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This page contains general information about the MTM, but it is not its official website.

Established: 2003

Converted in 2015 into  City-to-City Migration Profiles and Dialogue (C2C project) and later Mediterranean City-to-City Migration Programme (MC2CM) implemented by UN-Habitat, ICMPD, and UCLG

Objectives

The Mediterranean Transit Migration (MTM) Dialogue is an inter-regional inter-governmental consultative forum of more than 40 Governments of Partner States and 7 international organizations as Partner Agencies, aiming to build common understandings and to jointly develop evidence-based comprehensive and sustainable migration management systems. Its goals are to:

  • Implement capacity-building and operational projects;  
  • Elaborate recommendations, and agree on future steps and build-up spin-off initiatives;
  • Address the issues related to irregular and mixed migration;
  • Address medium and long-term issues related to migration and development; and
  •  Promote cooperation on labour and circular migration. 

Initially focusing on transit migration, the MTM extended its scope over the years to cover the various aspects of irregular and mixed migration, as well as migration and development.

Thematic Focus

  • Interception and apprehension of irregular migrants;
  • Combating smuggling and trafficking, including the protection of victims;
  • Reception and detention of irregular migrants;
  • Asylum and refugee protection; and
  • Return and readmission.

Chair

No permanent chair (chairing depends on activities)
 

Members

19 non-EU participating countries

  • Algeria
  • Cabo Verde
  • Egypt
  • Ethiopia
  • Ghana
  • Kenya
  • Lebanon
  • Libya
  • Mali
  • Morocco
  • Niger
  • Nigeria
  • Norway
  • Senegal
  • Syria
  • Switzerland
  • Tunisia
  • Turkey

27 EU Member States

  • Austria
  • Belgium
  • Bulgaria
  • Cyprus
  • Czechia
  • Denmark
  • Estonia
  • Finland
  • France
  • Germany
  • Greece
  • Hungary
  • Ireland
  • Italy
  • Latvia
  • Lithuania
  • Luxembourg
  • Malta
  • Netherlands
  • Poland
  • Portugal
  • Romania
  • Slovakia
  • Slovenia
  • Spain
  • Sweden
  • United Kingdom
Observer States
  • Australia

Partner Organizations (invited to meetings on an ad hoc basis)

Past Observer Organizations (invited to meetings on an ad hoc basis)

Partners and Observer Institutions
Selected Meetings

The list of meetings is not comprehensive.

Related Links
  • View Printable Map
  • MTM Factsheet [EN]
  • Towards a Comprehensive Reponse to Mixed Migration Flows [EN ]
  • The MTM Dialogue 2002-12 [EN]
  • 2010 MTM Map on Irregular & Mixed Migration Routes
    [EN ]
Contact Information

Please see ICMPD
 

 

 

Regions
Office type
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Aruba
Asia and the Pacific
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahamas (The)
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cabo Verde
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Central African Republic (the)
Chad
Chile
China
Colombia
Comoros (the)
Congo (the)
Costa Rica
Côte d'Ivoire
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czechia
Democratic Republic of the Congo (the)
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic (the)
East and Horn of Africa
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Eritrea
Estonia
Eswatini
Ethiopia
Europe and Central Asia
Fiji
Finland
France
Gabon
Gambia (the)
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Global Office in Brussels
Global Office in Washington
Greece
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
IOM Office at the United Nations
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Iraq
Ireland
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Lao People's Democratic Republic (the)
Latin America and the Caribbean
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Manila Administrative Centre
Marshall Islands (the)
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
Micronesia (Federated States of)
Middle East and North Africa
Mongolia
Montenegro
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nepal
Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger (the)
Nigeria
North Macedonia
Norway
Pakistan
Palau
Panama
Panama Administrative Centre
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines (the)
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Republic of Korea
Republic of Moldova (the)
Romania
Russian Federation (the)
Rwanda
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
Sao Tome and Principe
Senegal
Serbia
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
South Sudan
Spain
Sri Lanka
Subregional Office in Brussels
Subregional Office in Pretoria
Sudan (the)
Sweden
Switzerland
Syrian Arab Republic (the)
Tajikistan
Thailand
Timor-Leste
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Türkiye
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
Uganda
Ukraine
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)
United Republic of Tanzania (the)
UNSC Resolution 1244-Administered Kosovo
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Viet Nam
West and Central Africa
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe