Press Briefing Notes

Press briefing 6-2-2012
More comprehensive legislative and preventive efforts needed to end FGM

On the 9th International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), the Geneva-based International Organization for Migration (IOM), the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), the Inter-African Committee on Traditional Practices Affecting the Health of Women and Children (IAC) and the Geneva Human Rights Office, call for the adoption of more human-rights based legislation to end FGM. Read more

IOM’s latest report on the displacement of Christians in Northern Iraq shows that while internal displacement is declining, with some families returning to their places of origin or deciding to integrate into their new communities, others are choosing to emigrate to neighbouring countries to escape growing insecurity, a lack of work opportunities, and difficulties continuing their education.Read more

Press briefing note 27-1-2012
IOM has received an additional US$ 600,000 from the Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to deliver badly needed aid to families displaced by Tropical Storm Washi (locally known as Sendong) in Mindanao in the southern Philippines.
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Press Briefing Notes 17-1-12
In the aftermath of the January 2010 earthquake, approximately 200,000 displaced Haitians crossed into the Dominican Republic in search of medical assistance, job opportunities, family reunification and relief from the post-disaster conditions in Haiti.
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Press briefing 16-12-2011
IOM teams in Kenya have completed the pitching of 8,315 tents providing shelter to 30,000 Somalis displaced by drought who could not be accommodated at the heavily over-crowded Daadab refugee camp.
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Press briefing note 16-12-2011.
IOM has helped to voluntarily repatriate a group of 62 Haitian migrants rescued after a shipwreck off the Cuban coast in early December. The still-traumatized migrants arrived at Port-au-Prince airport on Thursday (15/12) night.
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Press briefing note 16-12-2011.
IOM and partners have distributed shelter repair kits and other humanitarian assistance to 500 families in El Salvador forced to flee their homes following days of relentless heavy rains in October, and who have until now been taking shelter in collective centres.
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Press briefing note 2-12-11.
About 50 government ministers, deputy prime ministers and deputy ministers will be among those attending IOM’s 100th Council next week to mark the Organization’s 60th anniversary and to look to the future of migration.Read more

Press briefing note 2-12-2011
A final group of 150 Ethiopian migrants who have spent more than a year in Tanzanian prisons as irregular migrants and who wanted to go back home, has been assisted by IOM to return to Ethiopia. The group is part of 910 Ethiopian migrants helped by IOM this year.Read more

Press briefing not 15-11-11
IOM’s shelter programme has reached the significant landmark of providing accommodation for 10,000 earthquake-affected families made homeless by the January 2010 earthquake.
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IOM is scaling up its programme to assist South Sudanese move from the north, using river barges, trains and planes to reduce the suffering of thousands of Southern Sudanese who have been stranded for many months awaiting transport assistance to the South.

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Thousands of vulnerable earthquake victims in Turkey will be provided essential humanitarian assistance and psycho-social support by IOM and partners through new funding from the UN.
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Press Briefing note 20-10-2011
More than 1,220 Sub-Saharan Africans evacuated from the southern Libyan city of Sebha just over two weeks ago have now safely arrived in Chad after a long and arduous journey south.
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Press briefing note 4-10-11
IOM Pakistan is racing to procure and distribute 6,000 more emergency shelter and non-food relief item kits for flood-displaced families in Sindh, following a USD 1.5 million donation from the UN Central Emergency Relief Fund (CERF.)Read more

Press briefing note 7-10-11
In August 2011, nearly 500 Ethiopian migrants were registered in Bossaso, one of the largest ports in the Puntland State of Somalia. Thousands of displaced persons from drought-affected South-Central Somalia also reside in makeshift camps scattered across the region.
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Press briefing note 30-09-11
IOM is asking the donor community to provide USD 1.1 million to facilitate the continued relocation assistance which the Organization is providing to thousands of Sudanese displaced by the fighting in the Blue Nile region of Sudan.

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Press briefing note 3-10-11
More than 1,200 African migrants who have been seeking refuge at an IOM transit centre in the southern Libyan city of Sebha are being evacuated to Chad, ending weeks of uncertainty and fear over their future.

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Press briefing note 30-9-11
Several thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in western and south-east Cote d’Ivoire living in very poor conditions at displacement sites are in urgent need of adequate shelter.

