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Record-breaking global migration

Unprecedented displacement spurs demand for people-focused solutions

Migrants play a board game at IOM Transit Center in Agadez, Niger (2016).

First continental review of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration concludes in Africa

Among the recommendations are protection of migrant rights, empowerment of local communities, strengthened information systems and implementation of existing policies.

By UNECA

Africa makes progress on Global Compact for Migration but more action is needed

Pandemic threatens to flatten the positive trajectory against several indicators, especially decent jobs and migrants’ safety

By Snober Abbasi

Ethiopian migrants from Tanzania receive onward transportation allowance at IOM’s Transit Centre.

First Group of Over 1,400 Stranded Ethiopian Migrants Arrive from Tanzania

By IOM

The plays directed by Lancelot Imasuen are based on testimonies from returnees about their suffering along the migration route. Photo: Jorge Galindo/IOM

Theatre Helps Raise Awareness on Human Trafficking in Most Affected Regions in Nigeria

By IOM

Scaling Fences: Voices of Irregular African Migrants to Europe

Despite dangers, many Africans still migrate to Europe

Irregular migrants reveal strong links between migration and development

By UNDP

Refugee students in a classroom in Uganda. Photo: UN Photo/Mark Garten

Uganda stands out in refugees hospitality

The country hosts the largest number of refugees in Africa – more than a million

By Sulaiman Momodu

Migration can be a catalyst for economic growth

— Ashraf El Nour

By Zipporah Musau

Sengalese at cultural parade in Harlem in New York. Photo: Alamy / Richard Levine

African migrants keen to retain their cultural values abroad

African children abroad struggle over cultural identity

By Sharon Birch-Jeffrey

The Italian Coast Guard rescues migrants bound for Italy. Photo: IOM / Francesco Malavolta

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Risky journey to Europe

Search for greener pastures carries deadly consequences

By Franck Kuwonu

and Louise Donavan and

Risky journey to Europe

Search for greener pastures carries deadly consequences

By Franck Kuwonu

Participants at an International Organization for Migration (IOM) training on welding, mechanics, masonry and tailoring skills in Rwanda. According to a UN report, remittances accounted for 13 per cent of the country's GDP in 2012 figures.

End the ‘harmful narrative’; migration is a net-gain for Africa, finds UN report

The large-scale migration of people within Africa tends to boost growth and lifts the continent’s whole economy, a new United Nations report has said, urging the world to dispel misconceptions and “harmful narratives” targeting migration.