International Organisation for Migration (IOM) Archives

IOM says 23m preparing to migrate

The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) says 23 million people around the world have concrete plans to migrate to another country, and the number has been...

Maritime8 years ago

Police remove 2,000 refugees and migrants sleeping rough in Paris

As IOM says 101,266 migrants, refugees have arrive Europe via Mediterranean Sea Police have moved more than 2,000 refugees and migrants off the streets of Paris, where they...

Maritime8 years ago

Niger authorities rescue 117 migrants crossing Sahara to Europe

As UN migration urges EU to work harder in Libya Authorities in Niger have rescued 117 migrants travelling through the Sahara desert from Niger toward Libya...

Maritime8 years ago

Niger authorities rescue 92 migrants abandoned in Sahara

As CCT discharges Saraki, dismisses all 18 charges Authorities in Niger rescued 92 West African migrants last week abandoned by traffickers in the Sahara desert as...

Maritime8 years ago

IOM D-G says migrant smugglers make $35 bn yearly

As Buhari’s reforms change NIMASA’s fortune The Director-General of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), William Swing says migrants smugglers make about 35 billion dollars a...

Maritime8 years ago

Over 30 Migrants Die after Falling from Overcrowded Boat off Libya

As Another batch of 165 Nigerians return from Libya Over thirty people drowned, including seven children, after an overcrowded wooden boat with approximately 750 people on board...

Accidents8 years ago

200 killed in migrant shipwrecks

As Irrigation farmers lose N30m crops drying dam in Katsina Almost 200 people are feared to have died in two Mediterranean Sea migrant shipwrecks during the...

Maritime8 years ago

IOM to fly up to 10,000 migrants out of Libya in 2017

As UK deports 23 Nigerians over immigration offences The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) is expected to transport up to 10,000 migrants stranded in Libya to...

Archives8 years ago

525 migrants, refugees die in Mediterranean Jan.1 to March 12 –IOM

The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) says 525 migrants and refugees have died in the Mediterranean sea while trying to enter Europe. According to data from...

Archives9 years ago

Niger says 34 migrants found dead in Sahara Desert

As Retirees shut down Imo over six-year unpaid pensions Niger says the bodies of 34 migrants, including 20 children, have been found in the Sahara Desert...