The Latest Breaking News from IOM

My parents were part of the Windrush generation that helped rebuild Britain after 1945. Now, like then, rich countries need to pull together, says BBC News presenter Clive Myrie

IOM says half of country’s population now in need of aid and protection after months of violence

Fishing vessel with 100 asylum seekers was travelling from Senegal to Spain’s Canary Islands

The UK government is taking a harsher approach to tackle criminal activity which is blighting local neighbourhoods. And recently, government ministers have been talking tough about repeat shoplifting, including the possibility of introducing new laws which would see prolific shoplifters imprisoned. This has all been against a backdrop of concern…

Dozens of migrants have been dramatically brought to safety by Italian rescuers as they foundered in the sea or clung to a rocky reef

UN Refugee Agency and IOM urge steps – including more legal pathways for migrants – to curb humanitarian crisis

As blistering heatwave hits Tunisia, migrants from sub-Saharan African countries are enduring unbearable conditions.

More than three million people have now fled their homes in Sudan in reponse to the spiralling violence of the three-month-old conflict between rival armed forces, the United Nations has said.

The conflict, which started in April, has displaced more than three million people, according to the UN.