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UN Agency Airlifts 64 Migrant Children, 62 Others Home
Fifty-three migrant family groups comprising 64 children, 29 women and 33 men were last week air-lifted from the city of Matamoros (Tamaulipas, Mexico) to...
Mediterranean Sea: As Death Toll Hits 1,071, 6-Year-Old Child Dies During Medical Evacuation
In the Western Mediterranean, a six-year-old child died during a medical evacuation on October 4. Spanish rescue services had found the boy, along with...
Greece Evacuates 3,887 Vulnerable Refugees, Migrants To Decongest Overcrowded Islands
As part of Greece’s ongoing effort to decongest the overcrowded North-Eastern Aegean islands, another 700 vulnerable refugees and migrants have been safely transported from...
Sierra Leone Steps Up Counter Human Trafficking As UN Battles For Migrants’ Alternative Income In Niger
The adoption of the Law N° 2015-36 which criminalises the smuggling of migrants in Niger, and the closing of several gold mines, once magnets...
2 Days After Mediterranean Shipwreck, IOM Monitoring North Africa, Italy As 17 African Migrants Still Missing
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM), a United Nations agency, is currently monitoring reports from North Africa and Italy in the wake of the...
