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Learn about the record high migrant deaths globally in 2023, with drowning as a leading cause. Explore the challenges and initiatives in tracking and docum...

Record high migrant deaths in 2023, with 8,565 fatalities worldwide, mostly due to drowning and treacherous sea crossings.

At least 8,565 people died on migration routes worldwide in 2023, making it the deadliest year since records began a decade ago, the United Nations said Wednesday.

Mozambique's government confirmed Tuesday that tens of thousands have been driven from their homes by a wave of jihadist attacks in the restive north, but rejected calls for a state of emergency.

Italy’s highest court has ruled that the country’s vessels cannot return rescued refugees to the North African country.

As second anniversary of conflict nears, millions remain displaced at home and abroad, with ‘no end in sight’ to war.

Dozens of photos and videos that have been either "doctored" or taken out of context so as to negatively portray Rohingya refugees have been circulating on Indonesian social media. This wave of disinformation has become so intense that the United Nations is worried about the refugees’ safety – even in…

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More than 500,000 Afghans have fled Pakistan in the four months since Islamabad ordered undocumented migrants to leave or face arrest, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Monday.

The appeal comes as the number of people forced to migrate reached 117 million by the end of 2022, the IOM said.

From Ghana to Georgia, Rwanda to Albania, the EU is looking for nations that will hold vulnerable people on its behalf.