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Date :  2005-05-17
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Press Briefing Notes - 17 May 2005
Spokesperson: Jean Philippe Chauzy

Zambia - Airlift of Angolan Refugees Resumes
Moldova - Conference on Law Enforcement to Combat Human Trafficking
Pakistan- Newly Established Anti-Trafficking Unit Receives IOM Training
Argentina - Seminar on Human Trafficking Legislation and Counter-trafficking Training
Thailand - Consultative Forums on Migrant Rights



Zambia - Airlift of Angolan Refugees Resumes



A first group of 237 Angolan refugees left Lusaka International airport on 16 May onboard two IOM chartered flight bound for Huambo, in Angola’s Central Province.

“IOM now organises two flights a day, six days a week out of Lusaka to help Angolans who want to return home to Huambo and to the South Western province of Benguela,” says IOM’s Chief of Mission in Lusaka Josiah Ogina. “Each flight can transport up to 120 returnees. The airlift will dramatically increase the pace of the repatriation.”

On 10 May, IOM and UNHCR resumed the voluntary repatriation by road of Angolan refugees from camps and settlements in northwestern and western Zambia to Angola’s eastern province of Moxico.

A first IOM convoy transporting 75 refugees left Maheba camp in Northwest Province last week for the two-day return journey to Cazombo in Moxico province, some 700 kilometres from the Zambian border. A second convoy is expected to leave Maheba later today for Cazombo with some 600 returnees. IOM plans to organize land convoys on a weekly basis.

UNHCR, WFP, and the NGOs Médecins Sans Frontières, African Humanitarian Action, Lutheran World Federation, Christian Outreach Relief, MEDAIR, Angolan Red Cross and Development and Association for Aid and Relief, provide the returnees with food, construction kits, pre-embarkation screening, medical escort and mine awareness training. IOM, together with its partner NGO, PSI, provides hygiene kits and information on HIV/AIDS, while security escorts, immigration and customs formalities are ensured by the two governments.

These returns are part of UNHCR's programme to help Angolan refugees return to their country. Since June 2003, more than 77,000 Angolans have returned home with IOM assistance, either on IOM convoys or airlifts.

Working with UNHCR and the Angolan and Zambian governments and with funding from the United States and ECHO, IOM plans to return some 34,500 Angolans from Zambia this year. IOM will also assist some 3,000 Angolan refugees to return from Namibia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

For further information, contact:

Josiah Ogina
IOM Lusaka
Tel: + 260 1 254 055 / + 97 740 550
Email: jogina@iom.int

Mike Pillinger
IOM Angola
Tel: +244 2 370 877
Email: mpillinger@iom.int





Moldova - Conference on Law Enforcement to Combat Human Trafficking



The IOM office in Moldova is hosting the Third Annual Conference on "International Perspectives on Law Enforcement Cooperation in Combating Trafficking in Human Beings".

The three-day event, which opens tomorrow in Chisinau is organised in cooperation with the Ministry of the Interior and the General Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Moldova.

The conference will bring together law enforcement practitioners from Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova and Russia as well as representatives from some 25 countries of origin, transit and destination. It follows similar conferences held in Ukraine and Belarus in 2004 and 2003.

The overall objective of the conference is to enable participants to share their knowledge and experiences within the field of regional and international law enforcement cooperation. It will also give participants the opportunity to discuss operational issues and to define best practices in the field of counter-trafficking.

The conference is conducted within the framework of the Project “Combating Trafficking in Women: Moldova” financed by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida).

For more information, contact:

Lilia Cojocaru
IOM Chisinau
Tel: +373 22 232940
Email: Lcojocaru@iom.int






Pakistan - Newly Established Anti-Trafficking Unit Receives IOM Training



On 14th May, IOM completed a two-week training for the Federal Investigation Agency’s newly established Anti-Trafficking Unit (ATU).

Twenty-five ATU investigators from across the country participated in the training, including seven new female investigators.

