IOM: 3,800 deaths recorded on migrant routes from MidEast, North Africa
The number of people who died while migrating from the Middle East and North Africa is close to 3,800, the highest figure since 2017.
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Greece scours sea for survivors of migrant shipwreck, hundreds still missing
Rescue workers transferred the bodies of dead migrants to refrigerated trucks as a major search continued Thursday for possible survivors of a sea disaster in southern Greece. Hundreds of people are still feared missing.
Dozens dead, more than 100 rescued in migrant shipwreck off Greece
At least 78 people have died and many more are missing off the coast of southern Greece, after yet another migrant shipwreck. Greek authorities said Wednesday 104 people had been rescued so far from the boat which sank overnight off1
Few resources for humanitarian operations in Syria, IOM warns
The head of the UN migration agency is raising alarm over the scarcity of funding for humanitarian operations required to support millions of Syrians and their host communities in Syria and neighboring countries.
UN says some 110 million people displaced around the world
The UNHCR report also said poorer countries, rather than wealthy nations, disproportionately bore the responsibility of hosting displaced individuals.