News
Pan-European Migration Management Conference
A two day Pan-European ministerial conference to shape coherent and
transparent migration-related polices aimed at improving security,
migrant rights and promoting greater economic development and
prosperity within the region, will take place on 24-25 January in
Stranded Bangladesh Migrants Return Home
A group of 48 Bangladeshi migrants who had been left stranded by
smuggling networks in the Sahara desert while trying to reach the
northern shores of the Mediterranean, have been helped by IOM to
return home.
Burmese Migrant Tsunami Victims Laid to Rest
Cho Cho Than and U Khin Mying were finally laid to rest this week,
more than a year after the tsunami that claimed their lives in
Phang Nga, southern Thailand.
IOM Launches TB Screening for Long Stay UK Migrants
IOM has opened three clinics in Dhaka, Sylhet and Chittagong to
screen long stay UK visa applicants for tuberculosis.
Regional Counter-Trafficking Training for Law Enforcement Officials
IOM experts are training 32 law enforcement officials from
Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay on the causes and the
unique techniques needed to investigate cases of human trafficking.
Resettlement of Refugees
A group of around 120 Congolese refugees, who may be resettled to
the UK under the Gateway Protection Programme, are being provided
transportation, food and accommodation assistance by IOM while
their cases are being decided upon.
Radio Hotline Assists Earthquake Survivors
Several days of heavy snow and rain that have badly hampered aid
distributions in earthquake-affected Pakistan and grounded
helicopters since 15 January, are also causing continued misery for
survivors.
Remote Allai Valley Targeted For More Shelter Material
Tons of shelter material destined for the Allai valley in
Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province have been unable to
get through as roads have become impassable due to road slides,
snow and ice.
Capacity Building in Labour Migration Management
A labour migration project launched today, will provide support to
the Haitian government to strengthen its capacity to provide
support and protection to Haitian migrants that regularly take up
short-term labour opportunities in neighbouring countries. The
Reducing Irregular Migration
The British government has signed an agreement with the IOM Mission
in Afghanistan to fund a US$ 283,000 public information campaign to
reduce irregular migration.
Temperatures Plunge Across Earthquake Zone
Many communities in Pakistan’s earthquake-affected areas
still remain cut off despite the resumption of helicopter flights
on Wednesday and the clearing of some main roads. Bad weather and
snow last weekend that caused landslides had severely affected
relief work.
IOM Provides Assistance to Slave Fishermen
IOM Kiev is currently providing assistance, including medical and
psychological support, to Ukrainian nationals forced to work in
slave-like conditions aboard an old Russian fishing vessel. The
vessel was crab poaching off the island of Sakhalin in the North
Pacific