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Investment in Syria needed to prevent more displacement - UN director

Discussions about the return of Syrian refugees should not be held ‘in isolation’ from the wider economic and political context, the director-general of the UN’s migration agency told Euronews.

18/03/2025

Haiti

Haiti gang violence has displaced more than 1 million people, UN says

Children make up at least half of Haiti’s displaced population, which has tripled within a year, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) says.

14/01/2025

Europe News

Libyan coastguard returns boat with 64 migrants to shore

The incident comes just days after a migrant boat capsized off the coast of Libya and 22 out of 32 people on board went missing, presumed drowned.

07/09/2024

Europe News

Shipwrecks off Italian coast leave at least 11 dead and dozens missing

According to the IOM, over 3,150 migrants died or went missing in the Mediterranean last year, making it the deadliest migration route in the world.

19/06/2024

Papua New Guinea

More than 100 feared dead in Papua New Guinea landslide

Prime minister James Marape said he would release more information about the scale of destruction and loss of life when it is available.

25/05/2024

Sudan

Hundreds of thousands forced to flee their homes in Sudan

The number of people displaced in Sudan has doubled in a week from 340,000 to 700,000, the International Organisation for Migration said on Tuesday.

09/05/2023

World News

Migrant deaths in Europe not new, over 1,600 have died this year - IOM

The IOM estimates that 23,000 people have died in the Mediterranean Sea trying to reach Europe since 2014.

25/11/2021

World News

Euroviews. Afghanistan: Time is running out to stop humanitarian disaster | View

"There is a real risk that the deteriorating humanitarian situation will result in increased displacement, vulnerability and suffering," says IOM chief António Vitorino.

04/11/2021

Djibouti

At least 20 dead after smugglers throw migrants from boat

The drama unfolded as the migrants were travelling from Djibouti to Yemen.

04/03/2021

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Hundreds of migrants evicted from UN-run camps in Bosnia

On Wednesday, local authorities in the northwestern Krajina region sent police to evict several hundred people from the Bira camp in the town of Bihac.

01/10/2020

Europe News

New pact to force EU countries to take more migrants

EU Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson says she's already bracing for tough resistance from Hungary, Poland and northern European nations.

21/09/2020

Libya

UN deplores deadly shooting of three Europe-bound migrants in Libya

"We can no longer afford to ignore what's happening inside Libya," UNHCR spokesperson Charlie Yaxley told Euronews.

29/07/2020

World News

IOM responds to Euronews' investigation into the EU-IOM initiative

This is a response from the IOM to the series of three investigative articles Euronews published on the Joint Initiative between the IOM and the EU to repatriate migrants from Libyan detention centres.

22/07/2020