Press & News
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World Day Against Trafficking in Persons 2018: Message from IOM DG William Lacy Swing
Geneva, 30/07/2018
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UN Migration Agency, EU and Greece help 2,800 migrant and refugee children go back to school in 2018
06/07/2018
Press Release
Athens – IOM, the UN Migration Agency, announced today that almost 2,800 children living in Greece in open-accommodation centres for migrants and refugees attended school in 2018, marking the second year when European Union (EU)-funded transportation services enabled these students to return to class.
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IOM, UNHCR appeal for region-wide action by EU countries over Mediterranean tragedies
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AVRR Information Campaign in Crete
Athens, 25/06/2018
Press Release
With the active participation of the local community, the institutions and the authorities of Heraklion and Chania cities in the island of Crete, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) implemented two information events in the framework of the project "The Implementation of Assisted Voluntary Returns including Reintegration measures" (AVRR).
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IOM Greece statement on the death of the three-year-old boy in Thiva
Athens, 19/06/2018
Press Release
IOM expresses its deep grief and sincere condolences to the family of Omed, a three-year-old boy who lost his life in the open accommodation site located at Thiva, Greece.
The boy, who was found drowned in the sewage tank, was from Iraq. He had just arrived with his family at the open accommodation site a few days ago.
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IOM Director General Welcomes Spain’s Offer of Safe Habour for Migrants Aboard Aquarius
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IOM stands with partners to combat plastic waste and environmental degradation
Geneva –This World Environment Day (05/06), IOM, the UN Migration Agency, adds its voice to the chorus of global actors seeking to combat plastic pollution and environmental degradation around the world.
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Art Exhibition “The Shape of Life”
Greece - Five migrants and refugees currently living in Greece, are joining their talents and present their artworks in the framework of the art exhibition “The Shape of Life”, organized by IOM, the UN Migration Agency.
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