IOM

Hundreds feared missing or dead trying to cross the Mediterranean

Hundreds of people are feared dead or missing after attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea, with reports of multiple shipwrecks in the last ten days following bad weather, the U.N.…

Read More Here

249 Dead in Central Mediterranean So Far in 2025: IOM

At least 249 people have died while attempting to cross the Central Mediterranean Sea so far this year, the U.N.’s International Organization for Migration said. Another 226 migrants remain missing…

Read More Here

UN migration agency appeals for $18.5 mln in assistance for mpox outbreak

The United Nation's International Organisation for Migration (IOM) appealed for $18.5 million in assistance to provide health care services to people impacted by the mpox outbreak in East and Southern…

Read More Here

UN migration agency seeks $7.9 billion for migrant support

By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON, Jan 22 (Reuters) - The United Nations migration agency aims to raise $7.9 billion this year through a new funding push to bolster efforts to protect…

Read More Here

UN migration chief voices concern over Mediterranean deaths, pledges new solutions

GENEVA, Oct 2 (Reuters) - The new head of the UN migration agency on Monday voiced concern that the deaths of migrants and refugees in the Mediterranean were being "normalised"…

Read More Here

Companies like Microsoft can help manage migration: incoming UN migration chief

By Emma Farge 9th American Amy Pope set to lead UN migration agency Says Western asylum systems are 'completely overwhelmed' Mediterranean deaths are symptom of broader trend GENEVA (Reuters) -…

Read More Here

Over 400 migrants died crossing Mediterranean early in 2023 -UN agency

It was the deadliest quarter for such crossings in 6 years The number of migrant deaths likely an 'undercount' -IOM Fear these deaths have been 'normalized,' response needed-IOM GENEVA, April…

Read More Here

At least 73 migrants presumed dead after shipwreck off Libyan coast – IOM

DUBAI, Feb 15 (Reuters) - At least 73 migrants were reported missing and presumed dead following a shipwreck off the Libyan coast on Feb. 14, the official account of International…

Read More Here

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

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,…

Read More Here

Number of refugees fleeing Ukraine war exceeds 6 million

The number of people who have fled Ukraine to escape Russia's invasion has passed 6 million, in Europe's worst refugee crisis since the end of World War Two, a U.N.…

Read More Here

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

TUNIS, March 21 (Reuters) - The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said the death toll from a migrant shipwreck off Tunisia at the weekend rose to 25, amid fears that 35 others…

Read More Here

The number of Ukrainians who’ve fled to Poland is equal to the population of Warsaw

About 3 million people have fled Ukraine since Russia's invasion began in February, the United Nations says — a remarkable pace that has placed Ukraine among the world's worst refugee…

Read More Here

UPDATED: More than 2.3 million have fled Ukraine – IOM

More than 2.3 million people have fled Ukraine so far since the start of the Russian invasion two weeks ago, the UN said today. The UN migration agency said that…

Read More Here

UN concerned about detained migrants vanishing in Libya

U.N. migration agency official expressed concerns Friday over the disappearance of thousands of Europe-bound migrants who were intercepted and returned to Libya as more and more desperate people risk their…

Read More Here

Dozens of migrants lost at sea off Mauritanian coast

Up to 47 people including three minors are missing and suspected to have died after their boat encountered engine trouble on the passage from Western Sahara to Spain's Canary Islands,…

Read More Here

U.N. migration agency says 2,276 persons died trying to reach Europe last year but true toll higher

More than 2,200 people perished at sea trying to reach Europe last year, more than a third on the increasingly busy route to Spain’s Canary Islands, the U.N. migration agency.…

Read More Here

Strengthened partnerships on migration discussed at the seventh EU-IOM strategic meeting

Senior officials from the European Union (EU) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) met virtually today to advance their strategic partnership. “Managing migration requires global solutions and responsibility-sharing. The New…

Read More Here

Nearly three million migrants stranded by COVID-19 – UN report

Coronavirus border closures and restrictions have stranded nearly 3 million migrants around the world who want to return home but cannot, the U.N. migration agency said on Friday, adding some…

Read More Here

15 persons die in another tragedy in the Mediterranean Sea – IOM

"More loss of life in the central Mediterranean". This is what Safa Msehli, spokesperson for Iom - UN Migration wrote on twitter, adding that "last night, 120 migrants brought back…

