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At least 2,480 migrants have died or gone missing in the Mediterranean this year. Last year, 2,411 people died while trying to cross the same route. In the Americas, at least 1,078 people have died and gone missing. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) began tracking deaths in 2014.
Edmonton Police Service sees numbers drop in high-crime areas The integrated offender management (IOM) and healthy streets operation centre (HSOC) programs are making a difference. The IOM was introduced two years ago and since then, it has seen a 70-per cent reduction in crime severity. The HSOC patrols three high-crime areas — downtown, Chinatown and the Kingsway area.
Use migration as 'development tool', UN agency chief says Amy Pope, the first woman elected to lead the IOM, chose Ethiopia, home to the African Union and nearly 4.4 million displaced people, for her first official visit. The Geneva-based IOM is the leading international body addressing the needs of hundreds of millions of migrants throughout the world.
New UN migration chief worried boat deaths becoming... U.S. former White House adviser Amy Pope started as head of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Oct. 1. Pope: "Our biggest concern is that the deaths in the Mediterranean have been normalised"
How many irregular migrants go missing? | Mint The UN’s International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has recorded the deaths and disappearances of around 57,000 irregular migrants across the world since 2014. There is no systematic record of the number of migrants who attempt to cross borders unlawfully, nor of deaths.
Libya flood disaster displaced over 43,000 people: IOM Libya's flood disaster has displaced more than 43,000 people, IOM says. Mobile and internet services have been restored after a two-day disruption. A tsunami-sized flash flood broke through two ageing river dams upstream from Derna. The official death toll stands at more than 3,300 -- but the eventual count is expected to be far higher.
Libya flood disaster displaced over 43,000 people: IOM Libya's flood disaster has displaced more than 43,000 people, the IOM says. Mobile and internet services have been restored after a two-day disruption. A tsunami-sized flash flood broke through two ageing dams upstream from the coastal city. The official death toll stands at more than 3,300 -- but the eventual count is expected to be far higher.
UN Declares U.S.-Mexico Border World’s Deadliest Land Migration Route -- AGAIN The United Nations International Organization for Migration (IOM) declared the U.S.-Mexico border the deadliest land border crossing after documenting 686 deaths and disappearances of migrants on in 2022. The death toll does not include information from Texas border county coroner’s offices and the Mexican search and rescue agency, Grupo BETA. In August, the Tucson Border Patrol led the nation in migrant deaths — most a result of heat related illness in the remote desert areas outside populated cities.
IOM Libya says at least 30,000 individuals displaced in... IOM in Libya says at least 30,000 individuals were displaced in Derna. IOM added that 6,085 were known to have been displaced in other storm-hit areas including Benghazi.
Ukraine will be looking for 4.5 million workers in next decade Ukraine's Ministry of Economy Ukraine's Ministry of Economy estimates that over the next ten years, Ukraine will need to attract an additional 4.5 million employees to the labour market. Ukraine is holding consultations with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and the International Labour Organisation (ILO)
IOM: More than 3 million people have been forced to flee homes amid Sudan fighting | CNN IOM: More than 3 million people have been forced to flee homes amid Sudan fighting. Millions of people have had to flee their homes as the fighting in Sudan drags on. A grisly discovery by the United Nations.
Raging conflict in Sudan displaces over 3.1 million people, UN says Sudan has plunged into chaos since mid-April. More than 2.4 million people have fled their homes to safer areas inside the country. Around 738,000 others crossed into neighboring counties, the IOM says.
Steep rise in numbers of Sudanese refugees fleeing violence Nearly 2.8 million people have fled the war in Sudan, latest data from the United Nations International Organization for Migration, (IOM), shows. More than 255,000 have crossed to Egypt, more than 180,000 to Chad, followed by South Sudan, Ethiopia, the Central African Republic, and Libya.
UN says 37 migrants missing after shipwreck between Tunisia and Italy Thirty-seven migrants are missing after their boat capsized between Tunisia and the Italian island of Lampedusa. Four survivors of the shipwreck told the IOM they left the Tunisian port of Sfax heading for Italy with 46 people aboard. There has been a surge in migration across the Mediterranean from Tunisia this year.
37 people missing after boat capsizes between Tunisia and Lampedusa Thirty-seven people are missing after their boat capsized between Tunisia and the Italian island of Lampedusa, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Friday. The UN agency said the survivors, all from sub-Saharan Africa, arrived on Lampingusa late on Thursday, having been rescued from the shipwreck.
Algeria's migrant pushback causes 'critical situation'... Niger regional authorities registered 8,828 men, 161 women, 152 boys and 51 girls arriving since January. In April, the number of migrants stuck in Assamaka was estimated at about 4,500. The IOM transit centre in the town has been overwhelmed by the flood of arrivals.
Huge search seeks survivors of migrant boat sinking off Greece; hundreds feared missing Greece’s caretaker prime minister, Ioannis Sarmas, declares three days of national mourning. The IOM said initial reports suggested up to 400 people were aboard.
Companies like Microsoft can help manage migration:... Amy Pope says Western asylum systems are 'completely overwhelmed' More than 100 million people are forcibly displaced around the world. Pope will become the 11th IOM head, all but two of them American.
Biden's UN Chief Promises to Send More Poor Migrants to the Midwest “Our goal at IOM is to enable the choice to migrate,” ION chief Amy Pope told radio host Steve Inskeep. The migrants are needed to replace missing populations in Midwest states where populations are falling.
UN set to choose new migration chief The UN's International Organization for Migration (IOM) is set to choose its next director general on Monday. The unusually tense contest is being fought by the US's Amy Pope, the IOM deputy director and her European boss Antonio Vitorino, the current IOM chief. The 175 member states will vote by a secret ballot in closed-door meetings in Geneva.
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