World Migration Report 2011

Communicating Effectively about Migration

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The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is a dynamic and growing inter-governmental organization, with 146 member states, committed to the principle that humane and orderly migration benefits migrants and society.

IOM works to help ensure the orderly and humane management of migration, to promote international cooperation on migration issues, to assist in the search for practical solutions to migration problems and to provide humanitarian assistance to migrants in need, including refugees and internally displaced people.

Strengthening Communities of Peace and Diversity
IOM Implementing Partner, the Agency for Refugee Education, Skills Training and Advocacy (ARESTA), recently graduated 70 peace monitors in recognition of their work in building communities of peace and diversity in the Western
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Iraq Ambassador to South Africa Meets Representatives of IOM in Pretoria
A delegation from the International Organization for Migration (IOM) met with Iraq Ambassador to South Africa, His Excellency the Ambassador  Dr. Hisham Alalawi on 5 January 2012. The delegation consisted of the Chief of IOM
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Communicating Effectively about Migration
Although we live in an era of the greatest human mobility in recorded history, with greater acknowledgement that migration is one of the defining features of our contemporary world, it remains one of the most misunderstood
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Celebrating the Achievements of Migrants in South Africa
IOM joined the City of Johannesburg and the Consortium for Refugees and Migrants in South Africa (CoRMSA) to commemorate International Migrants Day on Tuesday the 20th of December 2011 in Newtown, Johannesburg.  The
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Ensuring Migrants Health Essential to Addressing Health Inequities, Says IOM: International Migrants Day, 2011
The lack of adequate access to health services for migrants in most countries is a worrying public health omission requiring urgent redress in a world increasingly dependent on human mobility, says IOM as it marks International
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IOM South Africa Opens New Health Assessment Centre.
IOM in South Africa has opened a new medical health assessment centre.  The first of its kind in Southern Africa, the centre provides medical assessments, pre-departure medicals and fitness-for-travel checks for the United
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