In the 41st edition of its Libya Displacement Monitoring Programme update for February, March and April, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) announced that 694,788 irregular migrants from over 41 countries are present in Libya, spread over more than 100 municipalities.

An Egyptian migrant died from a bullet fired by a police officer after a chase with a truck carrying irregular migrants.

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) stated that the number of migrants arriving in Yemen in 2022 began to increase again, reaching about 25,000 migrants in the first four months of 2022. Yemen is a major transit point on the migration route from the Horn of Africa to Saudi Arabia, despite the ongoing conflict and humanitarian crisis.

A boat carrying more than 100 migrants sank off Kerkennah Island (Tunisia) on 27 May. The coastguard, which is carrying out the search and rescue operation, announced that 30 people were rescued while 75 others are still missing.

Three years after the international community adopted the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM), the first International Migration Review Forum took place from 17-20 May in New York.