Press Releases
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IOM Egypt Launches BOSLA Mobile Applications
Cairo, 26 May 2017 - IOM Egypt has recently launched a mobile application for Bosla, a migrant information-sharing website that provides information on services available to migrants in Egypt.
Topics: Bosla, Information, START -
IOM Strengthens Capacities to Identify Victims of Trafficking in Egypt
Cairo, 23 May 2017 - IOM Egypt organized a three-day training on 16-18 May 2017 in Cairo for health practitioners on the identification and referral of victims of trafficking and vulnerable migrants.
Topics: Capacity Building, Counter-Trafficking, Health -
IOM Egypt, AUC Mark the Completion of the Certificate on Migration Governance
Cairo, 23 May 2017 - IOM Egypt and the American University in Cairo (AUC)’s Center for Refugee and Migration Studies (CMRS) hosted the Graduation Ceremony for the Certificate on Migration Governance.
Topics: Capacity Building, Certificate, CMRS -
IOM Supports the Migration Policy Centre to Organize a Debate on Migration in Europe
Rome, 19 May 2017 - IOM supported the launch of the first in a series of debates on Migration in Europe titled “Thinking beyond the crisis: Labour migration and mobility in the Euro-Mediterranean region”.
Topics: Cooperation, Labour Migration, NOAH -
IOM Egypt Releases a Publication on Interpreting Economic Migration Flows
Cairo, 30 April, 2017 – IOM Egypt released a publication titled “Promoting a Common Understanding of Migration Trends” which proposes an alternative and innovative methodology for interpreting economic migration flows.
Topics: CAPMAS, Labour Migration, Publication -
IOM Egypt, UN, Egyptian Foreign Ministry, Francophone Embassies Celebrate International Sport Day
Cairo, 24 April 2017 – To mark both the International Day of Sport for Peace and Development and the International Francophonie Day, a celebration was held in Cairo that included a football match between the UN family and Francophone embassies in Egypt.
Topics: Community Cohesion, SDGs, Sport -
IOM Egypt Marks World Health Day with Awareness-raising Sessions on Depression
Cairo, 20 April 2017 - IOM Egypt organized a series of awareness raising sessions on depression from 9–20 April to mark World Health Day (7 April), which this year, had the theme: Depression: let’s talk.
Topics: Awareness, Depression, Health -
IOM, CAPMAS Launch New Migration Data Analysis Unit in Egypt
Cairo, 11 April 2017 - On 6 April, Egypt’s Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) and IOM launched a new Migration Data Analysis Unit.
Topics: CAPMAS, Data, Labour Mobility -
IOM DG in Cairo Expresses Solidarity after Terror Attack
Cairo, 10 April 2017 - IOM Director General William Lacy Swing yesterday (09/04) met with the Prime Minister of Egypt, Sherif Ismail, during his one-day visit to Cairo, where he attended the opening of the 44th session of the Arab Labour Conference.
Topics: Assistance, IOM DG, Solidarity -
Migrants Receive Tailored Services for International Women’s Day
Cairo, 27 March 2017 - In celebration of International Women’s Day, IOM Egypt has organized a month long series of events culminating in a health event on 23 March 2017 to offer free gynecological consultations and referrals to cancer screening services.
Topics: Health, NOAH, Women