Mounting death toll in the Central Mediterranean calls for urgent action
JOINT UNHCR/IOM PRESS RELEASE UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) are deeply disturbed by reports of a tragic shipwreck off the coast of Libya. Fears are that this latest incident could have claimed the lives of up to...
UNHCR, IOM: At least 40 people drown in shipwreck off Tunisia
Joint Press Release UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) are deeply saddened by reports of a shipwreck off the coast of Sidi Mansour, in southeast Tunisia, yesterday evening. The bodies of 41 people, including at least...
UNHCR and IOM welcome Colombia’s decision to regularize Venezuelan refugees and migrants
UNHCR–IOM Joint Press Release BOGOTA/GENEVA – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency and IOM, the International Organization for Migration, today praised Colombia’s initiative to provide ten-year temporary protection status to Venezuelans in the country. Colombia is host to 1.7...