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OSCE joins forces with international organizations to seek answers to irregular migration problem
Publishing date: 30 October 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Countering terrorism, Migration, Policing
A project organised jointly by the OSCE, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the International Organization for Migration, to map the links between irregular migration, migrant smuggling and trafficking in human beings along the East Mediterranean Migration Route, began with a seminar in Vienna on 30 and 31 October 2013.
OSCE/ODIHR provides assessment of migrant integration policies in Armenia
Publishing date: 23 October 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Economic activities, Migration
A number of laws and policies are in place in Armenia to promote the integration of migrants into society, but more steps could be taken to make further improvements, concludes an assessment prepared by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in co-operation with the non-governmental organization Migration Policy Group and presented in Yerevan on 23 October 2013...
OSCE Centre promotes migration management in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 14 May 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Economic activities, Migration
SHYMKENT, Kazakhstan, 14 May 2013- An OSCE-supported regional workshop, comprised of a seminar on improving the regulation of migration policies at the local level, and a training event on best practices in the integration of migrants, started in Shymkent in south Kazakhstan today...
Model OSCE Conference participants in Armenia discuss migration
Publishing date: 2 May 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
YEREVAN, 2 May 2013 – Some 60 young people from Armenia gathered today in Yerevan in a simulation of the OSCE core decision-making body – the Permanent Council...
OSCE Special Representative, on follow-up visit to UK, calls for monitoring human rights impact of anti-trafficking and migration policy
Publishing date: 29 May 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Migration
The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, emphasized the protection of human rights of trafficked persons at an event on 28 May 2012 in London jointly organized with the UK Home Office, and with the participation of Damian Green, UK Minister of State for Immigration...
OSCE supports training for Tajik border guard services on refugees and asylum issues
Publishing date: 9 December 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Border management, Migration
The OSCE and the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) held an intensive train–the-trainers course for border guard officers on the rights of refugees and asylum seekers as well as reception practices at border entry points from 21 to 30 November 2011...
OSCE workshop on Kazakhstan’s draft migration law
Publishing date: 19 May 2011