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A migrant helped by IOM as he reunites with his cousin upon arriving in Belgium through DT4E, a labour mobility programme linking refugees to international job opportunities | Photo: IOM/JOZEFIEN DIERYNCK

IOM and UNHCR launch 'train-to-hire' initiative for refugees

A pioneering "train-to-hire" programme for displaced individuals in the Asia-Pacific region has been launched by IOM and UNHCR.

File photo used as illustration: On Tuesday, a Polish soldier shot at a migrant, injuring him in the thigh with a rubber bullet | Photo: picture-alliance

Poland: Soldier shoots undocumented migrant at border

A soldier from the Polish army fired a rubber bullet at a migrant on Poland’s border with Belarus, confirmed the Operational Command of the Armed Forces (DORSZ) on Wednesday.

IOM staff assisting migrants in Libya | Photo: IOM

Migrant population in Libya up 20 percent in March-April – IOM

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported that between March and April 2025, a total of 867,055 migrants from 44 different nationalities were present in Libya.

UIL's national confederal leader Santo Biondo and Basilicata regional leader Vincenzo Tortorelli with the president of ITAL UIL Giuliano Zignani, at the presentation of the project 'Zero difference' at the Centro Polifunzionale Caritas of Tito Scalo, in Basilicata, July 22, 2025 | Photo: UIL

Italy: Labor union launches initiative to promote integration in Basilicata

Italy's labor union UIL in the southern region of Basilicata has launched an initiative called 'Coordination on immigration' to promote the project 'Zero difference', helping the immigrant population find employment.

File photo: Syrians in Essen, Germany, celebrate the fall of long-time Syrian dictator Assad on December 8, 2024 | Photo: Hesham Elsherif/picture-alliance/Anadolu

Syrians in Germany have to wait over a year for their asylum decision

Germany introduced a freeze on decisions in asylum cases involving Syrian applicants six months ago. This has significantly lengthened the time between asylum applications and decisions for Syrians in Germany.