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UNHCR and IOM call for a truly common and principled approach to European migration and asylum policies
On the eve of the launch of the presentation of the European Commission’s new Pact on Migration and Asylum, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and IOM, the International Organization for Migration, are appealing to the European Union (EU) to ensure a truly joint and principled approach that addresses all aspects […]
ICS, UNHCR and IOM call on States to end humanitarian crisis onboard ship in the Mediterranean
ICS, the International Chamber of Shipping, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) are calling for the immediate disembarkation of 27 rescued people trapped onboard a cargo ship. The distraught group, including one child and a pregnant woman, have now been onboard the Maersk Etienne […]
UNHCR and IOM call for urgent disembarkation of rescued migrants and refugees in Central Mediterranean Sea
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the International Organization of Migration (IOM) are calling for the immediate disembarkation of more than 400 rescued migrants and refugees currently on board three vessels in the Central Mediterranean. A group of some 27 migrants and refugees, including pregnant woman and children who departed from Libya […]
IOM, UNHCR call for urgent action after 45 die in largest recorded shipwreck off Libya coast in 2020
The International Organization for Migration (IOM), and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, are deeply saddened by the tragic death of at least 45 migrants and refugees on 17 August, in the largest recorded shipwreck off the Libyan coast this year. Some 37 survivors – mainly from Senegal, Mali, Chad and Ghana – were rescued by local fishermen and […]
UNHCR, IOM, urge European states to disembark rescued migrants and refugees on board the Captain Morgan vessels
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the International Organization for Migration (IOM), are calling on Malta and other European States to speed efforts to bring some 160 rescued refugees and migrants, who remain at sea on board two Captain Morgan vessels, on to dry land...