As IOM Director General, William Lacy Swing has attended every regularly scheduled biennial Bali consultation since October 2008. In a statement to the Bali Process 7th Regional Ministerial Conference on 7 August he reaffirmed the […]
At least 2.5 million migrants were smuggled in 2016, according to the first Global Study on Smuggling of Migrants released by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). Migrant smuggling generated an income […]
IOM reports 2018 migrant drownings in Mediterranean occurring at rate of seven per day, with the central Mediterranean route the most dangerous. According to a 17 August IOM press release, 63,142 migrants and refugees entered […]
Recent weeks have seen widespread media coverage of log queues at London’s Heathrow Airport, with plenty of criticism levelled at the UK Border Force following reports of passengers waiting two-and-a-half hours to go through passport […]
According to a 12 June media release, the European Commission proposes to almost triple funding for migration and border management to €34.9 billion over the next long-term EU budget 2021-2027, compared to €13 billion in the […]
UNHCR and UNDP came to an agreement with the Myanmar Government on 31 May for the text of a tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). Getting access The tripartite Memorandum will establish a framework for cooperation […]
IOM reports that 30,300 migrants and refugees entered Europe by sea through the first 147 days of 2018, with about 40 per cent arriving in Italy, 35 per cent in Greece, with the remainder (25%) […]
European countries must adopt a more strategic approach when offering support to one another for refugee resettlement if they hope to meet ambitious EU goals, the Migration Policy Institute Europe argues in a new report. […]
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