IOM’s Missing Migrants Project (MMP) reported that off the coast of Sabratha, Libya, the remains of ten men and one infant were recovered on Sunday by the Libyan Coast Guard. A sister of one of the dead was on the… Read More ›
Human interest
Mediterranean Migrant Arrivals Reach 17,461 in 2018; Deaths Reach 559
IOM, the UN Migration Agency, reports that 17,461 migrants and refugees have entered Europe by sea through the first 105 days of 2018, with about 43 per cent arriving in Italy and the remainder divided between Greece (36%) Spain (20%)… Read More ›
IOM Signs Landmark Agreement with Slovenia to Resettle 60 Syrian Refugees from Turkey
Slovenia will implement its first ever refugee resettlement programme with the support of IOM, the UN Migration Agency, by resettling 60 Syrian refugees from Turkey to Slovenia in 2018. The new programme officially came into effect after the signing of… Read More ›
Refugees and Locals Work Together to Prepare for Monsoon in Cox’s Bazar Camps
Rohingya refugees and local people in Teknaf, a southern sub-district of Cox’s Bazar, are racing to prepare for monsoon rains forecast to start as early as this week. IOM, the UN Migration Agency, has been supporting efforts to prepare the… Read More ›
USD 38 Million Sought to Aid Conflict-Affected People in Ukraine throughout 2018
Four years into the conflict in Eastern Ukraine, acute humanitarian needs persist. These include the basics – access to health care, food, water and employment. IOM, the UN Migration Agency, is appealing for USD 38 million to assist 340,000 people… Read More ›
The United States announced nearly $16 million in humanitarian assistance for Venezuelans
On Friday, The United States announced nearly $16 million in humanitarian assistance for Venezuelans who have fled their country due to the crisis there. The funding from the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development includes… Read More ›
Finding new ways to feed the world
By Adam Voiland, NASA’s Earth Observatory Chart courtesy of IFPRI. If you take the long view, our world is much better fed than it used to be. In the 1970s, about one-third of people in developing countries were undernourished; today the number is 13… Read More ›
