Spain

• El Consejo de Ministros autorizó el pasado viernes la operación del FONPRODE consistente en la participación en el proyecto “Fondo Huruma”
  
• El proyecto “Fondo Huruma”, que aspira a dotarse con 100 millones de euros, facilitará el acceso a la financiación a pequeños agricultores de Latinoamérica, Caribe, África Subsahariana y Asia

Geneva – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) reports that 10,308 migrants and refugees have entered Europe by sea through 13 March, a 16 per cent decrease from the 12,318 arriving during the same period last year. Deaths on the three main Mediterranean Sea routes through just over ten weeks of the new year are at 234 individuals – or about half the 466 deaths that occurred during the same period in 2018. (see chart below)

IOM Italy

TRENDS AND KEY FIGURES

In February, just over 3,600 refugees and migrants entered Europe via Italy, Greece and Spain. Overall arrivals to Spain (1,366 versus 4,612) decreased by just over 70% compared with the previous month while arrivals through routes to Greece (2,316 versus 2,652) and Italy (60 versus 202) decreased compared with the previous month. So far this year some 8,700 refugees and migrants arrived to Europe by sea compared to nearly 10,700 that arrived in the same period last year, marking an 18% decrease.

Universal Jurisdiction Annual Review 2019: Overcoming evidentiary challenges though collaboration

Geneva – IOM, the UN Migration Agency, reports that 9,826 migrants and refugees have entered Europe by sea through 10 March, a 15 per cent decrease from the 11,636 arriving during the same period last year.

Deaths on the three main Mediterranean Sea routes through almost ten weeks of the new year are at 230 individuals – or under half the 464 deaths that occurred during the same period in 2018

Western Mediterranean: Nearly Half of Recent Spain Migrant Arrivals Report Exploitation, Abuse

TRENDS AND KEY FIGURES

OVERVIEW

The flow monitoring surveys are part of the IOM’s Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) data collection activities in West and Central Africa, East and Horn of Africa, Libya and Europe (Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kosovo, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania and Spain), that are conducted within the framework of IOM’s research on populations on the move through Africa, the Mediterranean and Western Balkan. Data was collected between January and December 2018 in the above mentioned countries.

Geneva – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) reports that 9,779 migrants and refugees have entered Europe by sea through 6 March, a 13 per cent decrease from the 10,715 arriving during the same period last year. Deaths on the three main Mediterranean Sea routes through almost seven weeks of the new year are at 229 individuals – or about one half the 464 deaths that occurred during the same period in 2018.

IOM Italy

Overview

During 2018, over 32,300 refugees were submitted by UNHCR for resettlement to 20 countries in Europe. This is 17% less than in 2017, but approximately double the average rate of 15,400 submissions per year during the previous 10 years. Six countries that received smaller numbers of resettlement submissions in 2017 did not receive any further submissions during 2018.

Monthly trend report covering mixed migration to, through & from NORTH AFRICA

About: MHub is the regional knowledge hub and secretariat for the North Africa Mixed Migration Task Force, comprising of DRC, IOM, OHCHR, RMMS, Save the Children, UNHCR, UNICEF and UNODC. It promotes a human rights-based approach to ensure the protection of people moving in mixed and complex flows to, through and from North Africa.

Geneva – IOM, the UN Migration Agency, reports that 9,286 migrants and refugees have entered Europe by sea through the first 62 days of 2019, about a 10 per cent decrease from the 10,330 arriving during the same period last year. Deaths on the three main Mediterranean Sea routes through over eight weeks of the year are at 226 individuals, or just under half the 464 deaths occurring during the same period in 2018 (see chart below).

LA COOPERACIÓN ESPAÑOLA PUBLICA SU NUEVA ESTRATEGIA HUMANITARIA PARA LOS PRÓXIMOS OCHO AÑOS

• La nueva Estrategia humanitaria, que abarca el período 2019-2026, ha sido elaborada mediante un amplio proceso de consultas con los distintos actores de la Cooperación Española.

• Se ha abordado desde un enfoque multilateral y europeista, en un contexto en el que se han producido importantes modificaciones en el terreno humanitario.

Frontex publishes Risk Analysis for 2019

In 2018, the number of detections of illegal border crossings reached its lowest level in five years, but migratory pressure remained relatively high at the EU’s external borders, according to the Frontex Risk Analysis for 2019 report that was released today.

Geneva – The International Organization for Migration (IOM), the UN Migration Agency, reports that 8,956 migrants and refugees have entered Europe by sea through 27 February, a 12 per cent decrease from the 10,243 arriving during the same period last year. Deaths on the three main Mediterranean Sea routes through almost seven weeks of the new year are at 224 individuals – or about one half the 439 deaths that occurred during the same period in 2018 (see chart below).

Missing Migrants Project