World Mental Health Day is observed on 10 October, calling for stronger action to protect and expand mental health support in times of crisis. This year’s theme, “Access to Services: Mental Health in ...

Fund resilience, not disasters – Mobility as a pathway to resilience Disasters are the leading cause of displacement worldwide. In 2024, almost 46 million people were uprooted from their homes, the ...

Geneva/ Damascus, 26 May 2025 – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has welcomed the recent decisions by the European Union and the United States to lift a significant portion of ...

Geneva – Amy E. Pope of the United States of America has begun her five-year term as the eleventh Director General (DG) of the International Organization for Migration (IOM). The first woman to become ...

Geneva/Berlin, 26 March – As the International Organization for Migration's (IOM) Missing Migrants Project marks its ten-year milestone, a new report reveals alarming trends in migrant deaths and ...

International remittances surged by 650 per cent, from USD 128 billion to USD 831 billion between 2000 and 2022. Migrant remittances surpass foreign direct investment in boosting the GDP of developing ...

Berlin – The International Organization for Migration´s (IOM) Missing Migrants Project has documented at least 5,684 deaths on migration routes to and within Europe since the beginning of 2021, with ...

Port Sudan, 29 October – Good morning, I am glad to be able to speak with you this morning live from Port Sudan. I arrived here yesterday on a four-day visit, into a deteriorating security situation ...

Geneva – Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, it is a real pleasure to be here today among such valued partners, colleagues and friends. Before I begin, I’d just like to flag that today also marks the ...

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Cox’s Bazar – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is appealing for USD 128 million in support of 1.4 million refugees and host community members in need in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar ...

Ulaanbataar – The first nationwide study of migration in Mongolia reveals that most of the country’s internal migrants over the past 30 years have moved from rural areas to the capital, Ulaanbaatar, ...