2021 Year in Review: Refugee, migrant numbers rise, despite travel curbs

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Pandemic-related travel restrictions may have put a dent on international migration figures in 2021, but the number of people forced to leave their homes, due to conflict and persecution, rose to record highs. By November, more than 84 million people … Read More

Mediterranean Migrant Arrivals Reach 6,413 in 2019; Deaths Reach 208

Geneva – IOM, the UN Migration Agency, reports that 6,413 migrants and refugees have entered Europe by sea through the first 34 days of 2019, a 17 percent decrease from the 7,499 arriving during the same period last year. However almost … Read More