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Ibero-American Network of Migration Authorities (RIAM)
Type: Inter-regional forum on migration (regions covered: Americas - Europe)
Formal association with regional or multi-stakeholder organization: No
Established: 2012
Objectives
- Strengthen technical cooperation on migration
- Consolidate mechanisms for the exchange of information
- Training of its officials and good practices in the Immigration Control
- Institutionalize the operation of migration processes with its member countries
- Establish strategic alliances for the fight against transnational crimes associated with migration
Current Thematic Focus
Specific areas of ISCM’s discussion include:
- Border control
- Migration data
- Technological modernization
- Innovation in migratory management
- Prevention and combat of transnational crimes associated with migration (trafficking in persons and trafficking of migrants)
- Members
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Member States (19 States)
Partner countries (4 countries)
Chairing Country- Current Chair: Ecuador and Peru (since December 2021)
- Past Chairs: Panama (2019-2021), Peru (2019), Colombia (2019), Panama (2018)
ObserversObserver States (1 State)- China – Hong Kong
Observer Organizations (5 organizations)- International Organization for Migration (IOM)
- United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
- INTERPOL
- Andean Community (Comunidad Andina de Naciones)
- Organización Centroamericana de Migración (OCAM)
Secretariat- International Organization for Migration (IOM)
- Meetings
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- December 18, 2020, Virtual Event, X Ibero-American Congress of Migration Authorities - RIAM: "Challenges and Lessons Learned for the Migratory Management in the context of COVID-19"
- April 21, 2020, Virtual Event, "RIAM extraordinary session on migration governance in the context of COVID-19"
- November 20-22, 2019, Cucuta, Colombia, IX Ibero-American Congress of Migration Authorities - RIAM: “Opportunities for Development”
- October 2019, RIAM Annual Meeting
- VIII November 23-24, 2018, Lima, Peru, VIII Conference on Migration “Internal migration policy and interoperability as a regional integration mechanism”
- VII Congreso Iberoamericano de Autoridades Migratorias – 2017, Panamá
- VI Congreso Iberoamericano de Autoridades Migratorias – 2016, España
- V Congreso Iberoamericano de Autoridades Migratorias – 2015, Argentina / “Programa de desarrollo de competencias integrales para oficiales de migración”
- IV Congreso Iberoamericano de Autoridades Migratorias – 2014, Colombia / “Construyendo entornos migratorios protectores para la prevención de la trata y el tráfico de niños, niñas y adolescentes en la región”
- III Congreso Iberoamericano de Autoridades Migratorias – 2013, Costa Rica / “Análisis sobre la Prevención del Delito Transnacional del Tráfico de Migrantes en la Región”
- II Congreso Iberoamericano de Autoridades Migratorias – 2012, Colombia / “Prevención del Delito de Trata de Personas en América Latina”
- I Congreso Iberoamericano de Autoridades Migratorias – 2010, Colombia / “Tráfico de Migrantes: un delito sin fronteras”
- Documents
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- IX Congreso Iberoamericano de Autoridades Migratorias
- VII Congreso Iberoamericano de Autoridades Migratorias
- VI Congreso Iberoamericano de Autoridades Migratorias
- V Congreso Iberoamericano de Autoridades Migratorias
- IV Congreso Iberoamericano de Autoridades Migratorias
- III Congreso Iberoamericano de Autoridades Migratorias
- II Congreso Iberoamericano de Autoridades Migratorias
- I Congreso Iberoamericano de Autoridades Migratorias
- For additional RIAM and RIAM-related documents (in Spanish), please visit the RIAM repository.
- Contact Information
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IOM Regional Office for South America
Callao 1046 - Piso 2 A, C1023AAQ Buenos Aires, Argentina
Tel.: +54 11 4811 9148; +54 11 4813 9940
https://www.iom.int/countries/argentina
Website: http://red-iam.org/