Dhaka calls for collaborative global action for safe regular migration
Dhaka calls for collaborative global action for safe regular migration

Foreign Secretary Md Jashim Uddin called for collaborative global action to tackle shared challenges in implementing the Global Compact for Migration (GCM) aiming to ensure safe and regular migration. He made the remark while speaking at the National Consultation for the Regional Review of the...

499 migrants rescued off Libyan coast past week: IOM
499 migrants rescued off Libyan coast past week: IOM

Up to 499 migrants, including 34 women and six children, were rescued off the coast of Libya in the past week, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Monday. From Dec. 8 to 14, 499 migrants were rescued and returned to Libya, the IOM reported, adding that 29 migrants went...

85 Bangladeshis return from war-torn Lebanon
85 Bangladeshis return from war-torn Lebanon

Another 85 Bangladeshis have returned home from war-torn Lebanon with the help of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Expatriate Welfare and Foreign Employment, the Bangladesh Mission in Beirut, and the International Organization for Migration (IOM). The group arrived on Friday morning...

Japan provides $3.2M in assistance to Rohingyas
Japan provides $3.2M in assistance to Rohingyas

Japan government has provided the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) with $3.2 million in assistance for disaster risk reduction as well as the construction and renovation of shelters for Rohingyas in Bangladesh. The support also aims to reduce protection threats and vulnerabilities...

82 more Bangladeshi citizens return from Lebanon, total reaches 697
82 more Bangladeshi citizens return from Lebanon, total reaches 697

A total of 82 Bangladeshi citizens returned home from war-torn Lebanon on November 22, bringing the overall number of returnees to 697. The group arrived on an Emirates Airlines flight and was welcomed at the airport by officials from the government and the International Organization for Migration...

Facilitate safe, regular migration for skilled human resources
Facilitate safe, regular migration for skilled human resources

Foreign Adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Wednesday advised the International Organization of Migration (IOM) to facilitate the process of safe and regular migration for skilled human resources. He highlighted the importance of creating databases for jobseekers and using digital tools for skills...

Over 20,000 displaced amid surge in gang violence: IOM
Over 20,000 displaced amid surge in gang violence: IOM

More than 20,000 people have been displaced across Haitis capital, Port-au-Prince, in just four days, as residents flee escalating gang violence that has further destabilized the troubled Caribbean nation, a UN agency said on Saturday, reports AFP. The isolation of Port-au-Prince is amplifying...

Over 14m people displaced in Sudan: IOM
Over 14m people displaced in Sudan: IOM

The head of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said that over 14 million people had fled their homes in Sudan, reports Reuters. IOM director general Amy Pope said on Tuesday that these people are displaces either inside the country or over its borders. Some 200,000 people...