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A group of 30 Venezuelan migrants traveled 120 kilometers m from Chile's capital, Santiago to El Olivar, a neighborhood consumed by the flames on the outskirts of Viña del Mar, to help those who lost everything in a disastrous forest fire. They brought food, water, products for newborns, and personal hygiene supplies. They mobilized professionals like doctors, social workers, and psychologists to assist the affected. Raúl Semprún, a Venezuelan journalist, and founder of Crónicas de Chile organized the operation as a way to give back to the country that welcomed them as a second home.
Musa and his family are forced to migrate due to climate change-induced drought, highlighting the urgent need for global climate action.
Tahani lived in a small village in Yemen and believed her role was limited to managing the household. After marrying, she left her village due to the country's decade-long conflict, and the new couple moved to a displacement site in central Yemen, where she became pregnant, but her daughter died due to lack of medical care. Shatha, who worked for the International Organization for Migration (IOM), met Tahani and encouraged her to join a workshop where she discovered her talent for making accessories. Tahani has built a small business and is now able to earn an income and support her family.
Over the past two decades, protracted conflicts, humanitarian needs, increasing frequency of disease outbreaks and heightened geopolitical tensions have continued to proliferate. Emerging crises add to the complexity of humanitarian needs. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) prioritizes the safety and protection of people in challenging crisis response contexts. The first-ever IOM Global Appeal for 2024 aims to serve almost 140 million people, including internally displaced persons and their host communities. Take a look at the images associated with seven of the world's most challenging crisis contexts.
The first edition, State of the world’s migratory species report, underscores the urgent need for international cooperation to address the alarming population declines and extinction risks facing migratory species.
Approximately half of the world's 281 million international migrants are women and girls, but this demographic faces significant hazards during migration, including the risk of exploitation in domestic employment and increased vulnerability to violence.
Migration creates new opportunities and fosters cultural exchange.
Rural-urban migration in response to environmental degradation and natural hazards is rising at an alarming rate as families seek employment in urban areas.
Populations across the globe are aging at an unprecedented pace, making many countries increasingly reliant on migration to realize their long-term growth potential. The World Bank report World Development Report 2023: Migrants, Refugees, and Societies, identifies the unique opportunity to make migration work better for economies and people. Wealthy countries as well as a growing number of middle-income countries face diminishing populations. Meanwhile, most low-income countries are expected to see rapid population growth, putting them under pressure to create more jobs for young people.
Dr Youssouf, leads the IOM’s mobile health patrols in the Djibouti dessert looking for abandoned, stranded or otherwise vulnerable migrants to provide life-saving assistance. These mobile units carry medical supplies, food, water and other essential items. According to IOM data, the number of women and girls travelling along the Eastern Route – from the Horn of Africa (Ethiopia, Somalia, Djibouti) to Yemen – nearly doubled between 2021 and 2022, from 53,200 to 106,700. In Djibouti, the percentage of women and girls on the move rose from 13 per cent in 2021 to 22 per cent in 2022. Since the beginning of the patrols in 2020, IOM has aided more than 18,000 migrants.
After a difficult migratory journey to follow in the footsteps of his friends, he chose to return to his native region and set up a sewing workshop with the help of IOM, as part of his socio-economical reintegration. Kafoumba is originally from the N'Zérékoré region of Guinea, but it was in Côte d'Ivoire that he acquired his unique style of tailoring.
Every year, people around the world face the devastating impacts of conflicts, diseases, disasters, and climate change that force them to migrate. At the end of 2021, a staggering 59.1 million people were internally displaced. Migrants have proven to be a source of prosperity, innovation, and sustainable development to countries of origin, transit, and host countries. On this International Migrants Day (18th December), IOM reaffirms its commitment to promoting a humane and orderly management of migration for the benefit of all, including the communities of origin, transit, and destination.
Farhia lived in Baidoa's informal settlements for nine months when her six-month-old son became ill. IOM connected her with Baidoa Hospital, where he was treated him for a respiratory infection.