They restore dignity and, just as importantly, hope – the sense of not being forgotten. Alongside humanitarian action, we ...

Rwanda, 20 January 2026 When I hear people speak about displacement, conflict, and people on the move, my mind goes back more than thirty years – to 1994, in Rwanda.

Davos, 19 January 2026 – The Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), Amy Pope, joins global leaders at the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting 2026 themed “A Spirit ...

Geneva, 16 January 2026 – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has released its 2026 Crisis Response Plans, a set of 32 prioritized country and regional plans outlining how the ...

Greece - This week IOM Greece recorded the highest migration inflows since the beginning of 2015, despite deteriorating weather conditions.

Career Opportunities Being a member of the IOM team requires the highest standards of efficiency, competence and integrity. As an international organization with a global mandate, IOM also aims to ...

Established in 1951, IOM is a Related Organization of the United Nations, and as the leading UN agency in the field of migration, works closely with governmental, intergovernmental and ...

Please note that the Data Briefing “Global Migration Data Analysis Centre: Data Briefing Series, Issue No. 4, August 2016” has been updated with corrections. The below changes reflect updated ...

Egypt - “Egyptian Unaccompanied Migrant Children: A Case Study on Irregular Migration” is a new assessment published by IOM Egypt designed to shed light on the irregular migration of Egyptian children ...

Colombo – USAID and IOM this week handed over new transitional homes to 120 families affected by the May 2017 floods and landslides in Rathnapura, Sri Lanka.

Italy - The number of migrants and asylum seekers arriving in Italy by sea in 2014 reached a total of 170,100 by year end 2014. That is about four times the number registered in 2013, when the Italian ...

Geneva – Information plays an essential role in a migrant’s decision-making process. The proliferation of differing and sometimes conflicting information makes it difficult for migrants to assess its ...