WMU Symposium on Migration by Sea

BACKGROUNDMigration tracks straddle Planet Earth. What has defined the essence of civilisational growth and fall...

IMO and IOM heads pledge to tackle migration crisis

The secretary general of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), Koji Sekimizu, and director general of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), William Swing, have restated their commitment to tackling migration crisis in the Mediterran

UN agencies meet to address unsafe mixed migration by sea

United Nations agencies are meeting in London today (Wednesday, 4 March) to discuss concerted ways to...

IMO joins UN organizations in call to action to address irregular maritime migration

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has joined with other UN agencies in calling for...

On the front line of illegal migration

This year, it was recently revealed, there were more people fleeing war, famine and persecution...