Conflict, climate, environmental degradation and uneven development are major factors in the US$7.9B appeal.
GENEVA (AN) — The International Organization for Migration cited a "large and widening gap" between needs and resources as it kicked off a US$7.9 billion appeal to deal with a record displacement of people worldwide.
The 97-page appeal released on Monday by IOM, also known as U.N. Migration, pointed to "conflict, climate change, environmental degradation and uneven development" forcing displacement and irregular migration.
Some 52% of all refugees and others who needed international protection came from Afghanistan, Syria and Ukraine.
Amy Pope will become the first woman to serve as director general of the International Organization for Migration.
The figures show an 'intolerable' loss of life amid more reports of government-led rescue delays and obstacles to NGOs' search and rescue efforts, the U.N. migration agency said.
It is a fight that spans the continent and has entangled international organizations, border security forces and a host of others in a murky web of politics and international law.
Fourteen cases remain under investigation by U.N. investigators, who have met with authorities in Israel.
The chair of the talks called for optimism despite divisions among plastic-producing nations and those urging restraints.
The number of people facing high levels of acute food insecurity has increased every year since 2019.
The group of organizations that reviewed the U.N. agency recommends several ways of strengthening its neutrality.
