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IOM

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abbreviation

  1. Isle of Man

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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But the IOM insisted the "humanitarian assistance to migrants" it provides is "strictly voluntary and based on informed consent."

From Barron's Jul. 7, 2026

Small Pacific island states such as Tuvalu are threatened by rising sea levels, while some 10 million people are estimated to have been displaced because of storms in the Philippines, the IOM chief said.

From Barron's Jun. 18, 2026

Critics of the process argued that the investigation had been mishandled, undermining confidence in the IOM.

From BBC Jun. 9, 2026

"Nearly 1.47 million people remain displaced in the country," Gregoire Goodstein, the IOM chief of mission in Haiti, told a press briefing in Geneva.

From Barron's Jun. 5, 2026

The IOM considers them an undercount because there are no official statistics.

From BBC May 21, 2026

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