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IDMC

Record 50.8 Million People Displaced Inside Their Countries By Conflict, Violence, Disasters

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IOM MECC

Position by Human Rights Committee Raises Prospects for Dignified Migration in Era of Climate Change

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UNHCR

Refugee Tailors Switch to Stitching Face Masks and Protective Gear

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  • Government of Norway – Norway is providing NOK 30 million to support efforts by IOM to inform migrants and other vulnerable groups about COVID-19 infection prevention and provide related health services and clean water.
     
  • Open Democracy – COVID-19 pandemic requires reconsidering the relationship between data and invisible populations, including migrants.
     
  • ANSA – IOM has warned about potentially devastating consequences upon millions of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in a COVID-19 outbreak in northeast Nigeria.
     
  • InfoMigrants – The coronavirus pandemic is a cause for concern for HIV-positive migrants who are undocumented or who cannot access treatment.
     
  • The New Humanitarian – How COVID-19 halted NGO migrant rescues in the Mediterranean.
     
  • EFE – In Morocco, some 20,000 sub-Saharan migrants are sinking into deep poverty due to the coronavirus crisis, a situation that has led many to turn to aid from Catholic Church.
ENTER NEWSROOM

QUOTE OF THE DAY
“Understanding and adapting to the mobility trends and needs of internally displaced people is more important than ever, particularly as this information can help governments mitigate the health and economic impacts the pandemic is having on displaced communities.”


António Vitorino
IOM Director General
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