IOM, UNHCR Commend Ecuador’s Efforts to Regularize Venezuelan Refugees and Migrants

Geneva, 2 September – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, today praised Ecuador’s new presidential decree introducing an extraordinary regularization process for Venezuelans and their families who currently lack regular status in the country. This initiative is expected to benefit some 100,000 people, according to Government estimates.   Ecuador hosts […]

Continue Reading

Floods, Dam Collapse Intensify Suffering in Sudan 500 Days into the War

Port Sudan, 29 August – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is calling for increased support from donors and international community to sustain response to the rising humanitarian needs and displacement in Sudan compounded by the recent floods. Scores of people are still missing following the collapse of Arba’at dam in Sudan’s northeastern Red Sea […]

Continue Reading

“Sudan at Breaking Point” Warns IOM as Famine, Floods add to Massive Displacement

Port Sudan – The humanitarian situation in Sudan is at “a catastrophic breaking point” according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM).    The stark warning comes as famine and floods add to the catalogue of challenges facing millions of people struggling to cope in the world’s largest displacement crisis following 16 months of brutal […]

Continue Reading