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International Organization for Migration (IOM) - News Releases
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Equal Rights and Opportunities for Safe Migration: A Pre-Requisite for Development Says IOM
Geneva, Switzerland - Migration policies must offer equal opportunities to migrate to both women and men to reduce women's vulnerability during migration and to optimize the positive development impact of migration in communities of origin, says the International Organization for Migration (IOM), on the occasion of International Women's Day 2010.
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Greater Efforts Needed to Tackle Environmental Migration beyond Copenhagen, says IOM on International Migrants' Day
Geneva, Switzerland - Greater efforts are needed beyond Copenhagen to tackle the complex issue of environmental and climate-induced migration, says the International Organization for Migration (IOM) as it marks International Migrants Day today.
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Consumers Urged to Help End Demand for Exploited Labour in New IOM Campaign
Geneva/Brussels - Eliminating the demand for trafficked and exploited labour to provide the cheap goods and huge profits desired by consumers and businesses the world over is critical if global efforts to end human trafficking are to be successful, says the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
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Ambassador Laura Thompson Chacón Elected as Deputy Director General of International Organization for Migration
Geneva - Ambassador Laura Thompson Chacón of Costa Rica has today been elected as the next Deputy Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
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Vulnerabilities of Migrant Women Exacerbated by Inaccessibility to Maternal and Child Health Services
Geneva - Migrant-hosting communities the world over need to provide accessible, acceptable and affordable maternal and child health services for all migrants, irrespective of their legal status, in order to lessen the vulnerability of women to migration, says the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
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IOM Agrees to Observe Possible Odhiambo Surrender
Geneva - The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has agreed with interested parties to act as an observer should Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) second-in-command Okot Odhiambo, surrender to Ugandan forces.
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See Migrants as Part of the Solution During Economic Crises, Says IOM on International Migrants’ Day
Geneva - Countries should recognize the positive contribution that migrants can make to economic growth and recovery and resist the temptation to close doors to them in times of economic slowdown, says the International Organization for Migration (IOM) as it marks International Migrants' Day today.
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Search for Work and Workers at Heart of Migration in This Century, Says IOM’s World Migration Report 2008
Geneva - People are becoming increasingly mobile within and across borders to meet the social and economic challenges of globalization with the search for employment at the heart of most movement in the 21st century, says the World Migration Report (WMR) 2008 launched today by the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
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New Director General of the International Organization for Migration Takes Office
Geneva - Ambassador William Lacy Swing, the new Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), takes office today.
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William Lacy Swing Elected Director General of the International Organization for Migration
Geneva - Ambassador William Lacy Swing of the United States has today been elected as the next Director General of the International Organization for Migration.
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