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

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.