Topic: International Organization For Migration

IOM Plans to Bring Diasporans Home

THE International Organisation for Migration will soon embark on another scheme aimed at bringing professionals in the Diaspora back home for short...
Accademia Apulia UK, in association with Amnesty International, the British Council, the European Commission and the International Organisation for...

Foreign workers stuck in Iraqi limbo

In Baghdad's heavily guarded Green Zone, 35 European construction workers have languished in three crowded rooms for months without pay, living, as one said, "like animals".Their story is a stark testament to Iraq's poor record on foreign labour, as ...

Stranded foreigners board Tripoli rescue ship

GENEVA (Reuters) - About 200 foreigners desperate to leave Tripoli began boarding a rescue ship Thursday after worries about security in the Libyan capital delayed their evacuation for two days.The International Organization for Migration (IOM), which chartered the vessel, said security conditions ...

Rescue ship to dock in Tripoli as security improves

GENEVA (Reuters) - A ship sent to rescue foreigners stranded in the Libyan capital Tripoli has received permission to dock after a two-day wait at sea due to security concerns and it was hoped this could happen on Thursday, relief officials said."We ...

Ship aims to rescue foreigners from Tripoli if needed

GENEVA (Reuters) - A ship capable of evacuating 300 foreigners will arrive in Tripoli on Tuesday, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said.However, the Geneva-based IOM said on Monday, with events unfolding rapidly in the Libyan capital it was not clear if ...
A ship chartered by the International Organisation for Migration was to leave late Sunday for Tripoli from Benghazi in eastern Libya to evacuate about 300 foreigners, an IOM official said."The boat is due to leave tonight from Benghazi to evacuate around ...

Evacuations planned after Haiti lake bursts banks

0 . Aid officials say they plan to evacuate as many as 1,000 stranded villagers because the country's largest lake has overflowed its banks after ...
Large numbers of Haitians are leaving the dirty, overcrowded camps that sprang up after last year's earthquake, some lured away by financial...
By Robert Evans. . Migrants who have crossed borders in search of work and a better life could exceed 400 million, or nearly 7% of the present...