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• AP reported that a growing number of Iraqi migrants are returning home because of the difficulty of finding housing and employment in Europe. It cited IOM figures and quoted IOM’s Sandra Black.

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• MENA FN reported that according to IOM estimates 134,905 migrants already have crossed the Mediterranean to Europe this year.

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• AFP reported that the European Council President Donald Tusk was due to meet Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for key talks on the migrant crisis today. It cited IOM estimates.

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• UN News reported that UN Deputy SG Jan Eliasson, speaking at IOM’s 2016 International dialogue on Migration, urged countries to work together to ensure that the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development's promise of well-managed migration and mobility becomes a reality.

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• RT interviewed IOM’s Joel Millman about Europe’s migration crisis. He argued that creating barriers to keep out migrants only benefits traffickers and people smugglers.