Unlike in previous years, there were no mega-disasters in industrialised countries that drove losses up. Instead, the loss statistics were characterised by the large number of severe regional storms.
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Unlike in previous years, there were no mega-disasters in industrialised countries that drove losses up. Instead, the loss statistics were characterised by the large number of severe regional storms.
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Nearly 3,800 people died on migration routes within and from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region in 2022, the highest number since 2017 when 4,255 deaths were recorded, according to IOM.
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Little action has been taken by governments in the countries of origin, transit, and destination to address the ongoing global crisis of missing migrants, despite the increasing loss of life.
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The latest World Bank report argues that improvements in data transparency for public health can help countries not only address perennial healthcare needs but also prepare for future health emergencies.
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The plan brings together humanitarian operations of 34 National Societies across Africa, the Middle East and Europe and focuses on delivering assistance and protection to more than two million people.
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Afghanistan, Sudan, Syria and Yemen are among the top 10 countries in the world with the worst food crises by number of people in crisis or worse (IPC/CH Phase 3 or above) with nearly 40 million suffering.
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Fatalities this year will thus top 1,000 and 2019 will mark the sixth straight year IOM has recorded at least 1,000 deaths in the waters separating Europe from Africa and the Middle East.
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UNHCR’s appeal is for a comprehensive programme that addresses deaths and abuses on Central and Western Mediterranean routes.
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Conflict continues to be the main driver of hunger. More than two-thirds of the hungry - about 34 million people - live in conflict-affected countries, against 18 million in countries not hit by conflict.
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The MRG report describes the distinct experiences of migrants, refugees and internally displaced belonging to minorities and indigenous peoples, and how their identities shape their journeys.
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In this report, IFRC seeks to explore the different challenges that migrants face in accessing assistance in countries of transit and destination, documenting common barriers.
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The journey to Italy has proven increasingly perilous. The death rate among those crossing from Libya has risen to one for every 14 people in the first three months of 2018.
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A new report on food security highlights how an ongoing intensification of violence is opening a wide "hunger gap" between countries being affected by conflicts and those that are not.
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Relying on analysis of IOM, the report states that at least 33,761 migrants were reported to have died or gone missing in the Mediterranean between 2000 and 2017.
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UNICEF and the IOM analysed the journeys of 11,000 young migrants and refugees along the Central and Eastern Mediterranean routes to Europe.
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Many families will arrive in Italy today to seek asylum. The humanitarian visa scheme aims to support 500 people in 2017 located in three transit countries – Lebanon, Morocco and Ethiopia.
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According to the IOM, incidents off Spain, Morocco and Tunisia could add another 300 or more fatalities to the 2016 total. The year is the deadliest for migrants ever recorded by IOM in the region.
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As the number of migrant deaths worldwide continues to rise, IOM’s Missing Migrants Project has recorded 23 per cent more migrant deaths during the first half of 2016 compared with the same period in 2015.
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Drought linked to El Niño and civil conflict have pushed the number of countries currently in need of external food assistance up to 37 from 34 in March, according to a new FAO report.
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Thirty-four countries, including 27 in Africa, are currently in need of external assistance for food due to drought, flooding and civil conflicts, according to an FAO report released Wednesday.