IOM
-
IOM, Egypt train frontline immigration officers in passport examination
Sep 26, 2016News Hour: IOM and the Egyptian Ministry of Interior (MoI) organized a training from 18 to 22 September for 19 government officials on passport examination procedures in order to strengthen security procedures at Egyptian entry and... -
Belgium sign framework agreement to support safer, orderly migration
Sep 25, 2016News Hour: The Government of Belgium, represented by the Ministry of Development Cooperation, yesterday signed a framework agreement with IOM. From 2017 onward, the Belgian Government intends to provide multi-annual funding to IOM in order to... -
Biometric registration in Juba IDP site at South Sudan
Sep 24, 2016News Hour: Camp management started a biometric population registration for internally displaced persons (IDPs) at the UN House Protection of Civilians (PoC) site in Juba, South Sudan, on 20 September. The registration, which will continue for... -
Malagasy officials got training on Bilateral Labour Agreements
Sep 24, 2016News Hour: IOM, together with the Ministry of Employment of Madagascar, organized a two-day capacity building workshop on the development and formalization of Bilateral Labour Agreements (BLAs) in the capital city Antananarivo on 21-22 September. During... -
21 Million dollar needed to help 400,000 Afghan returnees from Pakistan
Sep 17, 2016News Hour: IOM is appealing for USD 21 million to provide life-saving assistance to the most vulnerable among the 400,000-plus undocumented Afghans likely to return home from Pakistan before the end of 2016. The funding request... -
Madonna backs USAIM, IOM effort to reunite Ethiopian Child Migrants with families
Sep 17, 2016News Hour: A group of 53 unaccompanied Ethiopian child migrants, who were returned from detention in Malawi by IOM early this month, were reunited with their families on September 8. After their release they were flown... -
Zimbabwe Launches National Diaspora Directorate
Sep 17, 2016News Hour: The Government of Zimbabwe in collaboration with IOM this week launched the Zimbabwe National Diaspora Directorate to enhance the engagement and participation of the Zimbabwean diaspora in national development. The launch of the Directorate... -
Initiatives taken to reduce human trafficking in Mongolia’s mining zone
Sep 16, 2016News Hour: The development of Mongolia’s mining industry in the Gobi region has led to an increase in internal and international migration towards the mining sites, creating new challenges, and increasing the risk of irregular migration,... -
Migrant arrivals on Mediterranean reach near 294,450
Sep 14, 2016News Hour: IOM reports that 294,450 migrants and refugees entered Europe by sea in 2016 through 12 September, arriving mostly in Greece and Italy, where 126,931 migrants or refugees have arrived during 2016. Italy’s 2016 total... -
IOM and Netherlands strengthen there cooperation
Sep 14, 2016News Hour: IOM and the Government of the Netherlands have agreed on closer bilateral cooperation in the field of migration through a Memorandum of Understanding that was signed by Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation Minister Lilianne...
