Geneva, 23 September 2026A year ago, the mood across the UN system was grim. Budget cuts everywhere. Dramatic reductions in staffing. Entire swathes of programming at the service of some of the most ...

Geneva/Aden, 28 September 2026 – More than 145,000 people have been displaced across eight governorates in Yemen since conflict escalated on the West Coast in June, according to new figures released ...

Baghdad, 27 August – Iraq has taken a historic step by launching its first national plan on migration, a five-year strategy designed to promote safe, orderly and regular migration pathways for Iraqis.

Port-au-Prince/Geneva, 25 September 2026 – New data from the International Organization for Migration (IOM) released this week show that Haiti's displacement crisis is spreading beyond the capital, ...

Geneva/Rome, 4 July 2025 – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) welcomes the Italian government’s adoption of a new multi-year “Flow Decree” (Decreto Flussi) for the 2026–2028 period, ...

Founded in 1951 by 16 States as the Provisional Intergovernmental Committee for the Movement of Migrants from Europe, by 2025 IOM had grown into the United Nations system's leading migration agency, ...

8 Observer States Bahrain Bhutan Indonesia Kuwait Malaysia Qatar San Marino Saudi Arabia ...

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Geneva/Seoul, 4 July 2025 – The United Nations’ International Organization for Migration (IOM) is proud to announce a new collaboration with YG Entertainment, one of the world’s leading K-pop ...

Strong data foundations ensure that IOM’s vast operational footprint and large-scale data flows can be transformed into trusted, comparable and responsibly shared information. To achieve this, IOM ...

IOM is dedicated to upholding the dignity and human rights of all individuals throughout their migration journey. The human rights and well-being of migrants are at the heart of IOM operations and ...

Geneva/ Washington – More than half of child trafficking victims are trafficked within their own country according to new report by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and ...