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U.S. and Mexican bishops call for better migration policies at border Apr 2, 2021 national correspondent Young migrants lie inside a pod March 30, 2021 at the holding facility in Donna, Texas, set up in February by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, an agency within the Department of Homeland Security. (Credit: CNS photo/Dario Lopez-Mills, Pool via Reuters) As the number of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border continues to soar, more than a dozen Catholic bishops from both countries issued a rem...

Ecuador received with satisfaction the invitation of the Council of Europe to adhere to the Convention on counterfeiting of medical products and similar crimes (Medicrime). Ecuador, the first country in America that together with Europe will fight against the counterfeiting of medical products The decision to invite the country, adopted on February 11 by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, was transmitted by the Office of International Treaties of the Council of Europe, through...

IOM – New data published by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) this week confirms a nearly three-fourths decline in migration from the East and Horn of Africa regions towards Gulf Council Countries during 2020. At the Second Scientific Conference on Migration and Displacement conference IOM organized herewith the eight-nation Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and the German Corporation for International Cooperation (GIZ), a new study noted that COVID-19 led to ...

IOM: COVID-19 Leads to 73% Drop in Migration from Horn of Africa to Gulf Countries Format Despite security risks, the number of migrants travelling from the Horn of Africa to Saudi Arabia through Yemen had been on the increase over the past four years. © IOM Addis Ababa– New data published by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) this week confirms a nearly three-fourths decline in migration from the East and Horn of Africa regions towards Gulf Council Countries during 2020. At ...

The Other Americans: Biden Ends Controversial Asylum Agreements The new administration has vowed to ‘address root causes that compel individuals to migrate.’ The Biden Administration has suspended the controversial Asylum Cooperation Agreements signed between the Trump Administration and the governments of Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras. The move is part of the administration’s rejection of Trump’s hardline anti-immigration policies. By the time that the agreement was ...

COVID-19, Migrants in Vulnerable Situations Minsk – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) are partnering on a new initiative to counter stigma and discrimination faced by migrants during the COVID-19 pandemic, which has been launched in the eastern European nation of Belarus.   The partnership, made possible by the Global IOM-UNDP Seed Funding Initiative, tackles discrimination through research and advocacy, as well as...

IOM and UNDP in Belarus Join Forces to Fight Stigma During the COVID-19 Pandemic Format IOM works to counter stigma and discrimination against migrants through research and advocacy. © IOM. Minsk – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) are partnering on a new initiative to counter stigma and discrimination faced by migrants during the COVID-19 pandemic, which has been launched in the eastern European nation of Belarus. The part...

Published January 15, 2021, 3:36 PM Being a major labor exporting country, the Philippines will seek to sustain its contributions in the international movement on migration and development and push for further protection of all Filipino migrant workers in the 13th Summit of the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) to be hosted by the United Arab Emirates from January 18-26, 2021. (MANILA BULLETIN) Under this year’s theme, “The Future of Human Mobility: Innovative Partnerships fo...

  The 13th Summit of the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) will be hosted by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from January 18 to 26, titled  “The Future of Human Mobility: Innovative Partnerships for Sustainable Development.”   The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), through Undersecretary for Migrant Workers’ Affairs Sarah Lou Arriola, will chair the roundtable discussions on leveraging new technologies to empower migrants. The Office of the President, through Chief of ...

Jonatan Rosas/TNH Ecuador’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility did not respond to questions by the time of publication. But Magda Medina, UNHCR’s deputy representative in Ecuador, told TNH via email, “Our mandate is to support states in protecting and seeking durable solutions for refugees.” Medina said humanitarian cash aid is only a small part of the support UNHCR offers people in situations of extreme vulnerability – something the organisation has had to increase during...