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IOM – THE UN MIGRATION AGENCY A BRIEF INTRODUCTION

IOM – THE UN MIGRATION AGENCY A BRIEF INTRODUCTION. BRIEF HISTORY. Founded as the Provisional Intergovernmental Committee for the Movement of Migrants from Europe (PICMME) following WWII. 1951. PICMME becomes the Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration (ICEM). 1952.

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IOM – THE UN MIGRATION AGENCY A BRIEF INTRODUCTION

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  1. IOM – THE UN MIGRATION AGENCY • A BRIEF INTRODUCTION

  2. BRIEF HISTORY Founded as the Provisional Intergovernmental Committee for the Movement of Migrants from Europe (PICMME) following WWII 1951 PICMME becomes the Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration (ICEM) 1952 ICEM becomes the Intergovernmental Committee for Migration (ICM) during the Indochinese refugee crisis 1980 1989 ICM becomes the International Organization for Migration 2016 IOM joins the United Nations as a Related Organization

  3. OUR MISSION • IOM, the UN Migration Agebcy, is committed to the principle that humane and orderly migration benefits migrants and society. As the leading international organization for migration, IOM acts with its partners in the international community to: • assist in meeting the growing operational challenges of migration management; • advance understanding of migration issues; • encourage social and economic development through migration; • uphold the human dignity and well-being of migrants.

  4. IOM’S ORGANIZATIONAL SET-UP • Office of the Director General • Operations and Emergencies • Migration Management (including Migrants Assistance) • International Cooperation and Partnerships • Resource Management • Headquarters • 2 Administrative Centres • Manila Administrative Centre • Panama Administrative Centre • 9 Regional Offices • (1) Asia and the Pacific, (2) European Economic Area, (3) Eastern and South Eastern Europe and Central Asia, (4) South America, (5) Central and North America and the Caribbean, (6) Middle East and North Africa, (7) Central and West Africa, (8) East Africa and the Horn of Africa, (9) Southern Africa

  5. OVERVIEW AND IOM REGIONAL GEOGRAPHICAL COVERAGE

  6. KEY ACTIVITIES • MAIN AREAS OF PROGRAMMING: • Refugee Resettlement • Emergency, post-crisis and Disaster Risk Reduction • Migrant Assistance • Labour Migration and Migration & Development • Immigration and Border Management • Migration Health • Migration Policy and Migration Law Research

  7. IOM MEMBER STATES IOM acts with its partners in the international community to: From 67 in 1998 to 166 in 2016 (with a further 8 as observer states)

  8. IOM APPROACH Pragmatic, flexible, innovative Decentralized, on the ground globally Works in partnershipwith governments, UN agencies, NGOs and the private sector Committed to exploring public-private partnership that are long-term and mutually beneficial

  9. IOM in WEST AFRICA

  10. THE WAY FORWARD Facilitate regular migration Reduceforced and irregular migration Protect rights of all migrants

  11. INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION 17, Route des Morillons, CH-1211 Geneva 19, Switzerland www.iom.int

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