They restore dignity and, just as importantly, hope – the sense of not being forgotten. Alongside humanitarian action, we ...

Geneva / Port Sudan, 9 January 2026 – Nearly one in three people has been displaced in Sudan, either internally or across borders, over the past one thousand days since the outbreak of the conflict—a ...

Cox’s Bazar – In just three months an estimated 624,251 Rohingya refugees have crossed into Bangladesh, fleeing violence and oppression in Myanmar’s Northern Rakhine State.

Career Opportunities Being a member of the IOM team requires the highest standards of efficiency, competence and integrity. As an international organization with a global mandate, IOM also aims to ...

Iraq - IOM and Iraq’s Ministry of Interior have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on expanding and strengthening Iraq’s community policing programme.

Freetown – With a 60 percent rate of youth unemployment, Sierra Leone suffers among West Africa’s highest levels of joblessness. One result: youth migrate, often irregularly. To address this, the ...

Italy - IOM reports an estimated 205,509 migrants and refugees entered Europe by sea in 2016 through 31 May, arriving in Italy, Greece, Cyprus and Spain. IOM had recorded no fatalities in the ...

Geneva – Information plays an essential role in a migrant’s decision-making process. The proliferation of differing and sometimes conflicting information makes it difficult for migrants to assess its ...

Sana’a, Yemen – IOM, the UN Migration Agency, is supporting the island of Socotra after it was devastated by Cyclone Mekunu on 23 May. Working with inter-cluster partners and local authorities on the ...

Nairobi – The Kenya Institute of Migration Studies (KIMS) last week launched its flagship course, the Post-Graduate Diploma in Migration Studies, with the first intake expected in 2019. KIMS – the ...

World Environment Day, marked on 5 June, is a call to protect our environment and take urgent action to #BeatPlasticPollution. Plastic, from production to waste, contributes to climate crisis and ...

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) relies on voluntary contributions to carry out its global activities. In recent years, the demand for IOM support has increased exponentially in ...