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Canada, IOM Co-host First Global Conference on the Regulation of International Recruitment and Protection of Migrant Workers
Montreal — The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is co-hosting the first-ever global conference on the regulation of international recruitment and protection of migrant workers, in partnership with the Government of Canada, the Swiss Agency for Development and...
Refugees and Migrants From Venezuela top Four Million: IOM and UNHCR
Geneva – The number of Venezuelans leaving their country has reached four million, IOM, the International Organization for Migration, and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, announced today. Globally, Venezuelans are one of the single largest population groups displaced from their...
Priorities for Future Cooperation on Migration Discussed at EU, IOM Strategic Meeting
Brussels – Senior officials from the European Union (EU) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) are meeting in Brussels today (04/06) to advance the strategic partnership between the two organizations on key aspects of European and global migration.
Psychosocial Reintegration of Gambian Returnees Strengthened through Mobile Health Caravans
Brikama – In an effort to strengthen the psychosocial reintegration of returnees and promote universal access to healthcare in their communities, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has launched a mobile health caravan initiative in The Gambia.
Brazil, IOM, UNHCR Partner to Support Resettlement of Refugees from Central America
Brasilia – On 30 May, a group of 11 refugees from El Salvador and Honduras arrived in Brazil as part of the first movement under the Government of Brazil’s State-Funded Resettlement Programme. The programme is supported by the Emerging Resettlement Countries Joint Support...
Solar Lamp Posts to Improve Safety, Social Cohesion in Kawar Region of Niger
Dirkou – At the request of local authorities and community members, IOM last month installed 55 solar lamp posts in the Bilma department, region of Kawar in Niger, through its project Community Stabilization Initiatives in Northern Niger (COSINN), financed by the German Federal...
Tragedy Averted Following Fire at Bosnian Migrant Centre
Sarajevo – A tragedy of horrific proportions was avoided over the weekend by the quick action and cool thinking of an International Organization for Migration (IOM) staffer on duty at the Miral Temporary Reception Centre in Velika Kladuša, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
China, UN Migration Sign Cooperation Pact on Disaster Risk Reduction and Emergency Response
Beijing – China’s Ministry of Emergency Management and the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the United Nations’ migration agency, yesterday (30/5) signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) to promote collaboration and mutual assistance on disaster risk reduction...
Rohingya Refugee Camps Turn to LPG, Reforestation to Save Depleted Bangladesh Forests
Cox’s Bazar – Khair Hussein remembers when cooking a meal meant a back-breaking trek up a dirt slope to collect firewood from the nearby bush.
Women4Dev Academy: African Diaspora Women’s Groups Empowered in Belgium
Brussels – The number of international migrants grew to 258 million in 2017. Forty-eight per cent of these are women.
Sierra Leone: Diaspora Health Professionals Offer Free Medical Services in Rural Communities
Moyamba – In 2017, IOM launched the project “Strengthening Sierra Leonean National Health Care Capacity through Diaspora Engagement” under its Migration and Development for Africa (MIDA) programme. Through the project, a partnership was created with the Afro-European Medical and...
Venezuelans Receive Free Legal Advice, Medical Attention in the Dominican Republic
Santo Domingo – At the Social Integration Fair held at the facilities of the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo – the first of its kind – 550 Venezuelan refugees and migrants recently arrived in the Dominican Republic received access to medical services and legal advice on...