International Organization for Migration (IOM)

Rule Changes

Providing housing and protection for deportees in Bangui

More than 25,000 people have been deported by the Trump administration to countries they have no ties to. Two Cuban men NPR spoke to are stuck in the Central African Republic, unsure of their legal status and unable to work.

Updated Oct 28

Force in Play

Reports 139 dead and 84 missing; shelters survivors at Obock and supports voluntary returns to Ethiopia

The International Organization for Migration said on October 18 that 139 people died when the boat sank near Guhere, north of Obock, on the night of October 8. Another 84 are still missing, and about 82 survived, all Ethiopian nationals.

Updated Oct 20

Force in Play

As of September 2026: Primary data source on Sudan displacement and returns

Five million Sudanese have gone home since the army retook Khartoum in 2025. Many are returning to damaged homes, closed schools, and clinics that barely function.

Updated Sep 22

Force in Play

As of September 2026: Co-publishing return data with UNHCR

Nazia spent decades in Pakistan with her eight sisters and their children. In 2026, authorities deported the family to Afghanistan, a country she told the BBC she had never seen. She is one of six million Afghans returned since September 2023, a wave UNHCR calls the largest in recent history.

Updated Sep 4