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Press briefing note 4-10-11
IOM medical teams in South Sudan’s Western Equatoria State (WES) are braving insecurity to provide badly needed medical services to groups of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) who have little or no access to health care facilities. Read more

Press briefing note 4-10-11
On 1 October 2011, IOM carried out the first ever de-stocking exercise for the host community in Kulan, Northern Kenya.

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Press Briefing Note 16-9-2011
As thousands continue to flee their homes in the face of rising flood waters in Pakistan’s southern Sindh province, IOM and its partners in the “cluster” of aid agencies providing emergency shelter are to appeal to international donors for funding to help at least 274,000 families.

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Press Briefing Note 20-9-2011
More than 3,000 Ethiopian migrants who desperately want to return home have been stranded on the Yemeni-Saudi border in extremely difficult conditions for several months, with IOM unable to evacuate the vast majority of them due to lack of funds.
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Press Briefing Note 20-9-2011
IOM yesterday dispatched 17,000 shelter and non-food item (NFI) relief kits to help families displaced by flooding following torrential monsoon rains in Pakistan’s southern province of Sindh.

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Press briefing note 23-9-2011
An IOM team is today working with the Pakistan navy to deliver 1,000 shelter and non-food item relief kits to families stranded in villages in the western Tando Bago area of Sindh’s flood-stricken Badin district.
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Press Brief 27-9-11
IOM has diverted 7,000 emergency shelter and non-food relief item (NFI) kits from a contingency stockpile in Punjab to meet huge demand for emergency shelter in Pakistan’s flood-stricken Sindh province.Read more

Press briefing note 6-9-11
IOM has deployed staff in Western Ethiopia to provide emergency relocation assistance to an estimated 20,000 Sudanese who have fled recent fighting between government forces and armed groups allied to the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement northern wing (SPLM-N) in Blue Nile State.Read more

Press briefing note 06-09-11
IOM is making an urgent appeal to warring parties in southern Libya to respect international humanitarian law and ensure no harm comes to the more than 1,200 migrants seeking refuge at an IOM-established migrant transit centre in the town of Sebha while it works out how best to evacuate them.
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Press Briefing Note 13-9-11
IOM yesterday dispatched 17,000 shelter and non-food item (NFI) relief kits to help families displaced by flooding following torrential monsoon rains in Pakistan’s southern province of Sindh.

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Press Briefing Note 13-09-11
An estimated 3,000 migrants are now thought to be seeking refuge at an IOM transit centre as fighting around the Libyan city of Sebha continues.
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Press briefing note 02-09-2011
IOM is receiving an increasing number of reports of migrants in need of assistance and protection in the Libyan capital, Tripoli.Read more

Press briefing note 01-09-11
IOM is increasingly concerned over the fate of many vulnerable migrants still in the city who cannot get out as a third IOM chartered boat left Tripoli yesterday with migrants on board.

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Press brief 30-8-11
IOM with the support of the UN Mission in the Republic of South Sudan (UNMISS) has airlifted 5,000 mosquito nets, 5,000 blankets and other non-food items to an estimated 3,500 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) who have fled their homes in the Southern state of Jonglei following fighting between two warring tribes sparked by cattle rustling.
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Press note 29-8-11
Some 850 stranded migrants and vulnerable displaced Libyans, including women and children, were yesterday evacuated from Tripoli onboard an IOM chartered ship.Read more

Press briefing note 26-8.
A second IOM-chartered boat is today leaving the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi for Tripoli where it will evacuate more migrants stranded by the violence there.
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Press release 25-8-11. IOM staff have begun boarding migrants wanting to leave the Libyan capital, Tripoli, on its chartered boat heading for Benghazi.
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Press Release 23-8-2011. Poor security conditions at the port in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, will delay the docking of an IOM-chartered boat, which had been due to arrive later today.
The boat was to carry out an initial evacuation of 300 migrants stranded in the city by the violence.
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Press briefing note 23-8-2011
With the outbreak of suspected measles and other infectious diseases in three refugee camps in Ethiopia, IOM and its partners have stepped up medical services to help combat the increasing health risks faced by the fleeing Somalis.
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Press briefing note 19-8-2011.
IOM is working to evacuate the growing number of migrants in need of help in the Libyan capital, Tripoli. Read more

