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IOM Lauds Adoption of Global Compact for Migration
Marrakesh, Morocco – On 10 December, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) hailed the adoption of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, calling it an historic achievement by the international community.
Universal Health Coverage: IOM Committed to Ensuring Migrants are Included in Sustainable Development Goals Target
Geneva – On Universal Health Coverage Day (12/12) the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and other global partners are promoting efforts to ensure Universal Health Coverage (UHC) indeed becomes a reality.
Fifth Border Management & Identity Conference Opens in Thailand
Bangkok – Following yesterday’s adoption of the UN Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM) by 164 countries, border management specialists from around the world are today (11/12) gathering in Bangkok, Thailand, for the 5th Border Management & Identity...
Challenges for Children on the Move Focus of Global Migration Film Festival Event in Belgium
Brussels – IOM’s Belgium and Luxembourg Office is organizing a film screening and debate in Brussels on International Migrants Day (IMD, 18/12). In line with the IMD 2018 theme “Migration with Dignity’, the focus of the event will be on children and migration.
Germany Enhances Support for Community Policing in Iraq
Baghdad – This week the German Federal Foreign Office bolstered IOM’s Community Policing (CP) programme in Iraq by providing an additional 1.7 million Euros, raising Germany’s total contributions to this important effort to 5.7 million Euros.
IOM Trains Federal Judges in Brazil
Brasilia – As a surge of Venezuelans continues to flow across international borders, this month the International Organization for Migration (IOM) sponsored a training session entitled Migration Law: Improving the Capacity of the Federal Justice in the Context of the Venezuelan...
Mediterranean Migrant Arrivals Reach 110,833 in 2018; Deaths Reach 2,160
Geneva – IOM, the International Organization for Migration, reports that 110,833 migrants and refugees entered Europe by sea in 2018 through 9 December.
United Arab Emirates signs accord with IOM on orientation guidelines for migrant workers
Marrakesh – On 9 December, on the margin of the Side Events of the Global Compact on Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, the Government of the United Arab Emirates represented by H.E.
‘Somos lo Mismo’ Solidarity Campaign for Refugees, Migrants Launched in Panama
Panama City – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) last week presented the #SomosLoMismo (We are the same) campaign, aiming to promote respect, solidarity, and empathy between Panamanians and foreigners.
IOM and UNODC Sign Agreement with the Government of Jordan to Upgrade al-Karamah Border Crossing Point
Amman – In partnership with the Government of Jordan, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) signed an official partnership yesterday (10/12) to upgrade the al-Karamah border crossing point between Iraq and...
African Countries Gather in Mauritania to Discuss Migration Data, Civil Registration and Vital Statistics
Nouakchott – Officials representing more than 30 African countries gathered last week (3-6 December) in Mauritania for two capacity building workshops on migration data and civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS).
IOM Lauds Adoption of Global Compact for Migration
Marrakesh, Morocco – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) today hailed the adoption of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, calling it an historic achievement by the international community.