Conflict, climate, environmental degradation and uneven development are major factors in the US$7.9B appeal.
GENEVA (AN) — The International Organization for Migration cited a "large and widening gap" between needs and resources as it kicked off a US$7.9 billion appeal to deal with a record displacement of people worldwide.
The 97-page appeal released on Monday by IOM, also known as U.N. Migration, pointed to "conflict, climate change, environmental degradation and uneven development" forcing displacement and irregular migration.
U.N. investigators found nine UNRWA staff members 'may have been involved' in Hamas' attacks on Israel last year.
Extreme forms of violence, human rights violations and exploitation afflict those fleeing for safety by land and sea.
The U.N. refugee agency’s report documents lives upended by persecution, conflict, violence and human rights violations.
Migrants are sending home a record amount of money, boosting the economies of the countries they left behind.
People's health, nature and farmland all suffer from the spiraling negative impacts, says the U.N. health agency
Landlocked between Russia and China, Mongolia depends on Russia to meet its energy needs and China to buy its exports.
The guidance comes weeks before the U.N. General Assembly takes up the issue of AMR at its high-level meeting this month.
More than a third of the funds will support aid efforts for people in Yemen (US$20 million) and Ethiopia (US$15 million).
