The Latest Breaking News from IOM

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

Evening Standard · May 10, 2022

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.

Bangkok Post · May 10, 2022

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…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 16, 2022

Putin and Zelenskiy could meet soon, says Ukraine’s top negotiator

Kyiv official says he thinks Istanbul proposals could lead to summit, but Kremlin says there is ‘a lot of work to be done’

The Guardian - UK · Mar 30, 2022

Over 4 million Ukrainian refugees have fled war: UN

GENEVA: More than four million Ukrainians have now fled the country to escape Russia's "senseless war", the United Nations said Wednesday.

Bangkok Post · Mar 30, 2022

UN report finds 6.5 million Ukrainians internally displaced due to Russian invasion

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has seen 15 per cent of the population displaced within the country. Ukrainians tell us why they have stayed.

ABC News · Mar 24, 2022

Ten million people made homeless by Russian invasion of Ukraine

The scale of human suffering and forced displacement due to the war ‘far exceeds any worst-case scenario planning’, the head of the International Organisation for Migration said

Evening Standard · Mar 21, 2022

Nearly 6.5 million displaced by war inside Ukraine - IOM

The U.N. migration agency said on Monday that nearly 6.5 million people had been displaced in Ukraine as a direct result of the war, citing a study it conducted between March 9-16.

Reuters · Mar 21, 2022

Death toll from migrant shipwreck off Tunisia rises to 25, fears of 35 others drowned

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Sunday the death toll from a migrant shipwreck off Tunisia at the weekend rose to 25, amid fears that 35 others in the same boat have drowned.

Reuters · Mar 20, 2022

More than 2.3 million have fled Ukraine - IOM

More than 2.3 million people have fled Ukraine as of March 10, of whom more than 112,000 are third-country nationals, the U.N. migration agency IOM said on its website on Thursday.

Reuters · Mar 10, 2022