Press release 22-8-2011
An IOM chartered boat is currently en route to the Libyan capital, Tripoli, to carry out an initial sea evacuation of migrants stranded in the cityRead more

More than 7,000 drought-affected Somalis at an over-crowded transit centre in the Ethiopian town of Dollo Ado or at Liboi on the Kenyan-Somali border have been provided vital transportation assistance by IOM.
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Press Briefing note 2-8-2011
An IOM operation to airlift hundreds of vulnerable stranded Chadian migrants out of the Southern Libyan town of Sebha to return them to the Chadian capital N’Djamena has been successfully completedRead more

IOM is to help pastoralists in north-eastern Kenya who are suffering from the extreme effects of drought and are sharing scant resources with large numbers of Somalis who continue to arrive in the area on a daily basis.
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The severe drought which is affecting vast areas of Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia and Djibouti is leading to a considerable increase in complex, multi-directional migration flows, both within and across international borders, according to IOM missions in the region. Read more

IOM press briefing note15-7-2011
As another few hundred migrants are evacuated by IOM today (15 July) from the Libyan port city of Misrata, work is on-going in the south of the country to assist ever-growing numbers of migrants desperate to return home.

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Press briefing not 12-7-2011.
More than 230 migrants and over 40 wounded people were evacuated by IOM from the Libyan port of Misrata on Monday 11 July as on-going conflict in the North African country continues to take its toll on civilians.
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Hundreds of stranded Chadian migrants, majority of whom are women and children have been airlifted out of the Southern Libyan town of Sebha and flown back to the Chadian capital N’Djamena onboard IOM chartered flights.
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The UN’s High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and IOM are today jointly appealing for close to US\$ 21 million to help more than 34,000 Angolan refugees return home to Angola this year.

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IOM Press Note-Tuesday 28 June 2011
Thousands of stranded migrants, including large numbers of women and children, are in desperate need of immediate food, water, shelter and medical assistance after having spent many weeks living in the open in the southern Libyan desert, an IOM assessment team has found as the Organization looks into ways to evacuate them to safety
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Unaccompanied minors and child migrants separated from their parents are at risk of abuse, exploitation and violence as they seek safety in the camps for the displaced on the Tunisian-Libyan border. Read more

IOM Press Briefing Notes-Tuesday 7 June 2011
The on-going conflict and political stalemate in Libya has left migrants in a situation of continued vulnerability, with large groups stranded across the country.Read more

Press briefing note 3 may 2011- IOM is urgently appealing to all parties involved in the conflict in Libya to allow its chartered Red Star One boat to dock at Misrata port in order to rescue about 1,000 stranded migrants and many badly wounded civilians.Read more

IOM Press Note-Tuesday 14 June 2011
Another 222 migrants, mainly from Sub-Saharan Africa and 30 war wounded evacuated by IOM from the Libyan port city of Misrata arrived safely in Benghazi today, 14 June.
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IOM Press Briefing Note 31 may 2011- An eighth IOM mission to Misrata to evacuate a remaining group of stranded migrants began on Monday evening, 31 MayRead more

IOM Press Briefing Note 13 may 2011- IOM has this week begun an air evacuation of thousands of migrants who have fled the conflict in Libya and who are now stranded in remote areas in Northern Chad. Read more

Press briefing note 4 may 2011- Despite Heavy Shelling IOM Rescues Several Hundreds of Migrants and Wounded Civilians from Misrata
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IOM Press Briefing Note 21 April 2011 - A third IOM-chartered ship transporting more than 1,000 migrant evacuees from the besieged city of Misrata is expected to dock later today in the Eastern city of Benghazi.Read more

IOM UNHCR: Joint Press Briefing Note March 18 2011 - A joint humanitarian evacuation, spearheaded by IOM and UNHCR with the support of a large number of countries, have evacuated over 50,000 migrants stranded at border camps in Tunisia and Egypt. Read more

Tunis, 9 March 2011 – Concluding a two-day visit to Tunisia, the heads of UNHCR and IOM called for continued international momentum as people continue to flee Libya by the thousands.

