Tag: IOM

Amidst protection challenges, Eastern Route outpaces Mediterranean for people leaving Africa

February 17, 2020 Jaber Ali

A monthly average of 11,500 people traveling from the Horn of Africa to Yemen last year made the so-called Eastern Route the busiest maritime migration path on earth, the UN migration agency said on Friday. Most are unaware of the Read more

Gulf News, Headlines, World NewsHorn of African Eastern Route outpaces Mediterranean, IOM, Migration

IOM Chief draws grim picture of situation in Libya

March 24, 2017March 24, 2017 Jaber Ali

Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) who was visiting Tripoli Thursday to discuss the complex migration and displacement situation drew a grim picture of the situation in Libya, once a booming economy, which many hopeful migrants viewed Read more

Headlines, World Newsbenghazi, Fayez al-Sarraj, IOM, Libya, Sirte, United Nations, William Lacy Swing