International Organization For Migration
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‘Sharp increases:’ 29 million girls, women victims of modern slavery, UN report saysGrace Forrest, co-founder of the Walk Free anti-slavery organization, said Friday that means one in every 130 women and girls is living in modern slavery today, more than the population of Australia.WorldOct 10, 2020
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Over 1,000 migrants have drowned attempting to cross Mediterranean this year, 200 in 3 daysMore than 1,000 people have drowned this year attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea, while 200 hundred of those have died in the past three days, according to the International Organization for Migration.PoliticsJul 4, 2018
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Trump’s pick for UN migration job squarely rejected by international organizationKen Isaacs, vice president of U.S. evangelical charity Samaritan's Purse, came last in the race to lead the International Organization for Migration.WorldJun 29, 2018
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Migrant deaths rose sharply in 2016 thanks to dangerous sea crossings: UNMigrant deaths rose sharply last year, particularly in the Mediterranean as smugglers made ever-riskier attempts to ferry asylum-seekers and refugees on increasingly unseaworthy vessels.WorldMar 17, 2017
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Over 100 migrants rescued off Libyan coastMore than 100 migrants were rescued on Monday after drifting for hours in the central Mediterranean when their rubber boat's engine failed.WorldJan 3, 2017
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Record 5,000 migrants believed to have drowned trying to cross Mediterranean Sea in 2016, agencies sayTwo overcrowded inflatable dinghies capsized in the Strait of Sicily after leaving Libya for Italy, the International Organization for Migration and the U.N. refugee agency said.WorldDec 23, 2016
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Nearly 340 migrants dead or missing in multiple Mediterranean shipwrecks, IOM saysFlavio Di Giacomo, Italy spokesman for the International Organization for Migration, says that brings to over 4,500 the number of migrants who have died or disappeared so far this year making the risky sea voyage, the deadliest year on record.WorldNov 17, 2016
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Refugee deaths so far in 2016 three times higher than first weeks of last yearThere are ominous signs 2016 will be another tragic year for refugees and migrants trying to reach Europe by sea.CanadaJan 29, 2016
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How the refugee crisis evolved in 20152015 saw the greatest movement of people fleeing their homes because of war and conflict, since the end of the Second World War.WorldDec 29, 2015
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More than 1 million migrants crossed into Europe this year: reportMore than 1 million people driven out of their countries by war, poverty and persecution entered Europe in this record-breaking year, migration experts said Tuesday, a symbolic milestone capping a mass movement of people that has challenged the concept of European unity.WorldDec 22, 2015
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