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IOM Press Briefing Note 3 March 2011 - IOM and UNHCR are urgently appealing to governments for a massive humanitarian evacuation of tens of thousands of Egyptians and other third country nationals who have fled into Tunisia from Libya.
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IOM Press Briefing Note 28 February 2011 - IOM will today evacuate 900 Egyptian migrants from Tunisia to Egypt through five charter flights with another 900 due to leave tomorrow, Tuesday 1 March.
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IOM Press Briefing Note 23 February 2011 - IOM staff at Tunisia’s border with Libya report that migrants have begun to cross into Tunisia in efforts to escape the violence in the North African country and to get back to their home countries.
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IOM Press Briefing Note 16 February 2011 - Nearly 100 irregular migrants believed to Egyptians have arrived in Sicily in two boats.
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IOM Press Briefing Note 27 January 2011: Six months after monsoon flooding devastated Pakistan, most of those who lost houses and livelihoods have returned to their towns and villages and are trying to rebuild their homes and their lives.

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IOM Press Briefing Note 17 January 2011:
IOM is today (17 January) beginning to register a group of internally displaced people (IDPs) in Western Cote D’Ivoire with staff already deployed to the area to provide camp management assistance and expertise.Read more

Press Release 11 January 2011 - A significant drop in the number of Haitians living in displacement camps one year on after the devastating earthquake is a welcome sign of progress in recovery efforts but it still highlights the massive task of finding durable housing solutions in the most challenging aspect of the humanitarian response, says IOM.Read more

IOM Press Briefing Notes: 13 July 2010
IOM and its humanitarian partners in Haiti were quickly on the scene after a heavy storm struck Corail camp in the hills above Port au Prince on Monday afternoon.Read more

Press Briefing 8 December: New Report Reveals Major Shortcomings on the Issue
A new IOM study that assesses existing evidence on migration and the environment as the world rediscovers the issue after a decade of neglect, has underlined the need for more to be done to tackle internal and cross-border movement from climate change and environmental degradation.Read more

IOM Press Briefing 3 November 2009
IRAQ – Displaced Iraqis Face New Set of Challenges Upon Return
ZIMBABWE – Medical Supplies to Help Two Hospitals in Need
SWITZERLAND - New Voluntary Contribution from Kuwait

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IOM Press Briefing Notes 30 October 2009:
GUATEMALA – Survey Explores the Impact of the Financial Crisis on Children
SOUTH AFRICA – Engaging Zimbabwean Diaspora in Socio-Economic Reconstruction
TIMOR LESTE – Soap Opera to Help Build Peace


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IOM Press Briefing Note 4 September 2009:
IOM Director General William Lacy Swing and Achim Steiner, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), have today signed a cooperation agreement pledging closer cooperation between the two organizations in the field of climate change, the environment and migration. Read more

IOM Press Briefing Note 1 September 2009:
IOM’s new Deputy Director General Laura Thompson takes up office today.
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IOM Press Briefing Notes 31 July 2009:
LIBYA - IOM and UNHCR Jointly Address the Needs of Migrants, Refugees and Asylum Seekers
CHILE – Research Sheds New Light on Human Trafficking
MEXICO – New Centre for Unaccompanied Minors Opens on Mexico’s Southern BorderRead more

IOM Press Briefing Notes 28 July 2009:
ITALY–Stranded Migrants Seek Assistance
CENTRAL AMERICA – Launch of Regional Counter Trafficking Campaign
AFGHANISTAN – IOM to Build Kabul Reception Centre for ReturneesRead more

IOM Press Briefing Notes 24 July 2009:
SOUTH AFRICA – Survey Highlights Migrants’ Needs and Vulnerabilities
COLOMBIA – Victims of Illegal Armed Groups Recover Their Lands
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Morocco 21 July 2009 - Return and Reintegration Programme Assists Hundreds of Stranded Migrants – More than 500 undocumented migrants stranded in Morocco have benefited over the past eighteen months from IOM’s comprehensive return and reintegration assistance. Read more

FRANCE– IOM Assists Refugees to Relocate From Malta
HAITI – IOM Launches Disaster Risk Reduction Efforts and Rehabilitates Shelter Infrastructure
HAITI – Former U.S. President Bill Clinton Visits IOM Disaster Recovery Work in Gonaives
SOUTH AFRICA – IOM Assists Vulnerable Zimbabwean Migrants to Return Home VoluntarilyRead more

