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UN wants Libya to agree to shut down migrant camps

New York - Muslimchronicle

The United Nations wants Libya's internationally-backed government to agree to shut down 30 detention centers holding 15,000 migrants, most of whom will be sent back to their countries, the head of the IOM said Tuesday. The detention of the migrants, most of whom are fleeing poverty, has become a pressing issue after video footage showing African men sold in Libyan slave auctionsRead more

ICC probes two staff members over Ocampo links

Geneva - Muslimchronicle

The world's top criminal court is probing two staff members after media reports implicating them in dealings involving the tribunal's former prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo. In a statement issued on Thursday the ICC's current chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said she has referred media reports about the staff members' "impropriety" to the body's Independent Oversight Mechanism (IOM). Set up this year,Read more

Thousands flee IS-held Tal Afar: UN

Tal Afar - Muslimchronicle

Thousands of civilians have fled Iraq's Tal Afar since an offensive against the jihadist stronghold was launched two days ago, but thousands more remain stuck in the city, the United Nations said Tuesday. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said its teams were "responding to thousands of civilians fleeing Tal Afar since the launch of the military campaign to retakeRead more

IOM says Iraqi displaced people suffer from traumas

Baghdad - Najla Al Taee

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said thousands of displaced Iraqis from Mosul are still suffering from severe psychological trauma and nervous breakdowns, weeks after the town was re-routed because of the violence and suffering they suffered during three years under control. Thousands of Iraqi refugees displaced during their government’s war against Islamic State militants are suffering psychological ramifications despiteRead more

United Nations is concerned over displaced Syrians

Damascus - Muslimchronicle

More than 600,000 displaced Syrians have returned to their homes since the beginning of the year, with most of them heading to Aleppo, according to figures from the International Organization for Migration (IOM). Between January and the end of July, 602,759 displaced Syrians returned to their homes, many of them citing an improved economic and security situation in the areasRead more

More than 600,000 Syrians return home

Geneva - Muslimchronicle

More than 600,000 displaced Syrians have returned to their homes since the beginning of the year, with most of them heading to Aleppo, according to figures from the International Organization for Migration. Between January and the end of July, 602,759 displaced Syrians returned to their homes, many of them citing an improved economic and security situation in the areas theyRead more

Human Traffickers Throw 300 Migrants Into The Sea, 56 Drown

Aden - Abdel Ghani Yahia

At least 56 people have drowned over the past 24 hours, and dozens remain missing, after human traffickers forced 300 African migrants off two Yemen-bound boats and into the sea. Survivors -- all Ethiopian and Somali migrants -- managed to make their way to Shabwa, a southern province along Yemen's Arabian Sea coastline, the International Organization for Migration said. TheRead more

5 dead, 50 missing as smugglers

Dubai - Muslimchronicle

At least five migrants drowned and 50 went missing Thursday when smugglers forced 180 Africans off a boat bound for Yemen, a day after a similar incident left 50 dead, the International Organization for Migration said. Twenty-five people were being treated for injuries on a Yemeni beach on the Red Sea, said the UN migration agency, which could not immediatelyRead more

5 dead, 50 missing as smugglers throw 180 migrants into Yemen sea

Dubai - Muslimchronicle

At least five migrants drowned and 50 went missing Thursday when people smugglers forced 180 Africans off a boat bound for Yemen, a day after a similar drama that left 29 dead, the International Organization for Migration said. Twenty-five people were being treated for injuries on a Yemeni beach, said the IOM, which could not immediately confirm the nationalities ofRead more