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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

Labour Migration

Labour Migration has moved to the top of the policy agenda of many countries of origin and destination. It is estimated that there are about 80 million migrant workers around the world. Three key determining factors will continue to fuel this kind of movement: the "pull" of changing demographics and labour market needs in many industrialized countries; the "push" of population, unemployment and crisis pressures in less-developed countries, and established inter-country networks based on family, culture and history. A large proportion of labour migration occurs in an irregular manner, with a clandestine industry ready to abet it. Increasingly, governments at both ends of the migration spectrum are developing regulatory mechanisms to manage labour mobility to their individual and mutual benefit, and that of the migrant. Governments and migrants are increasingly turning to IOM for expert support and facilitation of regulated labour migration and direct assistance to the migrants. IOM's purpose in labour migration is to facilitate the development of policies and programmes that can individually and mutually benefit the concerned governments, migrants and societies.