International organization for migration

Subject : International Relations

Section: International Organizations

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At least 73 Europe-bound migrants are missing and presumed dead in a shipwreck off Libya, the United Nations migration agency said Wednesday.
The U.N. International Organization for Migration said in a statement that the wreck took place Tuesday, and that Libya authorities have retrieved at least 11 bodies.

International Organization for Migration

IOM is an intergovernmental organization that provides services and advice concerning migration to governments and migrants, including refugees, internally displaced persons and migrant workers.
IOM was established in 1951 as Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration (ICEM) to help resettle people displaced by World War II.
It was granted Permanent Observer status to UN General Assembly in 1992.
Cooperation agreement between IOM and the UN was signed in 1996.
World Migration Report is published every year by International Organization for Migration (IOM) of the UN.
IOM works in four broad areas of migration management:
- Migration and development,
- Facilitating migration,
- Regulating migration and
- Forced migration.
It has 166 member states, a further 8 states holding observer status and offices in over 100 countries.
India is a member of IOM.