Migration and Development

Migration and Development

Greenhouses for Refugees

Through an access to land agreement with Iraq’s Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources in 2017, IOM Iraq provided agricultural training on how to run greenhouses as businesses, for Syrian refugee, displaced Iraq and local community members in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The program aims to enable beneficiaries to produce agricultural products and in order to support their families. The program was funded by the US Department of State, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM).

English

Kathmandu - Nepal received remittances of NPR 699 billion (USD 6.56 billion) in FY 2016/17 and ranks fourth in the world in terms of the contribution of remittances to GDP, according to a report launched today by Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security, with support from IOM, the UN Migration Agency, the International Labour Organization (ILO) and The Asia Foundation.

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