News
Sudanese Refugees To Return Home
An inaugural flight returning the first 50 Sudanese refugees who
have been in southeastern Central African Republic (C.A.R) for more
than 16 years, will take place in the first week of February.
IOM Shelters Help Survivors Endure Cold Weather
The last few weeks of intermittent rain and snow has not resulted
in a large-scale movement of survivors in Pakistan’s quake
zone and many have decided to stay at their high-elevation homes by
setting up temporary shelters with corrugated galvanized iron (CGI)
sheets.
Using Information Technology to Transfer Skills from the Diaspora
IOM is organising a two-day conference in Rwanda to discuss the
role IT can play in facilitating the transfer of skills and
expertise from qualified expatriates from the Great Lakes region.
IOM Supports the Drafting of a National Plan of Action to Combat Human Trafficking
The IOM office in Quito is providing advice and financial support
to the recently created Inter-institutional Commission tasked with
the drafting of a National Plan to “Combat Human Trafficking
and Other Forms of Sexual and Labour Exploitation” in
Ecuador.
Winter Misery Continues
With intermittent rain and snow in Pakistan-administered Kashmir
and NWFP causing flooding, collapsed tents and misery for the
people living in villages and camps, IOM has continued to expand on
their urban Rapid Response Teams in Muzaffarabad.
Business Community Joins Anti-Trafficking Efforts
IOM Deputy Director General, Ndioro Ndiaye, yesterday joined
corporate leaders and personalities from around the world to
discuss how the business community could become more active in
combating human trafficking.
Myanmar Border Communities Prepare for Avian Flu
Health workers from refugee camps and migrant communities on the
Myanmar border will meet with local officials and donors in
Tak’s provincial capital on Friday 27 January to review
contingency plans to cope with a possible outbreak of bird flu.
Pan-European Migration Management Conference
A two day Pan-European ministerial conference to shape coherent and
transparent migration-related polices aimed at improving security,
migrant rights and promoting greater economic development and
prosperity within the region, will take place on 24-25 January in
Stranded Bangladesh Migrants Return Home
A group of 48 Bangladeshi migrants who had been left stranded by
smuggling networks in the Sahara desert while trying to reach the
northern shores of the Mediterranean, have been helped by IOM to
return home.
Burmese Migrant Tsunami Victims Laid to Rest
Cho Cho Than and U Khin Mying were finally laid to rest this week,
more than a year after the tsunami that claimed their lives in
Phang Nga, southern Thailand.
IOM Launches TB Screening for Long Stay UK Migrants
IOM has opened three clinics in Dhaka, Sylhet and Chittagong to
screen long stay UK visa applicants for tuberculosis.
Regional Counter-Trafficking Training for Law Enforcement Officials
IOM experts are training 32 law enforcement officials from
Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay on the causes and the
unique techniques needed to investigate cases of human trafficking.