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Absence of immediate action to check land degradation may lead to increase
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 5 (ANI): The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has revealed in a study that any absence of immediate action to check land degradation may lead to an increase in migration and conflict at the grass-root level, as predicted by the scientists.
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5 migrants dead, over 130 missing after 2 boats capsize off Djibouti coast
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Jan 30 (ANI/Sputnik): At least five migrants were killed and 130 are missing after two boats overturned off the coast of Djibouti, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said in a statement on Tuesday.
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UN migration agency picks Portugal's Vitorino as new chief
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 29 (ANI): The UN's migration agency has elected Portugal's Socialist Antonio Vitorino as its new Director General.
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48 killed in boat capsize off Tunisian coast
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Cairo [Egypt], Jun 4 (ANI): As many as 48 migrants drowned after their ship sank off at the southern coast of Tunisia, officials said on Sunday.
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32 Pakistanis aboard on capsized Libya boat
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Feb. 05 (ANI): At least 32 Pakistani nationals were aboard the ship that had recently capsized off the coast of Libya, Pakistan's Foreign Office said on Sunday.
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90 migrants feared dead in Libyan boat capsize
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], Feb 2 (ANI): At least 90 migrants are feared to have drowned off the coast of Libya after their boat reportedly capsized, according to United Nation's migration agency.
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UN special envoy visits Rohingya camp in B'desh
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Cox's Bazar [Bangladesh], Jan. 21 (ANI): The United Nations special rapporteur for human rights in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee, visited a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh's coastal town of Cox's Bazar on Saturday.
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IOM to launch displacement tracking system in Afghanistan as humanitarian
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Jan. 28 (ANI): The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is launching a new displacement tracking system in Afghanistan to better understand population movements and needs amid concerns of a severe humanitarian crisis induced by sudden return home of hundreds o
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