GENEVA: The UN migration agency, which has been hit hard by US foreign aid cuts, has launched more mass layoffs, impacting around a fifth of staff at its Geneva headquarters, employees said Friday.
Fresh cuts at the International Organization for Migration are expected to impact at least 20 percent of the more than 1,000 current headquarters staff, according to several sources familiar with the situation.
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“We are assisting our American partners to ensure that Ukraine receives the appropriate assistance.”
Zelensky said he had told his intelligence services to prioritize agreeing on a new release of Ukrainian POWs held by Russia before the new year.
Russia and Ukraine have conducted regular prisoner swaps since Russia’s full-scale invasion began in 2022.
UN migration agency laying off around 20 percent of HQ staff amid US aid cuts: sources
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UN migration agency laying off around 20 percent of HQ staff amid US aid cuts: sources
- Fresh cuts at IOM are expected to impact at least 20 percent
Zelensky says five Ukrainians released by Belarus in US-brokered deal
- “Thanks to the active role of the United States and the cooperation of our intelligence services,” Zelensky wrote
KYIV: Five Ukrainians were among the prisoners released by Belarus in a US-brokered deal on Saturday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said, expressing gratitude to Washington for aiding their release.
“Thanks to the active role of the United States and the cooperation of our intelligence services, about a hundred people, including five Ukrainians, are now being released,” Zelensky wrote on Telegram.
“We are assisting our American partners to ensure that Ukraine receives the appropriate assistance.”
Zelensky said he had told his intelligence services to prioritize agreeing on a new release of Ukrainian POWs held by Russia before the new year.
Russia and Ukraine have conducted regular prisoner swaps since Russia’s full-scale invasion began in 2022.
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