IOM Mission in The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia operates at different levels of the migration management, addressing diverse migration challenges and providing assistance - among others - to migrants and potential migrants, governmental institutions, civil society and vulnerable social groups.
IOM Programme is designed to ensure humane and orderly migration, including but not limited to areas of capacity building in migration management, return and reintegration, counter-trafficking, border management, community stabilization and socio-economic development and health assistance.
Since 2000, IOM Mission in Skopje has implemented more than 30 different national projects and took part in about 35 Regional programmes, coordinating and managing all of its activities in joint efforts with the national authorities and the civil society.
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Migration Health
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Human mobility is today a significant public health concern. Addressing the health needs of migrants facilitate integration, improves migrants' health, protect global public health and contributes to the stabilization of societies. Through its Migration Health programmes, IOM contributes to better management of public health impact of population mobility on receiving countries and provides information on the medical conditions of migrants.
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Facilitating Migration
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IOM provides assistance to facilitate migration by helping to improve existing processes to make it easier, more efficient and reliable for both migrants and the governments concerned. Support is provided during all stages of the process, from information and application, interview and approval, to post-approval, arrival and integration.
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Regulating Migration
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Return Assistance to Migrants and Governments
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Voluntary Return is a key component of IOM's recommended response to help countries deal with irregular flows and to assist stranded and destitute migrants. It helps lessen the burden, in both human and financial terms that the presence of stranded migrants poses on countries of transit and destination and contributes to extend protection to vulnerable and destitute migrants, while discouraging present and future irregular flows to West European countries.
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Counter - trafficking
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IOM takes a comprehensive approach to trafficking in persons within the wider context of managing migration. The approach is based on three principles that govern all counter trafficking activities: respect for human rights; physical, mental and social well-being of the individual and his or her community; and sustainability through institutional capacity building of governments and civil society using Prevention, Prosecution and Protection interventions.
Since 2000, IOM Skopje has been actively engaged in the promotion of solutions addressing the problem of trafficking in human beings, through a variety of activities such as: researches, information campaigns, economic empowerment, technical co-operation, capacity building of the government authorities and return and reintegration assistance. From August 2000 to the end of 2007, 778 VoT have received assistance and over 30 counter trafficking projects have been implemented.
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Humanitarian Programmes
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These humanitarian programmes support activities that benefit victims of National Socialism, especially in Central and Eastern Europe. A major objective is to ensure the provision of basic material assistance and address and protect victims' health, social and legal needs. The special importance is placed on the acknowledgment of the fates of the victims and promotion of intergenerational exchanges.
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 10 April 2008 )
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