Deadliest start to a year in more than a decade, according to the International Organization for Migration
A least 606 people trying to reach Europe in search of refugee have been reported dead or mi…
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Hundreds of migrants feared dead in Mediterranean shipwrecks since start of 2026, UN says ⊖⊖
The IOM highlighted that the Central Mediterranean remains the deadliest migration corridor in the world, with at least 1,340 people losing their lives there last year alone.
3 months ago
UN urges humanitarian corridor to help civilians stuck in Sudan’s el-Fasher ○
IOM chief calls for ceasefire to allow aid groups to reach Sudanese civilians trapped in war-torn Darfur region.
5 months ago
Afghanistan faces 'triple' returnee, climate and aid cut crisis, IOM mission chief says ○
The UN’s migration agency is being forced to make "difficult decisions" to "deprioritise" vulnerable Afghans returning home as deep aid cuts bite.
7 months ago
Too late to stop small boats once people arrive in Calais, says UN migration chief ○
More orderly migration would ease crisis, says Amy Pope as UK and France prepare to announce plan to block crossings
The head of the UN’s organisation for migration has warned that it is too late to s…
8 months ago
At least 60 people ‘feared dead’ after shipwrecks off the coast of Libya ○
UN agency IOM says 743 people have died so far this year attempting to cross the Mediterranean to Europe.
Rescue operation launched after eight migrants die off coast of Djibouti, IOM says ○
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Thousands of migrants from African, Middle Eastern and South Asian countries seeking a better life in Europe attempt irregular migration every year.
12 months ago
Record number of children died crossing Channel last year, says UN ○
Data from UN agency’s Missing Migrants Project should serve as ‘wake-up call’, say officials
A record number of children died in the Channel last year according to UN data shared with the Guardian tha…
Bodies of migrants in Libya mass graves had gunshot wounds, UN says ○
IOM urges 'dignified recovery' and identification of dozens of bodies discovered in two mass graves in Libya.
13 months ago
More than a million Haitians forced from their homes amid gang violence ○
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UN agency says more than half of the displaced people are children, as gang attacks see upswing in Port-au-Prince
More than 1 million people have been forced from their homes in Haiti amid a sharp ups…
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