UN agencies take new step to help refugees at sea
Along with two other UN agencies, the IMO has launched a collective database which will help monitor the smugglers behind the large flows of migrants on the oceans.
BY LOUISE VOGDRUP-SCHMIDT
Three UN agencies, the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), have launched a new database aimed at collecting information on the human smugglers and on the ships used for boat refugees, as well as about the massive flows of refugees at sea.
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