IOM report: 1 in 3 migrant deaths occurs on the move

One in three migrant deaths happens while people flee conflict, the UN migration agency, IOM, said on Tuesday. More than two in three migrants whose deaths have been documented remain unidentified.  https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2024/03/1147971
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IOM report: 1 in 3 migrant deaths occurs on the move
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World News in Brief: Half of Haiti’s displaced are children, alarm over low immunisation rates, aid to East Africa

World News in Brief: Half of Haiti’s displaced are children, alarm over low immunisation rates, aid to East Africa

02 Oct 2024

A breakdown in law and order and a wider humanitarian emergency across Haiti have displaced more than 700,000 people – one in two of them children – the UN migration office, IOM, said on Wednesday.

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FROM THE FIELD: Sharing migration stories across generations in Central America

06 Feb 2021

Two migrants, one young and one old, have been sharing their experiences of migrating to a small town in Costa Rica in Central America.

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UN migration agency and EU step up aid for 325,000 Yemenis in need 

23 May 2022

The UN migration agency IOM and the European Union’s Humanitarian Aid wing (ECHO), said on Monday that they are scaling up their efforts to respond to the needs of more than 325,000 displaced by the conflict in Yemen, including migrants and the communities that host them.