International Organization for Migration

Uprooted, Yet Unbroken: Corrane in the Rain

Mozambique, 08 December 2025 I arrived in Corrane with the Director General on a day when the heat felt heavy. The sun pressed down on us with a force that settled in the skin. It felt like it lived ...
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Nearly 795,000 Displaced Palestinians at Flood Risk after Storm Byron Makes Landfall in Gaza

Geneva, 12 December 2025 – Storm Byron, a severe storm system that triggered flooding in Greece and Cyprus before reaching Gaza earlier this week, has now made landfall, bringing heavy rainfall that ...
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IOM Chief Visits Libya in Call to Prevent Loss of Life on Central Mediterranean Route

Geneva/Tripoli, 16 December 2025 – The Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), Amy Pope, is visiting Libya from 16 to 19 December 2025 as part of IOM’s ongoing ...
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IOM Launches 2026 Global Appeal to Support 41 Million People on the Move

Geneva, 8 December 2025 – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has launched its 2026 Global Appeal, requesting USD 4.7 billion to assist 41 million people on the move and to reinforce ...
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Republic of Türkiye Donates 30,000 Tents to Help IOM Support Displaced Families in Sudan

Geneva/Mersin/Port Sudan, 9 December 2025 – As humanitarian needs continue to rise across Sudan, the Republic of Türkiye, through the Ministry of Interior’s Disaster and Emergency Management ...
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IOM Chief Warns of Rising Displacement in Mozambique as 100K People Flee, Urges Durable Solutions

Geneva/Maputo, 4 December 2025 – With more than 100,000 people newly uprooted in recent weeks and over 600,000 still displaced across Mozambique, the Director General of the International Organization ...
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Greece Records Highest Weekly Migration Inflows in 2015 So Far

Greece - This week IOM Greece recorded the highest migration inflows since the beginning of 2015, despite deteriorating weather conditions.
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IOM Helps Zimbabwe Enhance Integrated Border Management Capacity

Zimbabwe - IOM has been working with the Government of Zimbabwe to establish migration governance framework in Zimbabwe to enhance the role of State and non-State actors in managing migration in a ...
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Mediterranean Migrant Arrivals Reach 115,109 in 2017; 2,397 Deaths

Geneva – IOM, the UN Migration Agency, reports that 115,109 migrants and refugees entered Europe by sea in 2017 through 2 August, with almost 83 per cent arriving in Italy and the remainder divided ...
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IOM Supports Introduction of Drought Resistant Potato in Somalia

Somalia - IOM, in partnership with the Rural Education and Agriculture Development Organization (READO), a local NGO, is introducing a drought resistant variant of sweet potatoes which will help ...
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IOM Appoints Dimash Qudaibergen as Global Goodwill Ambassador for His Humanitarian Efforts

Geneva, 8 December 2025 – The United Nations’ International Organization for Migration (IOM) has appointed Kazakh artist and humanitarian Dimash Qudaibergen as a Global Goodwill Ambassador during its ...
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UN Migration Agency: Senegal Improves Border Management Practices

Dakar - Management in Senegal project is holding today (31/10) its closing ceremony in Dakar, Senegal. The ceremony brings together representatives from the European Union, Senegalese authorities and ...