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For information on IOM activities in New Zealand, contact:

International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Country Office with Coordinating Function, Canberra (Australia, New Zealand, Oceania and Timor)
 4th Floor, CPA Australia Building
161 London Circuit
Canberra ACT 2601
Australia

Tel: +61 2 62 67 66 00
Fax: +61 2 62 57 37 43

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IOM Today

An intergovernmental organization established in 1951, IOM is committed to the principle that humane and orderly migration benefits migrants and society.

  • 146 Members and 98 observers
  • More than 450 field locations
  • More than 7,800 staff working on more than 2,700 projects
  • More than US$ 1.3 billion expenditures in 2011

Facilitating Migration

Mobility is an essential feature of today’s world. Integrated world markets, the emergence of transnational networks and the rapid growth of communication technologies all contribute to the increasing movement of both high and low-skilled workers, students, trainees, families and tourists. The demographic and social structure in the industrialized world has created the need for workers and professionals from other countries. Although decreasing, resettlement of refugees also continues. Large-scale migration represents potentially difficult adjustments, but economies that desire to remain competitive cannot ignore the need for change. The limited consular representation abroad by some countries requires innovative solutions in the areas of document verification, migrant information, interviews, applicant testing, logistical support, and health assessments.

Apart from providing policy and technical advice to governments on the regulation of migrant labour and other migratory movements, IOM carries out programmes to assist governments and migrants with recruitment, language training, pre-departure cultural orientation, pre-consular support services, arrival reception, and integration. These services, tailored to each programme, are provided seamlessly during all stages of the process from information and application, interview and approval, to post-approval and arrival. After arrival in the host country, integration support can help ease the difficulty of adjustment to a new culture, while ensuring social harmony between new and old members of the community.

The projects and programmes under Facilitating Migration are classified as follows: