The authorities of Mauritania have reported that they have managed to rescue more than 200 migrants and that around 120 people remain missing after two incidents recorded with vessels off their coasts. The events, linked to the migratory route to the Atlantic, have so far left at least one deceased,...
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has issued a call to raise 98 million dollars, equivalent to about 85.2 million euros, in order to support communities affected by the earthquakes of June 24 in Venezuela, which left more than 4,900 dead and around 16,750 injured, according to the latest report.The...
The United Nations has warned this Thursday of the possible death of more than 500 people, mostly members of Burma's Rohingya minority, after the sinking of two boats off the country's coast in recent days, after setting sail at the end of June from Rakhine State, in the west of...
The United States Government announced this Monday that it is raising the emergency humanitarian aid package to over 300 million dollars (263 million euros) to address the consequences of the double earthquake registered last week in Venezuela, which has caused at least 1,450 deaths and 3,150 injuries."Taking into account the...
Up to 6.8 million people could have been affected by the earthquakes that shook Venezuela on June 24, according to initial estimates from the International Organization for Migration (IOM).These figures come from the preliminary analysis of the population and damage collected so far, and include up to two million people...
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has warned this Thursday about the "urgent needs" of people displaced by the "devastating earthquakes" registered in Venezuela, which have so far caused at least 164 deaths in the country, in addition to "widespread destruction and numerous injuries".According to the IOM in a statement,...
Senegalese authorities reported this Friday the arrest of thirteen people who were preparing to embark on the country's coasts heading for the Canary Islands. In addition, they indicated that two suspects linked to "a network" dedicated to organizing these trips have already been arrested and interrogated to clarify the facts.In...
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has warned this Monday that the conflict in Sudan, which is now entering its third year, has forced the return of more than 400,000 people to Chad, a figure reached "sooner than expected" and composed of more than half women and more than two-thirds...
Mauritanian authorities have reported the rescue of more than 75 migrants traveling in a boat located off the coast of the city of Nouadhibou. The operation is part of the increase in this type of intervention in recent weeks, a period in which more than a thousand people have been...
Mauritanian authorities have reported the rescue of nearly 125 migrants traveling in a new boat located off the coast of the town of Nuamghar, bringing the number of people intercepted in Mauritanian waters in the last two weeks to around a thousand.In a statement released on social media, the Mauritanian...
Senegalese authorities have reported the dismantling of "an international network" dedicated to migrant trafficking and have confirmed the arrest of four suspects belonging to this structure, which operated from the town of Ziguinchor, in the south of the country.In a statement released on social media, the Senegalese Police indicated that...
Almost 1.5 million Haitians have been forced to leave their homes due to the surge in gang violence, as reported this Friday by the International Organization for Migration (IOM), which warns that the country faces an "even more alarming displacement crisis."In its latest report, the organization puts the number of...
Around fifty people have lost their lives due to dehydration in the middle of the Sahara Desert after the truck in which they were traveling broke down and they became disoriented in an area located about 80 kilometers west of the Nigerien town of Assamaka, near the borders with Mali...
Mauritanian authorities have reported the interception, off their coast, of a vessel originating from Gambia carrying 110 migrants, including three minors. The boat suffered an engine failure, which led the people on board to issue a distress signal directed at the Mauritanian Coast Guard.The Ministry of Fisheries and Maritime and...
Senegalese authorities have reported the arrest of nearly 70 migrants of Malian origin after they reached the country's coast on a boat that departed from Gambia with more than 160 people on board, with the whereabouts of the remaining occupants unknown at this time.In a statement released on social media,...
The International Organization for Migration (OIM) reported this Friday the launch of an international fundraising campaign with the aim of offering a "rapid, coordinated, and dignified" humanitarian response to people affected by the conflict in Líbano.The initiative, coordinated by the OIM and in which various international and local ONG participate,...
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has welcomed this Thursday the ten-day ceasefire agreement reached between the authorities of Israel and Lebanon, but has called on "all parties to respect it" and recalled that, despite the entry into force of this cessation of hostilities, "the crisis is far from over"."A...
At least nine migrants have lost their lives and another 45 remain missing after the shipwreck of a vessel with several hundred people on board off the coast of Djibouti, as confirmed by the International Organization for Migration (IOM).The UN agency indicated on its social media that the "tragic sinking"...