IOM in Brazil

Brazil has been a member state of the IOM since 2004. Currently, IOM is present in the country in the cities of Belém, Brasília, Boa Vista, Curitiba, Florianópolis, Manaus, Pacaraima, Porto Alegre, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo.

IOM's main areas of activity in Brazil are:

• Refugee resettlement;
• Humanitarian Response (Prevention, Response, and Reconstruction);
• Assistance to Migrants;
• Labour Migration, Development and Migration;
• Immigration and Border Management;
• Migration and Health;
• Migration Policy and Research on Migration Law.

More information (in Portuguese) is available on the IOM Brazil website.

Facts and figures as of February 2016