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Complexities Of State-Building In Somaliland

Unpacking the complexities of #StateBuilding in #Somaliland. Beyond binary approaches, how techno-political arrangements are coproduced by technical expertise & national aspirations, shaping the redistribution of resources & control of state institutions.

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(3rd meeting) International Dialogue on Migration 2024.

International Dialogue on Migration (IDM) 2024 on the theme "Facilitating Regular Pathways to a Better Future: Harnessing the Power of Migration" (organized by the International Organization for Migration (IOM).

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100,000+ Cubans Obtain Humanitarian Parole in U.S.   

As of the end of September, more than 100,000 Cubans had obtained humanitarian parole in U.S. [1] In addition, the U.S. has opened a new Safe Mobility Office in Ecuador where Cubans and others may submit U.S. asylum applications. Under the ‘Safe Mobility’ program, eligible refugees and migrants will be considered for refugee and humanitarian admission programs, and other avenues for legal…

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The number of internally displaced people in Sudan has reached more than 10 million as war drives about a quarter of the population from their homes, the UN migration agency told The Associated Press on Monday. More than 2 million other people have been driven abroad, mostly to neighboring Chad, South Sudan and Egypt, International Organization for Migration spokesman Mohammedali Abunajela said. The IOM said the internally displaced include 2.8 million who fled their homes before the current war began. "Imagine a city the size of London being displaced. That's what it's like, but it's happening with the constant threat of crossfire, with famine, disease and brutal ethnic and gender-based violence," IOM Director-General Amy Pope said in a statement.

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(this article was published oct. 30, 2023.)

Geneva/Kinshasa – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is intensifying its efforts to address the complex and persistent crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as the number of internally displaced people climbs to 6.9 million people across the country – the highest number recorded yet. For the first time, nationwide displacement data has been collected in all 26 provinces of the country by the United Nations through IOM’s Displacement Tracking Matrix.   

As of October 2023, most internally displaced persons, about 5.6 million (81 per cent of the total IDPs) live in the eastern provinces of North Kivu, South Kivu, Ituri, and Tanganyika. Conflict has been reported as the primary reason for displacement. In the eastern province of North Kivu alone, up to 1 million people have been displaced due the ongoing conflict with the rebel group “Mouvement du 23 Mars” (M23). More than two-thirds of the internally displaced persons, nearly 4.8 million people, live in host families.   

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Michael Yon is a former Special Forces operator – Green Beret – and one of the world’s most accomplished war correspondents. Right now, he is at the Darien Gap in Panama – a hub for human trafficking and illegal immigration. This is where migrants are put on buses to take them further on the journey where the destination is the U.S. southern border.

The Darien Gap camp is a transit point for migrants coming from all corners of the world. It is largely managed by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) – a United Nations agency that promotes and facilitates migration from developing countries and China to the West.

WEAPONIZED MIGRATION

“This is weaponized migration,” Michael Yon tells The Florida Standard. “Weaponized migration is being used to change the U.S. demographic, and it’s going on in many parts of the world. It’s clearly going to destroy Europe and the United States,”

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When they say the government isn’t paying for Haitians to come here, what they really mean is the government isn’t DIRECTLY paying for Haitians to come here.

The power of pass-through NGOs:

Agency for International Development grant (2021)

Amount: $7,000,000

Recipient: International Organization For Migration

Purpose: 24 months, incrementally funded award, FY21 $650k, logistics IOM Haiti

Country: Haiti

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The Duchess of Edinburgh visits the Qadia Camp in Duhok where she spent time with Yazidi survivors of conflict related sexual violence, who spoke about the difficulties and the stigma they face. Her Royal Highness saw how the UN International Organization for Migration (IOM) provides survivors and other IDPs at the camp with skills they can use to support their families and to secure employment. While in Duhok, The Duchess also met female Shabak and Turkman survivors of CRSV. Today is the fourth and final day of the Duchess’ visit to Iraq | May 26th, 2023

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IOM Opens Humanitarian Centres for Flood Victims in S. Brazil

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is partnering with the state of Rio Grande do Sul to operate the Humanitarian Reception Centres (CHA) for people affected by the floods that hit the region at the end of April. Many of those affected have lost their homes and are in need of temporary shelter.

Heavy rains affected more than 2.3 million people in 478 of Rio Grande do Sul's 497 municipalities. Official data estimate that more than 420,000 people were forced to leave their homes; while176 deaths were confirmed and more than 30 people are still missing.

The first three centres, which will open in July (with the first one opened already on July 4), will have a total capacity of around 2,400 people from Porto Alegre and Canoas. Each centre will feature facilities for adults and children, sleeping and breastfeeding rooms, Water Health and Sanitation (WASH) services, laundry, and cafeteria. Public transport, education and health services will also be accessible from the centres.

"IOM is one of the main international organizations in preventing, mitigating and responding to disaster displacement. We will work with the Government of Rio Grande do Sul to manage the reception centres and ensure that the response takes a cross-cutting human rights approach without leaving no one behind," said Stéphane Rostiaux, IOM Brazil Chief of Mission.

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Rains and flood displace more than 20,000 households across Sudan, says IOM

August 17, 2024 (PORT SUDAN) – Rains and floods have displaced an estimated 117,835 individuals (23,567 households) from locations across 12 different states across Sudan, data from the International Organization for Migration (IOM) shows. The IOM Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) reported 60 incidents of heavy rains and floods that triggered sudden displacement between 1 June and 12 August. It further observed 31 incidents of flood-induced displacement between 6 and 12 August, which reportedly triggered the displacement of about 96,465 individuals.

