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9 days ago
The IOM and UNHCR say two boats carrying mostly Rohingya passengers departed Rakhine State in late June.
Hundreds of refugees feared dead after two suspected shipwrecks off Myanmar: UN ⊖⊖
Vessels believed to have departed from Myanmar in late June, with mostly Muslim Rohingya minority onboard
The United Nations has said more than 500 people are feared dead after reports of two large sh…
65 days ago
Cities must plan for migration as permanent reality, experts say at World Urban Forum ⊕
Governments must treat migration as a permanent feature of urban planning, not an emergency, the IOM deputy director general told Euronews at the World Urban Forum in Baku.
3 months ago
Almost 8,000 people died or disappeared on migration routes in 2025, IOM says ⊖⊖
The migration agency highlighted that at least around 340,000 family members are estimated to have been directly affected by the missing migrant crisis since 2014.
Over 180 dead or missing in Mediterranean in last 10 days, UN migration agency says ⊖
The IOM has previously highlighted the Central Mediterranean as the deadliest migration corridor in the world.
At least nine dead and 45 missing after migrant boat sinks off Djibouti, IOM says ⊖
The boat had left from the Djibouti port town of Obock with more than 300 people on board and was trying to cross the Bab el-Mandeb Strait when it went down on Tuesday.
4 months ago
More than 600 migrants die trying to cross Mediterranean so far in 2026, UN says ⊖⊖
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…
5 months ago
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.
8 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.
10 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.