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Ethiopia Bureau (CAJ News) – SOME 140 Ethiopian migrants have been repatriated from the war-torn Yemen. The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) facilitated the returns in the first flight to the East African country from the Arab nation since the COVID-19 global pandemic was declared, last March. “This flight is a vital lifeline for migrants who have been stranded for months on end in unsafe conditions,” said António Vitorino, IOM Director General. “In the coming months, we hope to see more migrants able to safely go home to their loved ones in this way.” Despite a reduc...

IOM Regional Office for East and Horn of Africa Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) COVID-19 Regional Overview on Mobility Restrictions as of 25 February 2021 Format The current outbreak of COVID-19 has affected global mobility in the form of various travel disruptions and restrictions. To better understand how COVID-19 affects global mobility, IOM has developed a global mobility database to map and gather data on the locations, status and different restrictions at Points of Entry (PoEs), globally. In the East and Horn of Africa (EHoA) region, IOM’s Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) teams i...

Mixed Migration Flows – Women & Migration - Women and Girls on the Move to Europe (2018–2020) [March 2021] Format Overall, the number of women and girls registered at arrivals by sea and by land in Europe between 2018 and 2020 is about 76,615 or 20 per cent of total arrivals. This brief presents an overview of available data on migratory trends to Europe through the Eastern, Central and Western Mediterranean routes and the Western African Atlantic route between 2018 and 2020, with a focus on women and girls. It is based on data collected by IOM’s Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) on ar...

Stranded migrants arrive in Ethiopia from Yemen on first return flight since start of COVID-19 pandemic Format Stranded Ethiopian migrants prepare for their journey home from Aden, Yemen, with IOM support. © IOM 2021/Majed Mohammed Aden/Addis Ababa – Today, a flight carrying 140 stranded migrants departed from Aden International Airport for Addis Ababa. This was the first flight to Ethiopia from Yemen under the International Organization for Migration (IOM)’s Voluntary Humanitarian Return (VHR) programme since the COVID-19 global pandemic was declared. “This flight is a vital lifeline ...

Date Time Share IOM Today, a flight carrying 140 stranded migrants departed from Aden International Airport for Addis Ababa. This was the first flight to Ethiopia from Yemen under the International Organization for Migration (IOM)’s Voluntary Humanitarian Return (VHR) programme since the COVID-19 global pandemic was declared. “This flight is a vital lifeline for migrants who have been stranded for months on end in unsafe conditions,” said António Vitorino, IOM Director General. “In the coming months, we hope to see more migrants able to safely go home to their loved ones in this way...