While everybody has been busy for days celebrating Holocaust Remembrance Day, a vessel with people whose fate doesn’t interest anybody is still in front of the Sicilian coastline. We remember...
As of June 22nd 2018, 960 migrant deaths were recorded along the Mediterranean route, according to IOM data. Among them, 623 casualties occurred in the Central Mediterranean, 45 in the...
Since last August 25th around 700,000 Rohingya people have fled Myanmar and sought sanctuary in Bangladesh where they settled among the previous migratory waves of Rohingya, bringing their community to...
Three years of MOAS’ missions gave me many chances to better understand the impact of forced migration on children, women and men. Both on land and at sea, I experienced...
“On International Migrants Day, we recognize the contributions and celebrate the vitality of the world’s 258 million migrants.” This is how Antonio Guterres, Secretary General of the United Nations, opened...
Since violence erupted last August 25th in Myanmar an estimated 647,000 Rohingya people are believed to have crossed the border with Bangladesh, arriving by sea or land or by crossing...
On July 20th IOM released a report exploring human trafficking along the Central Mediterranean route, with a special focus on women and girls who often travel alone from Nigeria and...