The lack of an efficient and systematic mechanism for sharing data
and information on migration in Europe and in particular a lack of
comparable data, is being addressed at a gathering in the Moldovan
capital, Chisinau, this week.

Organized by IOM in cooperation with the Moldovan Ministries of
Foreign Affairs and the Interior, the two day event on 26-27
October, is gathering representatives from stakeholders dealing
with migration data collection and exchange from various EU member
states and European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) countries such as
Ukraine, Georgia and Israel.

As well as assessing existing databases and systems for
information gathering, the meeting is discussing the possibilities
of establishing a Pan European mechanism on migration data which
would facilitate decision making on migration policies and
contribute to a durable system for managing migration flows between
EU member states and other European countries.

The meeting was organized as part of a Pan European Dialogue on
Migration Management, a multilateral platform for dialogue between
the EU and the ENP launched by IOM in January 2006 in Brussels with
the support of the Belgian government and the European Commission
in recognition of the fact that migration management cannot be
dealt with as a purely internal issue by individual countries.

For more information contact:

Radu Foltea

Tel: (373 22) 23 29 40/41

Fax: (373 22) 23 28 62

E-mail: "mailto:rfoltea@iom.int">rfoltea@iom.int