Media Monitoring Highlights
Voice of America and Thomson Reuters Foundation reported that Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh are struggling from mental health issues, including suicidal thoughts, while almost half of the children are malnourished. The reports quoted IOM’s Olga Rebolledo.
Media Monitoring Highlights
News Deeply spoke with IOM’s Leonard Doyle and transnational crime expert Tuesday Reitano about how companies like Facebook should respond to the use of their platforms by people smugglers.
Media Monitoring Highlights
Bangkok Post reported about an IOM-implemented project, Poverty Reduction through Safe Migration, Skills Development and Enhanced Job Placement in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand (PROMISE) which works to promote better employment opportunities and working conditions for migrants.
Media Monitoring Highlights
AFP reported that IOM’s Leonard Doyle called on Facebook to police its site and its WhatsApp messaging subsidiary for use by abusive human smugglers.
This initiative is the result of a growing concern about the tremendous loss of life among migrants leaving their countries to reach a new country of destination.