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IOM Media Briefing - 10 June
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Briefer:
Joel Millman
10 June 2016
MICIC
Guidelines
to protect migrants experiencing conflict or natural
disaster.
IOM
Welcomes Guidelines to Protect Migrants
Posted
on Fri. June-10-2016
Switzerland -
IOM today (10/6) welcomed the publication of the
“Guidelines to Protect Migrants in Countries
Experiencing Conflict or Natural Disaster” by the
Migrants in Countries in Crisis (MICIC) Initiative.
Almost
all countries host a migrant population
and no country is immune to conflict or natural
disaster. IOM’s experience has shown that migrants
were among those worst affected in every humanitarian crisis
of the last decade.
“We
have a collective responsibility to
improve protection for vulnerable migrants in countries
experiencing crisis,” said IOM Director General, William
Lacy Swing. “States, international organizations,
employers, recruiters and civil society all have a role to
play in ensuring that migrants and their particular needs
and vulnerabilities are taken into account in preparing for,
responding to, and recovering from crisis.”
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Mediterranean Migrant
Arrivals in 2016: 207,260; Deaths 2,856
Posted
on Fri. June-10-2016
Italy -
IOM reports an
estimated 207,260 migrants and refugees entered Europe by
sea in 2016 through 8 June, arriving in Italy, Greece,
Cyprus and Spain.
Deaths
so far this year are 2,856, compared with
1,838 through the first six months of 2015. In other words,
fatalities in the Mediterranean in 2016 are over 1,000 more
than last year’s mid-year total, although we now are some
three weeks shy of 2016’s mid-year point.
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To know the answer to yesterday's migration
quiz, go to our twitter poll here.
"The fence (between Mexico and
the US) has a very powerful psychological impact on our
culture. It represents the tragedy of the thousands of
people who have died trying to cross it… of those who left
their families to look for better opportunities or to escape
violence or even death… It's like a wall of
tears." – Mexican artist Ana Teresa Fernández.
Read more here.
Migration in the
News
AFP
reported that 2,000 migrants were rescued off the coast of
Libya on Thursday, and another 1,000 on Wednesday, according
to the Italian Coast Guard.
Guardian
UK reported that UK Border Force officers detained three
migrants, believed to be Iranian, as they tried to cross the
English Channel in a small boat.
The
Irish Examiner reported that Italian authorities are
looking into claims that they arrested the wrong man in a
major Eritrean migrant-smuggling investigation.
Humanosphere
reported that while Europe tries to stop the flow of
migrants from Africa and the Middle East, pending legal
challenges in Europe may overturn the deal with Turkey
that has helped to limit the number of Syrian refugees
arriving in Greece.
AFP
reported on a play called “Boat of Death”
performed by Sudanese artists to highlight the perils that
sea crossings pose to irregular migrants.
EFE
reported that a Moroccan NGO has called for international
help to locate 58 Moroccan migrants who are missing after
the sinking of a boat on 27th May in the Mediterranean.
Germany’s N-tv
reported on IOM’s reintegration programme in Northern Iraq
for returnees from Europe.
IPS
reported that water scarcity, conflict and the refugee
exodus are megatrends in West Asia, according to the UNEP.
The
Diplomat ran a feature on the situation of Indian
migrant workers in the Middle East. It noted that India will
soon emerge as one of the largest migrant-sending countries
of the world.
Trending on the
Internet
AP
reported that UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will visit
the Greek Island of Lesbos on June 18th to assess
the migrant situation and show his solidarity as part of the
effort to formulate a global response to the crisis which
has seen hundreds of refugees and migrants dying in the
Mediterranean.
Media
Contacts
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