UN Wants $7.9B to Help Migrants, Blames Climate Change for Record Displacement; UN Appeals for $7.9B to Help Millions of Migrants Flee Climate Change, Conflict: Nearly $8B Would Go Toward Serving Nearly 140M People, Including ILLEGAL MIGRANTS and THE COMMUNITIES THAT HOST THEM

UN wants $7.9 billion to help migrants, blames climate change for record displacement:

The United Nations is requesting $7.9 billion to “tackle migration crises” and reduce displacement allegedly caused by climate change, according to a Monday news release.

Earlier this week, the U.N.’s International Organization for Migration published a news article announcing its “first ever Global Annual Appeal for 2024,” which urges governments, the private sector, and donors to invest nearly $8 billion “to support its operations and help create a system that realizes migration’s promise as a force for good throughout the world.” It is unclear how exactly the agency plans to spend the donated funds.

According to the IOM, the funds would allow it to “prepare in advance” instead of “merely reacting” to immigration issues. The agency aims to provide aid to 140 million people, “including internally displaced people and the local communities that host them.” The report revealed that the IOM plans to request $8.6 billion in 2025 and $9.1 billion in 2026 to address its “projected multi-year funding needs.”

The U.N. intends to use $3.4 billion for “saving lives and protecting people on the move,” $2.7 billion for “solutions to displacement including reducing the risks and impacts of climate change,” $1.6 billion for “facilitating pathways for regular migrations,” and $163 million “transforming IOM to better deliver.” These goals are part of the agency’s five-year Global Strategic Plan.

IOM Director General Amy Pope stated, “Irregular and forced migration have reached unprecedented levels and the challenges we face are increasingly complex.” —>READ MORE HERE

UN appeals for $7.9 billion to help millions of migrants flee climate change, conflict:

Nearly $8 billion would go toward serving nearly 140 million people, including illegal migrants and the communities that host them

The United Nations has appealed for a whopping $7.9 billion to bolster its efforts to migrate people around the world who it says have been forced to leave their homes for various reasons, including climate change and conflict.

The plea was made by the U.N.’s International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Geneva Monday to support its operations and help “create a system that realizes migration’s promise as a force for good throughout the world.”

“The IOM Global Appeal seeks funding to save lives and protect people on the move, drive solutions to displacement and facilitate safe pathways for regular migration,” a statement released by the IOM says. Those objectives form part of the IOM’s new five-year Global Strategic Plan.

The organization says that the nearly $8 billion would go toward serving nearly 140 million people, including internally displaced people and the local communities that host them. Crucially, it would also allow for an expansion of IOM’s development work, which helps prevent further displacement, the appeal states.

The IOM has called on governments, the private sector, individual donors and “other partners” to contribute to the fund, noting it’s the first time it has put out such an appeal.

Of the $7.9 billion, around $3.4 billion would go toward “saving lives and protecting people on the move,” and $1.6 billion would be spent on facilitating “regular pathways for migration.”

It is unclear how exactly this would be spent, but the U.N. has been known to distribute cash debit cards to migrants and provide food, basic necessities and prescription drugs.

Around $2.7 billion would be allotted for “solutions to displacement,” including reducing the risks and impacts of climate change, the appeal states, while another $163 million would go toward “transforming IOM to deliver services in a better, more effective way.”

Amy Pope, the director general of the IOM, said migration has reached unprecedented levels and that it benefits the world. —>READ MORE HERE

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