GENEVA – 29 June, 2009 – Ambassador Laura Thompson Chacón of Costa Rica has today been elected as the next Deputy Director General of the International Organization for Migration.Read more

GENEVA - Reports Provide Comprehensive Overview of Migration in the Black Sea RegionRead more

PAKISTAN – IOM Rapid Response Teams to Help Displaced Families Outside Camps
BELGIUM - New Website Provides Reliable Information on Return and Reintegration in Countries of Origin
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SRI LANKA – IOM Pilot Project Aims to Reintegrate Former LTTE CombatantsRead more

SRI LANKA – IOM Races to Provide Shelter, Sanitation, As Displaced Flood into VavuniyaRead more

AFGHANISTAN – IOM Backs Afghanistan’s Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking, Assist Victims
CAPE VERDE – Diaspora Train Professionals in Key Sectors Back HomeRead more

ROMANIA- First Group of Palestinian Refugees Arrives in Emergency Transit Centre
SRI LANKA - IOM Helps Displaced Fleeing Conflict in Sri LankaRead more

LIBYA – Rescued Migrants Speak of Ordeal – Migrants rescued from a smuggler’s boat that capsized off the coast of Libya earlier in the week said the boat had capsized because of the bad weather and because of those on board panicking at seeing the boat leaking water. Read more

LIBYA – Fears Grow Over Fate of Migrants Missing At Sea
ANGOLA - Rapid Response to Flooding in Southern and Central AngolaRead more

AFGHANISTAN – New Lifeline for Victims of Trafficking and Irregular Migrants
ITALY - IOM and FAO Help Migrants to Invest in Countries of Origin
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SWITZERLAND – Sharing Responsibility for Respecting Migrants’ Human Rights
HAITI – Helping Families Improve Their Food Security Read more

SOUTH AFRICA – “ONE” Movement Launched to Combat Xenophobia and Racism as New Study is Released - A social change campaign that seeks to reverse attitudes that result in discrimination, xenophobia, racism and tribalism is being launched today by IOM. The One Movement initiative follows xenophobic attacks on thousands of foreigners in South African cities in May 2008. Read more

ZIMBABWE – Centre at Plumtree To Assist Returned Migrants Officially OpenedRead more

ZIMBABWE – New Cholera Cases and Deaths Declining, but Epidemic Still Not Under Control
ECUADOR - South American Countries Open their Doors to Colombian RefugeesRead more

IRAQ -Three Years After the Samarra Bombing, Displaced Iraqis Face An Uncertain Future
SRI LANKA- IOM Appeal Focuses on Logistics, Shelter, Sanitation and Early RecoveryRead more

GHANA - Another Group of Trafficked Children Rescued
EL SALVADOR - One Hundred Applicants Selected for Labour Migration in CanadaRead more

Switzerland (IOM), 27 january 2009 - IOM and the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) will today sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Geneva on capacity building in migration management.
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SUDAN - Village Assessment Report Details Needs of Returnees
ZIMBABWE – Prevention Efforts Continue Apace as Cholera Cases Climb
NICARAGUA – Video News Release on Human Trafficking in NicaraguaRead more

MIGRATION RESEARCH SERIES, 13 January 2009 – Trafficking of Men: A Trend less Considered – More attention must be paid to the trafficking of men and boys, says IOM’s latest Migration Research Series report, which seeks to shed new light on this growing global phenomenon.

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Geneva (IOM), 2 December 2008 - People are becoming increasingly mobile within and across borders to meet the social and economic challenges of globalization with the search for employment at the heart of most movement in the 21st century, says the World Migration Report (WMR) 2008 launched today by the International Organization for Migration (IOM).Read more

Zimbabwe (IOM), 21 November, 2008 - IOM is working in coordination with UN agencies and local authorities to combat a deadly outbreak of cholera, which has so far clamed dozens of lives. Read more

Iraq IOM), 9 December, 2008 - The plight of migrants lured to Iraq by the promise of a well-paid job and left stranded without work, money or documents in warehouses at Baghdad's airport or camped out on roadsides, has highlighted again the need for greater protection of migrant workers.Read more

