GENEVA: More than 3,000 migrants have died trying to cross the Mediterranean so far this year, more than double the previous peak in 2011, the International Organisation for Migration said Monday. Europe is by far the most dangerous destination for “irregular” migrants, the organisation found in ...

On Thursday (14/5) IOM and the Alliance Française jointly launched a one-week theatre campaign in Bangui in the Central African Republic (CAR). The campaign, under IOM CAR’s Community Stabilization Project, funded by the European Union (EU), is aimed at promoting peaceful coexistence and economic re...

Central African Republic - Days after the inauguration of a new president, Faustin Touadéra, IOM and local people celebrated the completed rehabilitation of a social centre and a market in Bangui in the Central African Republic (CAR). The initiative was part of IOM’s European Union (EU)-funded Commu...

The Administrative Registration of Venezuelan Migrants (RAMV) exercise was carried out in Colombia between 6 April - 8 June 2018, with the coordination of the Government, UNHCR and IOM.

The United Arab Emirates and the UN Refugees Agency have signed a US$4 million agreement to provide emergency relief to South Sudanese refugees in Uganda. The UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, MoFAIC, indicated that the signing of the agreement marks the culmination o...

Tunis, Tunisia – 1 February 2017. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is conducting a two-week course on human rights and refugee law for the Libyan Coastguard and Navy. The training is being held on an Italian ship crossing the Mediterranean Sea. “This training represents an important opportunity t...

The Karen Youth Organization (KYO) is providing personal leadership training to local youths at Kawt Hmu Nat Village of Don Yin Township under the Karen National Union (KNU)’s Hpa-an District from October 3 to 5. Saw Raymond, trainer and leading patron of Swe Thahar Organization, said the KYO and...