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Berlin/ Geneva, 21 March 2025 - At least 8,938 people died on migration routes worldwide in 2024, making it the deadliest year on record, according to new data collected by the International ...
The Global Compact for Migration is the first inter-governmental agreement covering international migration in a holistic and comprehensive manner.
Berlin – The International Organization for Migration´s (IOM) Missing Migrants Project has documented at least 5,684 deaths on migration routes to and within Europe since the beginning of 2021, with ...
Funding 6 more links below this section. Press the down arrow to see them. Funding from a variety of donors is essential for IOM, enabling effective programs and partnerships to support the world’s ...
Geneva/ Damascus, 26 May 2025 – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has welcomed the recent decisions by the European Union and the United States to lift a significant portion of ...
Funding 6 more links below this section. Press the down arrow to see them. Funding from a variety of donors is essential for IOM, enabling effective programs and partnerships to support the world’s ...
Geneva – Amy E. Pope of the United States of America has begun her five-year term as the eleventh Director General (DG) of the International Organization for Migration (IOM). The first woman to become ...
It is my pleasure to be here today in Brussels to talk about some of the opportunities and benefits that migration brings to countries of origin and destination as well as to the migrants themselves.
Funding 6 more links below this section. Press the down arrow to see them. Funding from a variety of donors is essential for IOM, enabling effective programs and partnerships to support the world’s ...
On 19 August, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) joins the United Nations and humanitarian partners in marking World Humanitarian Day, paying tribute to those who work on the front ...
Geneva – IOM, the UN Migration Agency, reports that 150,982 migrants and refugees entered Europe by sea in 2017 through 1 November, with about 75 per cent arriving in Italy and the remainder divided ...
In its role as Coordinator of the UN Network on Migration, IOM is well-placed to guide the UN system in supporting governments to strengthen international migration governance capacities, in ...