"MIGRANTS"

As a record-breaking 148,000 people have crossed the perilous Darien jungle in early 2023, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) is increasing efforts to provide humanitarian assistance, protection, and information to people in transit, and supporting remote indigenous host communities, by scaling its presence at the borders with Colombia and Costa Rica, and in Panama City. IOM

The Special Envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, said, “While sporadic military incidents continue to occur, levels of hostilities are significantly lower than before the truce.” UNIFEED

One hundred days after the deadliest earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria's recent history, millions of children and families are struggling to rebuild their lives, with 2.5 million children in Türkiye and 3.7 million in Syria in need of continued humanitarian assistance. UNICEF

Two months after two devastating earthquakes hit Türkiye and northern Syria, 2.5 million children in Türkiye remain in need of humanitarian support and are at risk of falling into poverty, child labour or child marriage, UNICEF warned today. UNICEF

As Ramadan, Passover and Easter coincide this month, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said, “this is the moment for us to be all united for peace,” and “for those that believe in God in different ways, with different expressions, to join their voices in a common prayer for peace.” UNIFEED

The Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), António Vitorino, said that “there is a need an urgent need to bring all these positive aspects on the narrative of migration to compensate some of the flip sides of migration that also exist.” UNIFEED

Education Cannot Wait (ECW) Executive Director Yasmine Sherif announced that ECW intends to continue to expand its investments in Colombia, during her visit to the country. ECW

According to the International Organization for Migration, with nearly half a million Venezuelan nationals, Ecuador hosts the third largest Venezuelan migrant population worldwide, after Colombia and Peru. IOM