IOM
16 Sep 2023
Ahead of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) beginning on Monday, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) will launch its flagship report “Leveraging Human Mobility to Rescue the 2030 Agenda” tomorrow calling for bold commitments and transformative actions on human mobility. “As the world faces multiple crises, the SDG Summit is a moment of truth…
27 Aug 2023
Forty-eight African countries have articulated their commitment to address climate change and human mobility challenges in Africa as well as leveraging its opportunities for sustainable development, through the Kampala Ministerial Declaration on Migration, Environment and Climate Change (KDMECC). This was agreed during the Conference of States on the continental expansion of the KDMECC held at…
18 Aug 2023
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has called for the establishment of an urgent humanitarian corridor out of Niger for stranded migrants to ease the overcrowding in its centres, where thousands of migrants are hosted, with many awaiting a safe return home. The recent border and airspace closures owing to sanctions meted on…
3 Aug 2023
International Organisations for Migration, (IOM), in partnership with Search for Common Ground and Mercy Corps, Nigeria, has embarked on the second phase of the it's project, 'Contribution to the Mitigation of Conflict Over Natural Resources Between Farmer and Herder Communities in Adamawa and Tara States', (COMITAS).
12 Jul 2023
More than 3 million people have now fled their homes in Sudan due to the nearly three-month-old conflict between rival armed forces, the United Nations said Wednesday.
20 Jun 2023
With more than 2.5 million people already displaced inside and outside of Sudan, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) yesterday called for an urgent funding to provide life-saving humanitarian assistance to Sudan and neighbouring countries.
18 May 2023
International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has launched a response plan, appealing for $209 million to provide vital humanitarian assistance to people affected by the outbreak of violence in Sudan.
17 May 2023
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has launched a response plan appealing for $209 million to provide vital humanitarian assistance to the people affected by the crisis and outbreak of violence in Sudan.
15 May 2023
On Monday, May 15, the Member States of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the United Nations Migration Agency, elected Ms. Amy E. Pope as its next Director General during the 6th Special Session of the IOM Council.
12 May 2023
Nearly 61 million new internal displacements or movements were registered in 2022, according to a newly released Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) report.
3 May 2023
The already difficult humanitarian situation in Sudan has been further exacerbated by heavy and uninterrupted fighting for more than two weeks, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has said.
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