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    IOM mourns the passing of Pope Francis: a moral voice for migrants and the...

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). The International Organization for Migration (IOM) expresses its profound sorrow at the passing of His Holiness Pope Francis, whose pontificate was...

    Joint Statement by the Solutions Champions Marking 27 Years of the Guiding Principles on...

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). New York/Geneva, 17 April 2025 – Today marks the 27th anniversary of the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement – a landmark...

    IOM, University of Pennsylvania Partner to Harness Innovation for Global Migration Challenges

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Berlin/Philadelphia 17 April 2025 – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the Penn Development Research Initiative (PDRI/DevLab@Penn) at the University...

    IOM, Global Donors Forum Partner to Raise USD 10 Million in Zakat Funds to...

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Geneva 16 April 2025 — The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the Global Donors Forum (GDF) have today signed a...

    Launch of The Project To Develop A National Strategy For Mobilising The Diaspora: A...

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Yaoundé – The Ministry of External Relations (MINREX), in partnership with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Mission in Cameroon, has...

    IOM Chief Urges Greater Global Support to Haiti Amid Growing Crisis

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Port-au-Prince, 15 April 2025 – Amid a worsening humanitarian emergency in Haiti, International Organization for Migration (IOM) Director General Amy Pope...

    IOM Director General's Message on the Second Session of the International Dialogue on Migration...

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). IOM Director General's Message on the Second Session of the International Dialogue on Migration 2024 mgoloy 25 Nov 2024 ...

    IOM Director General's Message on International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2024

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). IOM Director General's Message on International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2024 mgoloy 03 Dec 2024 Speaker Type ...

    IOM Director General's Message on International Migrants Day 2024

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). IOM Director General's Message on International Migrants Day 2024 mgoloy 18 Dec 2024 Speaker Type ...

    IOM Director General's Message: The Sudan Conflict Two Years On

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). IOM Director General's Message: The Sudan Conflict Two Years On mgoloy 15 Apr 2025 Speaker Type ...

    Dr. Ron Daniels on 1972 Gary Black Convention

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). You Are Here: Home » Blog » Commentaries/Opinions » It’s Nation Time: Dr. Ron Daniels Reflects on the 1972 Gary National Black...

    National Town Hall Meeting “Report Card on Trump: The First 100 Days”

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). You Are Here: Home » Blog » News & Current Affairs » Events » Fri 4.25.25, National Town Hall Meeting “Report Card...

    Commemorating the 2015 International Reparations Summit

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). On Tuesday April 15th, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM EST (USA), join Dr. Ron Daniels, President of the Institute of the...

    EU, IOM Senior Officials in Brussels for Eleventh Strategic Cooperation Meeting on Migration

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Brussels, 04 April 2025 – Senior officials from the European Union (EU) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) met in...

    IOM Urgently Seeks USD 17.3 Million to Support Communities Hit Hardest by Myanmar Earthquake

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Bangkok, 3 April 2025 – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is appealing for USD 17.3 million to respond to the...

    Kim Poole’s Tribute to Malcolm’ Mother + Where, Oh Where, Is Bev Smith?

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). March 31, 2025Women’s History Month Edition of Vantage Point The Professor, Dr. Ron Daniels, is joined by special guests Kim Poole, Founder...

    IOM Chief Sounds Alarm as Yemen Marks a Decade of War and Humanitarian Despair

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Geneva/ Sana'a, 26 March 2025 – As Yemen enters its eleventh year of conflict, the country remains in the grip of...

    A powerful tribute to Louise Langdon Little by Kim Poole

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Kim Poole, Founder and Director of the Teaching Artist Institute (Baltimore, MD), delivers a moving tribute to Louise Langdon Little—the mother...

    First Recorded Drop in Sudan Displacement, Yet Humanitarian Crisis Persists

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Port Sudan/ Geneva, 27 March 2025 - The number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Sudan has declined by 2.4 per...

    What Will It Take? What Will It Yield?

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). More than a century later woman can vote, hold office and have equal rights in theory, but that has not changed...

    Revolution? — By Ted Glick

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Ted Glick – I wonder how many people reading these words know the significance of April 19th to US Americans, and others,...

    Preserving Our Natural Wonders is a Patriotic Cause Worth Fighting For

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Ben Jealous —  Dorothy Gibbs chanted “save our parks” from her wheelchair while holding a sign that read “97 years old,...

    Trump Loves Poorly Educated People

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — After he won the Nevada Republican caucuses in 2016, the current President crowed his victory. “We won...

    IOM Chief Unveils New Partnership with LALIGA FOUNDATION to Strengthen Migrant Integration in Peru

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Lima, 24 de marzo de 2025 – La Directora General de la Organización Internacional para las Migraciones (OIM), Amy Pope, concluyó...