EU, IOM Senior Officials in Brussels for Eleventh Strategic Cooperation Meeting on Migration
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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
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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?
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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
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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
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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
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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?
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Lima, 24 de marzo de 2025 – La Directora General de la Organización Internacional para las Migraciones (OIM), Amy Pope, concluyó...
IOM Chief’s Visit to Guatemala Highlights Urgent Needs for People Returning Home
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Guatemala City, 14 March 2025 - Amid a sharp increase in southbound migration, International Organization for Migration (IOM) Director General Amy...
Measuring the Racial Gap and What We Can Do to Close It
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“…Perry reevaluates what it means for Black Americans to be empowered in this smart and revelatory study….one of the most riveting...
Gratefully Offering Sacred Words and Water
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By Dr. Maulana Karenga —
In this Black History Month II: Women Focus, I reach back to retrieve and share a hallowed...
MSJ Statement on Developments in International Relations Imperial Control Vs. South-South Relations
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The Movement for Social Justice (MSJ) was the first to make a clear statement (issued on March 2nd) condemning the policy...
MSJ Statement on Developments in International Relations Imperial Control Vs. South-South Relations
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The Movement for Social Justice (MSJ) was the first to make a clear statement (issued on March 2nd) condemning the policy...
2024 is Deadliest Year on Record for Migrants, New IOM Data Reveals
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Berlin/ Geneva, 21 March 2025 - At least 8,938 people died on migration routes worldwide in 2024, making it the deadliest...
Trump’s EPA is at War with the Americans it is Supposed to Protect
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By Ben Jealous —
As they say in horror movies, the call is coming from inside the house.
Under Donald Trump, the Environmental...
Violence Triggers Record Displacements in Port-au-Prince: Over 60,000 People in a Month
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Port-au-Prince, 18 March 2025 – In just one month, intense violence has forced nearly 60,000 people to flee—yet another record in...
Update on IOM Operations Amid Budget Cuts
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Geneva, 18 March 2025 – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is implementing essential structural adjustments at its Geneva headquarters and...
Senate Democrats Cave on Disastrous Republic Spending Bill
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Vantage Point VignetteComments and Commentary by Dr. Ron Daniels
It was shocking, shameful and demoralizing to witness a handful of nervous, spinless...
IOM Statement on the Proposal for a Common European System for Returns
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Brussels – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) welcomes the European Commission’s proposal for a new European legal framework for returns,...
A Model and Mirror of Service, Sacrifice and Struggle
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By Dr. Maulana Karenga —
This February 21, 2025, marks the 60th Anniversary of the assassination and martyrdom of El Hajj Malik...
A Mother-Son Message of Resistance to the World
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By Dr. Maulana Karenga —
Part 1.
As we move from February, the month of the martyrdom of Nana Haji Malcolm X and...
