored by the Organization under its project “Protecting Vulnerable Migrants and Stabilizing Communities in Libya,” which is financed by the European…

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OIC and IOM Discuss Means to Enhance Joint Cooperation

Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian, Cultural and Social Affairs and Special Envoy of the OIC Secretary-General to Afghanistan Tarig Ali Bakhiet has met with Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Antonio Vitorino, at the IOM’s headquarters in Geneva, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Sunday. Thursday's meeting highlighted…

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22 Malians, including children, die in boat disaster off Libya

Sixty-one others were rescued and those healthy enough were taken to a detention centre in Libya.

Al Jazeera

SCOTUS allows Biden to end "Remain in Mexico" policy

The court is allowing Biden to end the program, but is also sending the case back to lower courts.

Axios

Trump-era Remain in Mexico program under new scrutiny ahead of Supreme Court ruling

A migrant woman tried to take her own life earlier this month while waiting in a shelter in Mexico, Axios has learned.

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Reuters

Exclusive-Three migrants were kidnapped in Mexico. The U.S. had vowed to protect them

Three asylum seekers were kidnapped in April while in a U.S. migration program that had placed them in the care of Mexican officials in the city of Nuevo Laredo, across the border from Texas, one of the victims and the U.N. migration agency said.

The Independent UK

IOM: Up to 600 missing at sea in 3 months in Central Med

The International Organization for Migration says up to 600 people attempting to reach Europe by sea from Tunisia and Libya have gone missing during the first three months of 2022

The Guardian - UK

Europe silent on plight of detainees in Libya, says migration chief

Federico Soda said there needed to be ‘more condemnation’ of the conditions in state-run detention centres in Libya

Asharq Al-Awsat

75 People Missing, One Dead, after Migrant Boat Sinks off Tunisia

Seventy five people were missing after a crowded boat of migrants sank off Tunisia on Wednesday, the International Organization for Migration said and a security official said, as the numbers risking the dangerous crossing to Europe increase. The IOM said 24 people had been rescued from the boat, which departed…

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The Independent UK

UN aims to transfer 6,750 Ethiopians trapped in Yemen war

The U.N. migration agency says it's aiming to transfer at least 6,750 Ethiopian migrants from war-torn Yemen to their home country in the coming months

Evening Standard

Eight million now displaced in Ukraine, says United Nations agency

The figure is up from the estimate of 7.7 million that the IOM gave on April 17

Bangkok Post

More than 8 million people displaced in Ukraine: UN

GENEVA: More than 8 million people have been internally displaced in Ukraine since the start of Russia's invasion on Feb 24, the United Nations migration agency said on Tuesday.

Asharq Al-Awsat

6 Bodies Retrieved, 29 Migrants Presumed Dead in Boat Shipwreck Off Libya

A small wooden boat carrying about 35 migrants capsized off the Libyan coast and six bodies have been retrieved, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Saturday. The 29 others are missing and presumed dead after Friday's accident, it said. At least 53 migrants have been reported dead or…

Reuters

Six bodies retrieved, 29 migrants presumed dead in boat shipwreck off Libya -IOM

A small wooden boat carrying about 35 migrants capsized off the Libyan coast and six bodies have been retrieved, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Saturday.

Al Jazeera

UN: At least 35 presumed dead after boat capsizes off Libya coast

IOM said the bodies of six people were retrieved from the sea while 29 others were missing and presumed dead.

France 24

Dozens dead or presumed dead after boat capsizes off Libya, UN says

A migrant boat has capsized off the Libyan coast, leaving at least 35 people dead or presumed dead, the U.N. migration agency said Saturday.

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