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Over 11,000 people, including refugees hosted in the country and local communities in the eastern Kassala state, have been impacted by severe floods and heavy rains in the past two weeks, according to the UN agency. This, it said, includes families that recently arrived after fleeing violence in Sennar state and who were sheltering in five gathering sites and reception centres. Some have been displaced three or four times since the start of the conflict.

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More rainfall is expected in the eastern and western parts of the country. To mitigate similar impacts in other states including Gedaref, White Nile and Blue Nile states, UNHCR is prepositioning core relief items and shelter kits, cleaning drainages and building dikes to shore up internal roads to protect camps and sites hosting displaced people. Flooding in the Darfur region is also impacting the already limited ability of aid agencies to reach people in need, in those areas where we otherwise do have access. The humanitarian needs are reaching epic proportions in the region, as hundreds of thousands of civilians remain in harm’s way and famine has recently been confirmed in a displacement site. The conflict has already destroyed crops and disrupted livelihoods. The climate crisis is making those displaced even more vulnerable. Flooded land means people are unable to grow crops and graze their livestock, adding to food insecurity and hunger in areas also affected by drought and conflict.

At least 35 people have died in torrential floods caused by heavy rains in northern Sudan. Officials there say the needs of those affected are beyond the state’s capacity. More than 20,000 people have been displaced since late June and the ongoing conflict is hampering efforts to help those affected. Al Jazeera’s Hiba Morgan reports.

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By Emily Thompson

Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) killed at least 124 people in a village in El Gezira State on Friday, according to reports, in one of the deadliest incidents of an 18-month war and largest in a spate of attacks in the state.

As noted in Foreign Policy, “The RSF was once known as the janjaweed, the notorious devils on horseback responsible for the worst atrocities of the 2003-2005 Darfur genocide, and for the past five months, the RSF and its allies have been laying siege to El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur.”

Following the surrender of high-ranking RSF officer Abuagla Keikal to the army last Sunday, pro-democracy activists said the RSF has carried out revenge attacks in the farming state where he comes from, killing and detaining civilians and displacing thousands.

Fighting erupted on April 15, 2023, as a result of a power struggle between the RSF led by Mohamed Hamdan “Hemedti” Dagalo and army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan. Since then, the conflict has displaced more than 10 million people, creating one of the worst global humanitarian crises, according to data from the United Nations.

The war has forced nearly 3 million Sudanese to leave the country, while the International Organization for Migration (IOM) reports that almost 11 million people have been internally displaced.

In Darfur, the vast western region that has seen conflict for much of the 21st century, the RSF has been targeting non-Arab groups, especially the Black African Masalit people, in what humanitarian groups have called an ongoing genocide.

Throughout the war, aid agencies have been unable to reach large parts of the country. Often, convoys of trucks carrying vital aid have taken six weeks to cross Sudan.

At checkpoints run by both the Sudanese army and the RSF, some commanders will not let trucks carrying aid go through and fighters are looking to extract bribes.

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(2nd meeting) International Dialogue on Migration 2024 - "Facilitating Regular Pathways to a Better Future: Harnessing the Power of Migration".

International Dialogue on Migration (IDM) 2024 on the theme "Facilitating Regular Pathways to a Better Future: Harnessing the Power of Migration" (organized by the International Organization for Migration (IOM).

This session will contribute to:

An evidence-based understanding of the challenges and opportunities for migration today andtomorrow, including geopolitical crises and scaling-up of solutions, as well as ways to address gaps in current knowledge.

Identifying innovative and cutting-edge solutions that governments at local, national, and regional levels have already put in place or could develop in the future, to harness the potential of regular pathways for migration as part of a 360-degree approach to human mobility.

Unpacking how multilateral action and broad-based partnerships including private sector, diasporas and local communities, at the national, regional and global levels to facilitate regular and safe pathways for migration contribute to the response to some of the most distressing crises in the world, supporting integration and the transition to peace and prosperity.

Understanding how to achieve more accessible, people-centered, rights-based, accessible, sustainable and safe regular pathways, including key policy, operational and technical solutions that should be in place throughout the migration cycle.

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Haiti, Social : 578,074 displaced people increase of 60% in 3 months

Article Date: June 11, 2024

Article Blurb:

"A report in early March 2024 from the International Organization for Migration (IOM) indicated that 362,551 people were internally displaced (IDPs) in Haiti due to the escalation of violence by armed groups. The new report at the beginning of June reveals that the number of IDPs has now reached 578,074 people, an increase of almost 60% compared to March.

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In the latest report on the emergency situation in Haiti No. 26 (period from June 1 to 7) the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Haiti in collaboration with humanitarian partners reveals that the World Food Program (WFP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) have classified Haiti as a "famine or famine risk hotspot", requiring urgent attention."

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At least 40 people have died after the boat they were travelling in caught fire off the coast of Haiti earlier this week, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported on Friday, citing local authorities. The vessel left Haiti on Wednesday carrying over 80 migrants, and was headed to Turks and Caicos, the IOM said. Forty-one survivors were rescued by Haiti’s Coast Guard, it also said. In a statement, Gregoire Goodstein, IOM’s chief of mission in the country, blamed the tragedy on Haiti’s spiraling security crisis and the lack of "safe and legal pathways for migration."

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