Read More Here

UN agencies welcome first relocation of unaccompanied children from Greece

IOM, the International Organization for Migration, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and UNICEF, the UN Children’s Fund today welcomed the relocation of 12 unaccompanied asylum-seeking children from Greece to Luxembourg. The…

Read More Here

Dozens of migrants die in shipping container in Mozambique

The bodies of 64 men were discovered asphyxiated in a sealed shipping container on the back of a truck at a checkpoint in Tete, Mozambique on Tuesday. Fourteen others rescued…

Read More Here

Eastern Route overtakes Mediterranean for people leaving Africa

A monthly average of 11,500 people traveling from the Horn of Africa to Yemen last year made the so-called Eastern Route the busiest maritime migration path on earth, the UN…

Read More Here

IOM Assists over 1,400 Migrants with Voluntary Return to Ghana

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) this week assisted 61 migrants who were stranded in Niger with voluntarily return to Ghana, bringing the total number of assisted Ghanaians to 1,400 since…

Read More Here

Almost 1,300 migrants drowned in Mediterranean in 2019 – IOM

Almost 1,300 migrants drowned in the Mediterranean in 2019, the International Organization for Migration announced. The 1,282 drownings were 44% down on 2018, it said. The number of deaths since…

Read More Here

Over 50 persons killed as migrant boat sinks off Mauritania coast

At least 58 people have died after a boat carrying migrants was shipwrecked in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Mauritania, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) announced. Survivors…

Read More Here

Latest UN statistic indicate 270 million people are migrants

The number of international migrants in 2019 is now estimated at 270 million and the top destination remains the United States, at nearly 51 million, the UN migration agency said.…

Read More Here

Spike in the number of migrant boats leaving Libya

There’s been a spike in the number of migrant boats leaving Libya’s coastline this week, the UN migration agency, IOM, said on Friday. More than 600 people were discovered in…

Read More Here

‘Deadliest year yet’: UN warns over migration deaths in Americas

At least 634 migrants have lost their lives in the Americas in 2019 – marking what may be the deadliest year for people on the move there since records began…

Read More Here

IOM Condemns the Killing of Aid Workers Amidst Deteriorating Security Situation in South Sudan

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) condemned in the strongest possible terms the killing of three IOM aid workers on Sunday in fighting between armed groups in Morobo County, South Sudan’s Central Equatoria region. “We are deeply saddened…

Read More Here

IOM Organizes First Humanitarian Charter Flight from Algeria to Niger

This week, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) organized its first flight for voluntary return from the southern Algerian city of Tamanrasset to Niger’s capital, Niamey, carrying 166 Nigerien nationals,…

Read More Here

IOM, UNICEF Strengthen Partnership to Respond to Needs of Migrant Children

Children as young as 10 are among Ethiopians leaving for better prospects outside the country, many with their parents’ consent. Ethiopia, Africa’s second most populous country after Nigeria, accounts…

Read More Here

Latest IOM figures show over 7,400 Deaths on Migration Routes Across Africa in Last Five Years

African migrants are perishing at a rate of about 25 persons per week – or about 1,300 annually – on the African continent, even before embarking on perilous sea journeys…

Read More Here

Mediterranean migrant arrivals reach 46,521 in 2019; Deaths reach 909

IOM reports that 46,521migrants and refugees have entered Europe by sea through 28 August, roughly a 32 per cent decrease from the 68,029 arriving during the same period last year.…

Read More Here

IOM launches five campaigns to prevent irregular migration in Central America

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is currently launching five campaigns to prevent the risks of irregular migration and encourage informed decision making among potential young Central American migrants. Mexico,…

Read More Here

Senior UN officials call for return to sea rescues, after ‘the worst Mediterranean tragedy of this year

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, along with the heads of a number of UN agencies, expressed horror at Thursday’s reports that as many as 150 people may be dead after a boat…

Read More Here

Renewed commitment to Mediterranean rescues encouraging, but ‘overriding priority’ must be ‘lasting peace’, say UN officials

The heads of the two key UN agencies championing refugees and migrants have called for an end to their “arbitrary detention” across Libya, following an agreement on Tuesday by European…

Read More Here