IOM Helsinki successfully supports Assisted Voluntary Return in Finland - 100 persons returned voluntarily by the end of June
The IOM project “Developing Assisted Voluntary Return in Finland (DAVRiF)”, launched in January 2010, has by the end of June assisted 100 third country nationals to return to their home countries voluntarily. The growing interest of both voluntary return applicants and IOM’s Finnish partners in the project serves to prove that this project not only complements the work of IOM’s partners but also fills a recognized gap in the Finnish migration system.
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IOM Health Project develops resource package for migrants in Finland
The IOM Health promotion project “Terve tulevaisuus – Health material for refugees, asylum seekers and health professionals” is developing a resource package aiming to promote health care standards for the target groups. The project will produce a resource package consisting of a handbook and DVD.
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IOM continues services to voluntary returnees from Sweden to Afghanistan until 30 September 2010IOM and the Swedish Migration Board have agreed to continue the services to voluntary returnees from Sweden to Afghanistan until 30 September 2010. The IOM Helsinki Afghan Helpline and the IOM Kabul reintegration services to Afghan voluntary returnees from Sweden will therefore be available until the end of September 2010 only.
Afghan nationals returning voluntarily from Sweden must therefore travel before 30 September 2010 if they want to receive reintegration services in Afghanistan.
The IOM Helsinki Afghan Helpline can be contacted on the Swedish telephone number 020 170 1955. It is free to call the number from Sweden.
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IOM publishes book on Migration for Development in Africa: the Health Dimension
IOM Helsinki has published the book
Migration for Development in the Horn of Africa - Health expertise from the Somali diaspora in Finland.
Directed at a diverse audience of policymakers and practitioners, as well as the larger public interested in contemporary transnational issues, this book captures the context in Finland and Somalia which has led to the very first MIDA (Migration for Development in Africa) project for Somalia.
Contributors from a variety of fields and backgrounds discuss, among others, the links between migration and development, the migration profile of Somalia and prevailing needs of the Somali health sector.
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IOM and UNDP team up to bring back Somali Diaspora expertise
The United Nations Development Programme Somalia (UNDP Somalia) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) have launched a joint initiative to tap into key technical expertise among the Somali diaspora in a bid to help rebuild key governance foundations in parts of the country.
The Qualified Expatriate Somali Technical Support – Migration for Development in Africa (QUESTS-MIDA) project targets Somalis with professional expertise in policy and legislation, human resources management, and public financial management living in North America, the UK and the Nordic countries. Through the project, these experts will be engaged in short-term capacity-building placements in Somalia, for an average period of six months to provide on-the-job peer-to-peer training in their respective fields.
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