The training focused on developing a comprehensive and integrated understanding of trafficking in persons, on promoting rapid information exchange and active operational cooperation and on enforcing legislation. Participants also discussed methods of assistance for victims of trafficking and the importance of building partnerships with the civil society and international organizations.

Leading experts in the field of counter trafficking took part in this event alongside specialists from the Ministry of Interior and emigration officials from the Ministry of Labour, Manpower and Overseas Pakistanis.

This training is part of a wider counter trafficking project currently implemented by IOM in Pakistan in coordination with the Government of Pakistan and with funding from the US Government.

The project addresses the three ‘P’s of counter trafficking - Protection, Prevention and Prosecution.

Pakistan is a destination, transit and source country for trafficking and experiences both cross-border and internal trafficking. This counter trafficking project, along with the ‘Ordinance to prevent and control human trafficking’ passed by the Government of Pakistan in 2002 constitute important steps forward in combating trafficking in Pakistan.

For more information, contact:

Mariam Khokhar
IOM Islamabad
Tel: + 92 51 287 6948 extension 252
Email: mkhokhar@iom.int






Argentina - Seminar on Human Trafficking Legislation and Counter-trafficking Training



On Thursday the IOM Regional Office in Buenos Aires will host a seminar for lawmakers, the Public Ministry, the Office of the Attorney General, other public officials involved with prevention, protection and assistance for victims of trafficking, and NGOs, to discuss current legislative projects in Argentina and those being used in other countries to combat human trafficking.

In 2002, Argentina ratified the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and its Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking, especially women and children, known as the Palermo Protocol. But two years on, a National Plan of Action has yet to be set up.

IOM officials hosting the seminar will present and analyze a draft legislation to prevent human trafficking and to provide assistance to victims. Participants will discuss counter-trafficking legislation currently in place in Colombia and Peru, in order to agree on a basic set of rules to combat human trafficking and to promote cooperation between legislators and state offices responsible for combating human trafficking.

This seminar is being held as part of the ongoing IOM project "Capacity Building on Counter-Trafficking in Argentina" funded by the US Government (INL) and IOM Buenos Aires.

On Friday, a counter-trafficking training seminar will bring together Argentinean officials in Parana City to discuss assistance to victims. The event will be attended by the Governor, the Secretary of Justice and the President of the Supreme Court of Entre Rios Province. Other participants will include staff of the office in charge of assistance to victims of crimes.

The aim of the course is to increase awareness on human trafficking; emphasizing the importance of a gender and human rights perspective when designing protection and assistance projects for the victims; to analyze the responsibilities of countries as regards to the tools provided by national and international instruments; and to get to know and analyze criteria, methodologies and systems for protection and assistance.

This course is part of the IOM project “Capacity Building on Counter-Trafficking in Argentina” funded by IOM Buenos Aires and the Argentinean Office of Full Assistance to Victims of Crimes.

For more information, contact:

Mercedes Assorati
IOM Buenos Aires
Tel: 0054.11.4322-7041
E-mail: massorati@iom.int







Thailand - Consultative Forums on Migrant Rights



Government officials, employers, NGOs and community leaders from Thailand’s 12 border provinces will gather at three locations over the next month to discuss migrants’ rights.

The three two-day regional consultative forums, organized by IOM and the Thai Ministry of Labour (MOL), will start in Ranong Province tomorrow, move to Mukdahan Province on the 26 May, and end in Tak Province on 3 June.

Each forum will be attended by some 50 participants from neighbouring provincial offices, employers, NGOs, and community leaders.

The forums are the first phase of an IOM/MOL project “Awareness-raising on migrant rights and welfare for government officials, employers, migrants and host community members” in Thailand.

This two-year project will develop workshop modules, train trainers and organize 12 pilot workshops on the theme of migrant rights in Thailand’s border provinces.

Forum participants will identify experiences and knowledge as well as needs and recommendations for promoting migrant rights, especially in the areas of the right to stay, work, health, and education.

Thailand hosts as many as two million migrant workers from neighbouring countries. A registration in July 2004 recorded over 1.2 million migrant workers and their dependents, but many others remain unregistered.


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