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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A Save the Children study, "Girls on the Move in North Africa," found girl migrants, often fleeing violence at home, faced more threats and dangers on their journeys to or through North Africa.
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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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More funding is needed to prevent human trafficking, identify and support survivors, ensure access to asylum for those who need international protection, as well as to bring perpetrators to justice.
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Red Cross reminds states of their obligation to provide assistance to migrants in distress, regardless of their legal status, to prevent death and injury along migration routes – on land and on sea.
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More than 3,000 people died or went missing while attempting to cross the Central and Western Mediterranean and Atlantic last year to Europe, against 1,544 in 2020. This year, the number is 478.
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The new UN Women report, based on survey data from 13 countries, shows that almost one in two women reported that they or a woman they know experienced a form of violence since the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Nine African countries, including South Africa, Morocco and Tunisia, had reached the 10% goal at the beginning of September and another six managed to sprint ahead to reach the target this month.
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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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Lives continue to be lost in the Mediterranean Sea, particularly on the treacherous Central Mediterranean route between Libya and Europe. 792 people are known to have died in the first half of 2021.
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At least 1,146 people died attempting to reach Europe by sea in the first six months of 2021. Deaths along these routes more than doubled so far this year compared to the same period in 2020.
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At least three young Moroccans have died in and on their way to Ceuta. More than 30 people are feared in distress in the sea and about 100 people, including children, have been rescued near Gran Canaria.
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Within just a few weeks, the financial institution prepared a global COVID-19 emergency health response, working closely with national teams, the WHO, UNICEF and other international partners.
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The total number of children arriving is likely to be much higher, with many being forced into an existence in the shadows of Europe, at risk of exploitation and abuse.
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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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The Mediterranean recorded the lowest level of deaths and crossings since 2014. However, the trends identified by IOM in 2019 remain stark for migrants and for refugees.
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A landmark UNDP report explores the perspectives and experiences of 1,970 people who migrated through irregular routes from 39 African countries to Europe.
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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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Migrants from Pakistan (4,292) topped the list of 83 nationalities returning voluntarily with IOM assistance, followed by those from Iraq, Georgia, Algeria and Afghanistan.