Official account of IOM Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia | Promoting safe and regular migration since 1951. Regional Director @ArthurErken
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Through the EU4Borders Security project, government authorities and international partners in Moldova are working together to explore innovative solutions for safer, more efficient travel across borders using the goTravel platform.
Preparedness starts with knowing who is on the move and what they need.
At #VyčioSkliautas2026, IOM deployed the Displacement Tracking Matrix to collect data on the needs of displaced people 🇱🇹🇵🇱
Learn DTM 👉 bit.ly/4k7StyN
Learn the game 👉 bit.ly/4dS3vEC
This summer, IOM and IKEA Polska helped make the Extraordinary School in Józefów more inclusive for around 60 children with disabilities from Poland and Ukraine.
300 newly donated items for classrooms and shared spaces help students feel independent and at home.
At six years old, Marijana Janković left Montenegro for Denmark and spent years navigating two worlds, two cultures & one question: Where do I belong?
Today, the actor and filmmaker is turning that journey into cinema through her film Dom (Home).
Read 👉bit.ly/4zLQIvX
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Tragic incidents off Lesvos & Samos have claimed 12 lives, including a woman and an infant.
Our thoughts are with the victims and their families. These tragedies are a reminder of the urgent need to prevent further loss of life and ensure safe and regular pathways for migration.
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With funding from @Justitiedep IOM is able to help survivors of labour #exploitation and human #trafficking.
Read how the 🇸🇪 funding supported Mark, a foreign labour migrant in #Ukraine via the link: ukraine.iom.int/stories/find…
Last week, 116 participants gathered in Vienna for the #EMN Austria National Conference to explore one key question: How do we keep Schengen strong for the next 40 years?
The message was clear: safe, regular pathways and lasting partnerships go hand in hand. 🇪🇺
🏠 A roof. A school. A future.
When visa delays put a Ukrainian family’s new life in Scotland at risk, IOM’s caseworkers guided them to secure their stay, so the children could keep building their future.
Read their story 👉 bit.ly/4jN0ZD5
📝 Last week, @UNmigration and @Refugees held consultations on Armenia’s Migration and Asylum Strategy, bringing together government representatives and international experts to discuss priorities for effective migration and asylum management.
Funded by the @EU_Commission 🇪🇺
📷 Photography can be a way to connect.
In Kraków, 15 participants from Belarus, Ukraine & Poland joined IOM photography workshops, building new skills & new connections.
🎨 In Bulgaria, refugee children and local students from Ivan Vazov School painted side by side with some of Bulgaria’s best-known graffiti artists.
Nine years on, the wall has become a place to meet, create and share a joyful moment.
Read more 👉 bit.ly/4hWWBPn
What dish makes you feel at home?
For Khalid, it’s Kabuli Pulao. 🍚
After leaving Afghanistan and starting over in Bosnia and Herzegovina, this favourite family dish remains a connection to his roots, culture and people he loves.
Read story 👉bit.ly/4hKdtZG
After leaving Syria to continue his education, Yamen found himself in a university library in Bosnia and Herzegovina, struggling to understand language that was still new to him.
Today, as a psychologist, he uses the same language to help others.
👉 bit.ly/4yMD23N
Displaced from Ukraine’s Kherson region, Liudmyla found friendship and renewed purpose in Mykolaiv, sewing 🧵 mattresses for people in need.
With IOM’s psychosocial support, displaced women are finding the strength to rebuild.
Read more 👉 bit.ly/4jbR6id
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At least 109 migrants, including 15 children, have died and over 116 remain missing after a boat capsized off #Djibouti.
IOM is assisting survivors as search and rescue operations continue.
iom.int/ZXy
In Ukraine, years of war have made uncertainty, loss & fear part of daily life.
On #WorldMentalHealthDay & every day, IOM provides mental health & psychosocial support in Ukraine, helping people manage stress, reconnect & keep moving forward.
@IOMUkraine @UNmigration
🎓How the right support can create new opportunities?
At 67, Anna fled the war in #Ukraine and rebuilt her life in Czechia. With support from IOM, she had her PhD in economics recognized & completed a course on the Czech tax system.
📖bit.ly/4yLUIws
When regular pathways are out of reach, people may turn to unsafe options that put them at risk.
With support from the 🇸🇪 @Justitiedep, IOM works with mahalla communities in 🇺🇿Uzbekistan to help people make informed choices, access safe #migration pathways & support returnees.
More than 20,000 children arrived in Europe last year without a parent or guardian.
As safe pathways become more limited, young people are pushed towards riskier journeys and reliance on smugglers, leaving them vulnerable to exploitation & abuse.
Read 👉bit.ly/4hLXtGK
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IOM has launched FLOW, the first dataset of annual migration flow estimates between all countries since 1960.
Covering more than six decades, it can support research, forecasting and evidence-based policymaking.
Read more 👇 iom.int/ZXR
