World Leaders Condemn Donald Trump’s ‘Muslim Ban’
European leaders, the United Nations and international groups have condemned US President Donald Trump's measures against refugees and travellers from ...
Tag: International Organization for Migration
U.N. Agencies Urge Trump To Allow Refugees Entry
he United Nations refugee agency and International Organization for Migration (IOM) called on the Trump administration on Saturday to continue ...
180 Missing People Presumed Dead After Shipwreck
Four people are dead and nearly 180 are missing, presumed dead, after a ship capsized in the Mediterranean on Saturday, ...
Exiled Gambians Ponder Return To Troubled Homeland
Musa Saidykhan still feels the ache in the scars knotting across his back when the temperature drops every winter in ...
Libya Deport Dozens of Illegal African Migrants
Libyan authorities deported 157 illegal African migrants on Thursday. The migrants are mostly from Mali and were hoping to make ...
Pre-Departure Training, Key To Solve Plights of Migrants
Human trafficking and slavery is an international concern affecting millions of people across the globe. For Ghana, there have been ...
More Ghanaian Migrants Languishing In Italy
The number of irregular migrants from Ghana to Italy rose from 4,450 last year, to 5,545 from January to November, ...
Libya Deports More Than 100 African Migrants
Libyan authorities on Tuesday deported around 140 African migrants, who had previously arrived in Tripoli illegally via the Mediterranean. Head ...
Abuse of Ghanaian Women In Middle-East On the Rise – IOM Raises Alarm
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has raised concern about increasing reports of Ghanaian female migrants being abused in the ...
IOM, Gov’t and CSOs Move To Protect Rights of Vulnerable Ghanaian Migrants
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and seven key Ghanaian Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) have issued a joint statement aimed ...
African Migration Expected To Rise Due To Accelerated Climate Change
Africa faces a surge in internal and cross-border migration in the coming years due to increased climate change and its ...
Iraqi Special Forces Seize Mosul District In Fresh Push
Iraqi soldiers drive into to Shahrezad village east of Mosul, Iraq Iraqi special forces said they pushed deeper into Mosul ...
240 Migrants Drowned Off Libyan Coast On Wednesday
At least 240 migrants have drowned off the coast of Libya within the last 48 hours, possibly as an unintended ...
Women, Children Flood Mosul As ISIS Loses Ground
The civilians from southern villages appear to have been forced into the city by ISIS, and witnesses said they looked ...
Stepping Over the Dead On A Migrant Boat
It began with blips on a radar screen, 12 miles off the Libyan coast. As the rescuers approached, they found ...
Boko Haram Leaves Nigeria A Lifetime of Mental Trauma
Maiduguri (Nigeria) (AFP) - The soldier clutched his book with both hands. He shouted his name, rank and Nigerian Army ...
Thousands of Migrants Rescued Off Libya
About 6,500 migrants have been rescued off Libya, the Italian coastguard says, in one of the biggest operations of its ...
Life in Europe: Dream or Nightmare? The Lives of African Immigrants in the Netherlands.
Moving to Europe is a dream for many Africans, but the reality is often a nightmare. The Dutch immigration policy ...