UN agency helps nearly 100,000 migrants return home in 2016

Jul 12, 2017, at 01:36 pm

New York, July 12(Just Earth News): The United Nations migration agency reported on Tuesday that it helped nearly 100,000 migrants return home voluntarily last year, a 41 per cent increase over 2015. This assistance was provided through the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration (AVRR ) programmes and highlighted in its 2016 Key Highlights report. In a corresponding news release, IOM notes that the people assisted in 2016 from 110 countries were returned to 161 countries and territories of origin.

Iraq: Lives of 100,000 children ‘on the line’ as fighting continues in west Mosul

Jun 06, 2017, at 07:35 pm

New York, June 6 (Just Earth News): Some 100,000 children remain in extremely dangerous conditions in western sections of Iraq’s Mosul city as fighting between Government and terrorist forces continues, the United Nations children’s agency on Monday reported, warning that “children’s lives are on the line.”

UN provides food assistance to 100,000 Iraqis as conflict in Mosul intensifies

Nov 15, 2016, at 01:18 pm

New York, Nov 15 (Just Earth News): The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has provided food assistance to some 100,000 people fleeing the intensifying conflict in Mosul, including a distribution on Sunday to 25,000 people in Gogjali, while also working tirelessly with its partners to reach families that remain trapped in Mosul city and newly recovered areas.

South Sudan: 100,000 people trapped in Yei, UN refugee agency warns

Oct 01, 2016, at 04:27 am

New York, Sept 30 (Just Earth News): Urgent humanitarian assistance is needed for some 100,000 people trapped in the South Sudanese town of Yei, where the security situation deteriorated rapidly after renewed conflict broke out in Juba, the capital, in early July, the United Nations refugee agency warned today.