60,000 dead or disappeared IOM was founded more than 70 years ago, but only became a UN agency in 2016 as a smaller, parallel operation to the UNHCR, which focuses on refugees.It works in emergency situations, advocates for migrants’ rights, and sees humane and orderly migration as a benefit to people on the move and the societies they settle in.The agency said Monday that full funding of its appeal would allow it to serve almost 140 million people, including internally displaced people and the local communities that host them.It would also help IOM to expand its development work, aimed at helping prevent further displacement, it said.Breaking down the appeal, it said a full $3.4 billion of the requested funds would go towards saving lives and protecting those on the move.Another $2.7 would be used to work on solutions to displacement, including reducing the risks and impacts of climate change.The remainder would help facilitate regular pathways to migration and to help make IOM’s service delivery more effective.”This funding will address the large and widening gap between what we have, and what we need in order to do the job right,” Pope said.IOM said that its Missing Migrants Project showed that more than 60,000 people had died or disappeared during perilous migration journeys over the past nine years.
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