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Asunto:The Migration Newsdesk - 14 October 2015
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2015 Oct 14   

International Migrants Day 2015: Worldwide Candlelight Vigil to Remember Lost
Migrant Lives #iamamigrant
IOM Director General William Lacy Swing
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To mark this year’s International Migrants Day on December 18, the
International Organization for Migration (IOM) is calling on the international
community to come together and remember the refugees and migrants who have
tragically lost their lives this year.
IOM invites the international community to hold the first global Candlelight
Vigil to commemorate the lives that have been lost or have disappeared while
trying to reach safe harbour after arduous journeys across seas and deserts
this year. Each person has a name, a story and left their homelands seeking
better opportunities and safety for themselves and in many cases for their
families - aspirations that all of us strive for.
In commemoration of the thousands of lives lost this year and each year during
migration, IOM is encouraging the distribution of white wristbands with the
inscription #IamaMigrant which will serve as the theme for the day as well as a
powerful social media hashtag.
The Candlelight Vigil is a renewed opportunity to increase awareness on drivers
of migration, and most importantly shift the narrative of migration towards a
positive recognition of the many ways migrants contribute to host societies.
The candlelight should become the symbol of our solidarity with migrants and
their families and remind us that for many, migration is often the only sliver
of light left for millions of people around the world.
IOM will remain steadfast in ensuring that the international community stays
fully committed to saving migrants' lives.
We must ensure that their lives have not been lost in vain. We must not forget
them.
For more information on the campaign and details on how to submit migrant
stories, please visitiamamigrant.org or write to iamamigrant@xxxxxxx.
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"It’s necessary for us to travel, see different people,
especially in the situation of Afghanistan: to see other nations and come back."
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Quote of the day
"Turning the migration challenge into opportunity for all requires good
migration governance; a broad, durable consensus among a wide constituency;
coherent, coordinated policies among partners." IOM Director General William
Lacy Swing at the Graduate Institute Geneva Challenge. Read more here
Trending on the Internet
The Economist: Higher migration levels means lower
public-sector borrowing figures and is one of the reasons why migration to
Britain is a good thing.A new UNDP report reveals that despite a drop since
2014, migration levels in Central Asia are likely to see a marked increase in
the coming decade.
Migration in the News
IBT, Al
Jazeera, DPA News, Europe Online and Xinhua all cite IOM data in reports on
migrant flows in the Mediterranean, with estimated 2015 arrivals in Europe
reaching a record 600,000 this week.IRIN reports on the most prevalent myths
about refugees and migrants arriving in Greece.Deseret News features 2015 Nobel
Peace Prize nominee Rev. Mussie Zerai and his work helping migrants trapped in
deserts and boats drifting at sea.Catholic News Service reports that Greece is
bracing for thousands more migrant and refugee arrivals despite worsening
weather and colder autumn temperatures.
For the
latest Mediterranean Update data on arrivals and fatalities please
visit:http://missingmigrants.iom.int
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contact(s) listed at the end of each press briefing note.
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Geneva GMT +1Chris Lom
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