migrants

UN News Today 11 September 2024

11 September 2024

UN News Today

U.S. government needs to deliver justice for 9/11victims: human rights expert
UN refugee agency seeks millions to combat mpox outbreak in Africa
UNICEF condemns migrant family separation in Latin America and the Caribbean

Generally, one in three migrants die while fleeing conflict, according to IOM’s analysis of migrant deaths from 2014-2023 (file)

IOM/Hussein Ben Mosa

Migrant shipwreck leaves 21 more missing off coast of Lampedusa

4 September 2024

Migrants and Refugees

A migrant shipwreck in the Mediterranean left another 21 missing off the island of Lampedusa, between the African coast and Malta, an Italian coast guard said on Wednesday.

UN News Today 5 July 2024

5 July 2024

UN News Today

Refugees and migrants face violence, abuse and death on Africa routes
Ongoing and generalized impunity in Burundi for the ‘Imbonerakure’ youth wing
And …Hurricane Beryl - just an indication of a long storm season to come

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UN News Today 27 June 2024

27 June 2024

UN News Today

Famine risk is real for 14 areas of Sudan amid ongoing fighting
Andaman Sea among most deadly for migrants zones for migrants
Road safety experts wheel in fix for pedal error accidents

People in Rafah in the south of Gaza collect drinking water.

News in Brief 2 May 2024

2 May 2024

UN News Today

Development in Palestine set back more than 20 years due to Gaza war
Niger responds to 50 per cent spike in meningitis since last year
Detention of child migrants in EU must end, say top rights experts

Medical supplies are prepared for delivery to the Blue Nile and Nuba Mountains in Sudan.

News in Brief 9 April 2024

9 April 2024

UN News Today

‘Fear and loss’ for Sudanese displaced by brutal fighting
Hepatitis killing thousands each day and numbers rising: WHO
Dozens of migrants perish in Djibouti shipwreck

A father-of-six seeks safety for his family at a displacement site near Goma after his wife was killed by a bombing in Sake, North Kivu province. (file)

News in Brief 26 March 2024

26 March 2024

UN News Today

Gaza: ‘Double-digit’ number of children reported killed overnight
One in three migrant deaths linked to countries at war or with large refugee populations
Devastating humanitarian crisis in DR Congo: UNHCR

Volunteers help refugees arriving on the island of Lesbos, in the North Aegean region of Greece. (file)

IOM report: 1 in 3 migrant deaths occurs in transit while fleeing conflict

26 March 2024

Migrants and Refugees

One in three migrant deaths happens while people flee conflict, the UN migration agency, IOM, said on Tuesday. More than two in three migrants whose deaths have been documented remain unidentified.