Brazil, 27 March 2026 Brazil doesn’t simply welcome you; it meets you with everything it has. The air is warm and soft, carrying the sweetness of mangos, papayas, and pineapples.

Geneva/Obock, 26 March 2026 – At least nine migrants have died and 45 others are missing following a shipwreck off the coast of Djibouti, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said today.

Geneva/Quito, 27 March 2026 – More than 6,000 migrants and members of border communities in Ecuador’s border regions will receive humanitarian assistance through a new project funded by the Republic ...

World Environment Day, marked on 5 June, is a call to protect our environment and take urgent action to #BeatPlasticPollution. Plastic, from production to waste, contributes to climate crisis and ...

World Water Day, observed on 22 March, highlights the global water crisis and its growing role in climate mobility. Climate shocks are increasingly driving displacement, with water at the centre – ...

The different dimensions of international migration are a policy priority for many countries. While progress has been made in collecting, analysing and disseminating data on migrants and migration in ...

12 May 2025, Geneva - For decades, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has supported Assisted Voluntary Return (AVR) programs in more than 100 countries—helping people without resources ...

Geneva – IOM, the UN Migration Agency, reports that 171,635 migrants and refugees entered Europe by sea during 2017, with just under 70 per cent arriving in Italy and the remainder divided between ...

Berlin/Geneva, 08 April – Only half of the countries worldwide assessed in a new report from the International Organization for Migration (IOM) grant access to government-funded health services to all ...

Geneva – Fifty million people were living in modern slavery in 2021, according to the latest Global Estimates of Modern Slavery Report. Of these people, 28 million were in forced labour and 22 million ...

Berlin/ Geneva, 21 March 2025 - At least 8,938 people died on migration routes worldwide in 2024, making it the deadliest year on record, according to new data collected by the International ...

The virginity trade and the loss of virginity are still fuelling patterns of trafficking and entry into commercial sexual exploitation, a new report released by the International Organization for ...