Source: International Organization for Migration
Country: Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Libya, Niger, Serbia, Slovenia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey, World
Highlights
- Between 19 June and 16 December, in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the IOM team together with the Border Police and the NGO, Young Lawyers Registration, registered a total of 345,211 refugees and migrants.
- Between 5 – 10 December, IOM staff supported the Turkish Coast Guard with the provision of food distribution to 248 migrants and refugees. Those assisted included people from Syria, Iraq,
Somalia, and Afghanistan. IOM is also finalizing the procurement of blankets as well as contracting transportation companies to provide further support in Kucukkuyu. - Under the pilot EU relocation programme, IOM continues to provide transportation of refugees from Greece to other EU member states. As of 16 December, IOM has assisted with the relocation of 82 refugees to Luxembourg, Finland, Germany, Lithuania, and Portugal. All refugees being relocated are provided with pre-departure assistance and are escorted by IOM staff until their final destination.
- On 1 December, IOM facilitated and completed the humanitarian repatriation of 170 Malian nationals, including 13 females and 3 infants, who were stranded in Libya.
- On 9 December, the IOM team in Slovenia started conducting the Flow Monitoring survey at the accommodation centre in Sentilj. The survey will provide information on basic trends and profiles of the migrants and refugees with respect to demographics, countries of origins, levels of education, and intended destination.
- Following their Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) activity at the Opatovac transit centre and since the opening of the Slavonski Brod reception centre, IOM’s DTM team have been consistently gathering data on the migration flow. By 14 December, the team reported almost 1,000 successfully completed questionnaires from the two sites.