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Supplying Clean Water to Yemen’s Largest Displacement Camp
Marib – Hosting over 5,000 families, Al Jufainah Camp in Marib city is Yemen’s largest displacement site. For many of the camp’s residents, collecting enough water to sustain their families was a daily struggle. The increasing spread of communicable diseases, like...
Beyond drought: adding life to the numbers
Drought caused at least 250,000 new displacements in 2019. We carried out original research in four countries to find out more. by Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC), June 11, 2020 Red sand, a green plastic chair, tea with camel milk. A child approaches...
Chad: Emergency Aid for Thousands Displaced by Violence; 6,000 Migrants Stranded Amid COVID-19 Crisis
N’Djamena – Measures taken by the Chadian government to limit the spread of a COVID-19 outbreak and the recent declaration of a war zone in the Lake Chad region by the government following a deadly attack by the non-state armed group Boko Haram, are having a severe...
Community-Led Solutions Essential to Sustainable Returns of IDPs in Iraq
Erbil — Anbar, in western Iraq, is the country’s largest governorate by area. In early 2014, the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) seized control of Anbar from the Iraqi Government; nearly half a million people fled the ISIL advance between January and May...
Durable Solutions for Displacement Communities in North Darfur
When Abdulqader returned to North Darfour, he was determined to bring his community together through education Watch the video to learn how a a school principal in North Darfur returned to the village and re-opened the school, after several years of displacement....
A Sunny Day in Gubio Camp: How Clean Energy is Bringing Relief to Conflict-Affected Nigeria
Maiduguri – It is nine o’clock and the sun is already beating down on Gubio camp, one of 63 sites hosting internally displaced people in Maiduguri, north-east Nigeria. March marks the end of the dry season, also known as harmattan, when much of the dusty winds...
Hope and New Beginnings: Stories of Return for Displaced Families in Ethiopia
*Written by Alemayehu Seifeselassie - Communications Officer, IOM Ethiopia * Addis Ababa – When 65-year-old Abebech Deiko was forced to flee her home ten months ago, she never thought she would be able to come back. “Our houses were burnt down and our cattle were...
On the Anniversary of the Syrian Conflict IOM Stands in Solidarity with First Responders, Host Communities, Displaced Populations
*Posted on the IOM website the 03/17/2020* Geneva – Violence continues to devastate the lives of Syrians as the conflict there enters its tenth year this week. Since 2011, millions of people have been uprooted from their homes and entire cities destroyed, leaving...
UNHCR calls on warring parties to protect civilians in the Sahel and Lake Chad regions
23 April 2020 UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is calling for greater protection for people caught up in violence resulting from an upsurge in military action against armed groups in West Africa’s Sahel and Lake Chad regions. Thousands of people have fled homes and...
Support for internally displaced people needs to be ‘urgently stepped up’
16 April 2020 Millions of people are forced to flee their homes each year because of conflict or violence. While some cross borders to find safety, many seek refuge within their home countries, often in camps or informal settlements. They share many of the same...