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By Kadeem Joseph Kadeem.joseph@antiguaobserver.com A new report is recommending several changes in three major government agencies that will ultimately make it…

Mediterranean Sea Claims 1,146 Migrants in First Half of 2021, IOM Report Says Mediterranean Sea Claims 1,146 Migrants in First Half of 2021, IOM Report Says Within the first half of this year, not less than 1,146 people died attempting to reach Europe by sea, according to the latest briefing released by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM). Deaths along these routes more than doubled so far this year compared to the same period in 2020, when 513 migrants are known to have drowned...

SHARE The UK is being urged to create a dedicated agency to help migrants discover the fate of their loved ones, as deaths during migration journeys are believed to be far higher than first thought, a UN report warns. The International Organisation of Migration (IOM) has made a number of recommendations after investigating the experiences of more than 75 families looking for relatives in the UK. The present estimate for those who have perished crossing the English Channel is around 300, but the...

Posted:  05/10/21 Bangkok – With 55 per cent of the world’s population (over 4.3 billion), over 42 million international migrants, nearly 84 million of its residents, migrants abroad, and with an estimated USD 302 billion in remittance inflows in 2019, the Asia and the Pacific region’s need for a reliable, nuanced and harmonized evidence base, reflecting both current and historical migration developments has been imperative for some time – notably when it comes to policy-making, planni...

Families of Missing Migrants: Their Search for Answers, the Impacts of Loss and Recommendations for Improved Support - Country Report: United Kingdom Format Searching for Closure: New Study Examines Challenges Facing Families of Missing Migrants in the UK Berlin – When a person goes missing, the existing laws, procedures and inter-state cooperation enable families to make the necessary arrangements and reach closure about the loss of their loved ones. A new report from the International Organ...

IOM When a person goes missing, the existing laws, procedures and inter-state cooperation enable families to make the necessary arrangements and reach closure about the loss of their loved ones. A new report from the International Organization of Migration (IOM)’s Global Migration Data Analysis Centre and Missing Migrants Project shows this is not the case for people across the United Kingdom who have missing migrant relatives. “The families who participated in the research in the UK are so...

Missing Migrants Berlin – When a person goes missing, the existing laws, procedures and inter-state cooperation enable families to make the necessary arrangements and reach closure about the loss of their loved ones. A new report from the International Organization of Migration (IOM)’s Global Migration Data Analysis Centre and Missing Migrants Project shows this is not the case for people across the United Kingdom who have missing migrant relatives. “The families who participated in the r...

Examining Missing Migrants in the East and Horn of Africa Region in the Context of COVID-19 Format INTRODUCTION Every year, thousands of migrants die or go missing in the course of their journeys abroad. Recording information about these incidents and the people involved provides an opportunity to identify where humanitarian and life-saving practices are most needed, as exemplified by the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which put forward indicator 10.7.3, the “number of people who di...

Leave No Migrant Behind: The 2030 Agenda and Data Disaggregation Format Promoting Migrant-Inclusive Data to Help Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals Berlin -- The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is launching a new guide to help practitioners disaggregate data related to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by migratory status, to address the needs of migrants and highlight their contributions to sustainable development. To date, disaggregation of global development data...

Posted:  04/16/21 Berlin – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is launching a new guide to help practitioners disaggregate data related to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by migratory status, to address the needs of migrants and highlight their contributions to sustainable development.  To date, disaggregation of global development data by migratory status remains low. Migrants are largely invisible in official SDG data. As the global community approaches 2030, very...