GENEVA (AA) – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) says that more than 14 million people, including those internally displaced and those who crossed borders, are on the move in conflict-torn Sudan. Eleven million are internally displaced within the country, while 3.1 million are those who have crossed borders, Director-Gene...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Thirteen people died and 14 remain missing after a migrant boat capsized off the coast of Yemen’s Ta’iz governorate, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Sunday. The vessel carrying 25 Ethiopian migrants and two Yemeni nationals sank last Tuesday near the Dubab district in the Bani Al-Hakam sub...
A boat capsized off the coast of Yemen, killing 49 migrants and leaving 140 others missing, the International Organization for Migration or IOM said on Tuesday. The vessel, carrying 260 migrants, capsized near Alghareef Point in Shabwah governorate. Among the dead were 31 women and six children. According to survivors, the boat departed from B...
Tripoli, Libya – – AFP Libyan authorities began sending more than 320 irregular migrants to their home country Nigeria, an immigration official reported to the media. War-torn Libya has become as a key departure point on North Africa’s Mediterranean coast for migrants, mainly from other parts of Africa, risking dangerous sea ...
Derna, Libya – AFP Libya’s flood disaster, which killed thousands in the city of Derna, also displaced more than 43,000 people, the International Organization for Migration said Thursday. A tsunami-sized flash flood broke through two ageing river dams upstream from the coastal city after the Mediterranean Storm Daniel lashed the ar...
ANKARA (AA) – More than 38,640 people have been displaced due to devastating floods in Libya, the UN migration agency said on Friday. At least 30,000 individuals were displaced in Derna due to Storm Daniel, with 3,000 in Al-Bayda, 2,595 in Al-Marj, 2,195 in Benghazi, 350 in Soussa, 300 in Almkheley, 200 in Wardeah and […]