Geneva (IOM), 18 December 2008 - Countries should recognize the positive contribution that migrants can make to economic growth and recovery and resist the temptation to close doors to them in times of economic slowdown, says the International Organization for Migration (IOM) as it marks International Migrants’ Day today. .Read more

Press Briefing Note, 24 October 2008 - Report Details Post-Peace Agreement Returns to Southern Sudan- An estimated 1. 7 million Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) have successfully returned to Southern Sudan since the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in January 2005, according to IOM’s latest tracking of spontaneous returns report.Read more

Yemen, 31 October 2008 (IOM Geneva) - A joint assessment by various UN organizations, IOM, ECHO and non-governmental organizations to Hadramut, a southern province of Yemen, has found that food could be an issue for flood victims for some time to come. Read more

Afghanistan, 4 November 2008 - IOM, together with the Afghan government, has launched a nationwide water and sanitation initiative designed to support communities hosting returnees from Pakistan and Iran.Read more

Pakistan, 14 November 2008 (IOM Geneva) - IOM has deployed two medical teams to provide basic medical and psychosocial support to earthquake survivors in affected areas of Balochistan.Read more

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Press Briefing Note, 29 September 2008 / IOM is to host a regional conference for law enforcement agencies from Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, Tajikistan and United Arab Emirates to discuss human trafficking. The conference, the first of its kind, will be held October 12-13 at the Serena Hotel in Kabul.Read more

Press Briefing Note, 19 September 2008
GUATEMALA – IOM has assisted 5,000 Guatemalan labour migrants in the past 18 months to travel to Canada under the Foreign Temporary Workers Programme.Read more

- IOM Press Briefing Notes -
GEORGIA – Expanding Relief Efforts to the West - IOM is deploying additional staff in the western city of Kutaisi and in the Black Sea port of Batumi to further assess the needs of recently internally displaced families and to assist in the on-going distribution of basic humanitarian assistance.Read more

IRAQ – Tent Camp Assessment Reveals Grim Reality
KENYA – New Funding Provides Transitional Shelter for Displaced
PHILIPPINES – IOM Taps McDonald's Staff to Paint IOM-USAID HomesRead more

SWITZERLAND - Russian Singer Valeriya Becomes IOM Goodwill Envoy
THAILAND - Australian Immigration Minister Meets Australia-bound Refugees, Sees IOM Cultural OrientationRead more

THAILAND – First Lady Laura Bush Visits IOM Refugee Resettlement Operations
MEXICO – Call to Include Migrants in HIV/AIDS Responses at AIDS Conference
USA – Colombian Government and Private Sector Engage the Colombian DiasporaRead more

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC – Facilitating Travel and Securing Borders
PHILIPPINES – FAO Donates Vegetable Seeds, Farm Tools to New SettlementsRead more

Press Briefing Note, 16 September 2008 / KENYA - IOM Launches Shelter Project for Displaced Victims of Civil Unrest - IOM has handed over the first homes of a UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF)-funded pilot shelter project for 700 families displaced by the post-election violence that rocked Kenya earlier this year.Read more

Press Briefing Note, 12 September 2008 / AFGHANISTAN – Human Trafficking Survey Documents Abuse, Recommends Action – IOM today launched a field survey report on trafficking in persons in Afghanistan. The findings will be shared with relevant Afghan government ministries and other partners to develop effective future counter trafficking strategies.Read more

PRESS BRIEFING NOTE, 9 September 2008 / HAITI – IOM Expands Relief Operations to Tropical Storm Victims, Appeals for Funds / TIMOR LESTE – IOM Helps Government in Return, Reintegration of Displaced FamiliesRead more

IOM Press Briefing Notes, 29 August 2008
HAITI – IOM Provides Humanitarian Assistance to Victims of Hurricane Gustav
GEORGIA – Needs of Displaced Persons Remain Considerable Despite Some Returns
COSTA RICA – Identifying Human Traffickers and Their Victims
ECUADOR – Passport Issuance System Receives New Support
FINLAND – Cultural Orientation Programme for Refugees Wins New SupportRead more

GEORGIA – Assisting Vulnerable Displaced Families, Calling for Funds
THE NETHERLANDS–Temporary Return of Qualified Migrants Wins New Backing
EGYPT– Strengthening Understanding of International Migration LawRead more