The Latest Breaking News from IOM

Biden policies limit crossings into the U.S. as a humanitarian crisis unfolds on Mexico's side of the border.

The 175 member countries of the U.N. migration agency are casting ballots to choose its leader for the next five years — an unusual contest between its European director-general and his American deputy, who is looking to oust him from the job

Former White House adviser Amy Pope was elected to head the U.N. migration agency, prevailing on Monday in a tense contest against a Portuguese incumbent who had the support of European countries.

International Organization for Migration chief Antonio Vitorino of Portugal faces what is poised to be a tight race against his Biden administration-backed American deputy, Amy Pope, as the Geneva-based organization chooses its next director-general on Monday

The number of people displaced by violence within Sudan has more than doubled in the past week to over 700,000 people amid ongoing fighting between military factions, an International Organization for Migration spokesperson said on Tuesday.

An humanitarian worker was killed in Sudan earlier on Friday after his vehicle was hit by crossfire as he tried to move his family to safety, the International Organization for Migration said.

A US-backed campaign between Panama and Colombia aims to stop migrants crossing the Darién Gap from South into Central America, as UN groups warn that the number of people attempting the journey could rise to a record 400,000 this year.

Tunisian Foreign Minister Nabil Ammar has discussed the worsening illegal migration crisis with several Italian officials in Rome. Thursday's visit comes after the Italian cabinet declared a state of emergency to deal with the increasing number of irregular migrants. Data from the Italian Ministry of the Interior indicates that about…

Deal with Panama, Colombia seeks to stem ‘illicit crossings’ of dangerous jungle route used by US-bound asylum seekers.

More than 400 people have died crossing the Central Mediterranean between January and March this year.

Three times as many people sought to reach the European Union across the Mediterranean in the first three months of 2023 compared to a year before, the bloc's border agency said, as the U.N. migration arm decried the deadliest first quarter since 2017.