About

• Established in 1951, International Organization for Migration (IOM) is the leading inter-governmental organization in the field of migration. 
• IOM works to ensure the orderly and humane management of migration, to promote international cooperation on migration issues, to assist in the search for practical solutions to the challenges of migration and to provide humanitarian assistance to migrants in need, including refugees and internally displaced people.
• In 2016, IOM entered into an agreement with the United Nations, becoming a related organization. 
• IOM serves as coordinator of the United Nations network on migration, established by the Secretary-General in 2018.
• According to IOM’s latest strategic plan, the organization’s three main objectives for 2024-2028 are: 
  • to save lives and protect people on the move, 
  • drive solutions to displacement and 
  • facilitate pathways for regular migration. 

Why in News?

• The International Organization for Migration said that more than 20,000 people have been displaced across Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, as residents escape the crippling gang violence that plagues the nation.
• Violent crime in Port-au-Prince remains high, with well-armed gangs that control some 80 percent of the city routinely targeting civilians, even though a Kenyan-led international force has been deployed to help the outgunned Haitian police restore order.

https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/over-20000-displaced-by-gang-violence-in-haiti-un-agency/article68879831.ece