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An intergovernmental organization established in 1951, IOM is committed to the principle that humane and orderly migration benefits migrants and society
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| - | 127 Members and 94 observers including 17 States and 77 global and regional IGOs and NGOs | |
| - | More than 460 field locations | |
| - | Approximately 7,000 staff working on more than 2,360 projects | |
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| - | More than US$ 1 billion expenditures in 2009 | |
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Review |
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IOM carried out an assessment of the country’s migration management system in October 2007. |
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IOM reinforces its Job Counseling and Placement Centres
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Unemployment is a major issue. In order to improve employment prospects in Georgia with particular outreach to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), IOM is implementing a job counseling and placement project funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The project builds on IOM’s experience in the area and focuses on unemployment in Georgia, through job counseling, referral and placement services.
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The first step is creating and expanding job counseling and placement centres (JCPs) throughout the country. IOM will expand the two existing centres in Tbilisi and Batumi and open five new offices in the regions - Kutaisi, Poti, Akhaltsikhe, Gori and Telavi. These new centres are strategically located to ensure that a maximum number of beneficiaries are reached and the project impact is maximized. |
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Helping returnees reintegrating in Georgia
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IOM Georgia has been involved in Assisted Voluntary Return (AVR) programmes from different European countries (UK, Switzerland, Ireland, Belgium, Poland, etc.) since 2003. The first countries to start it with Georgia were the UK, and the Czech Republic, then in 2006 Switzerland and Ireland joined, followed by Belgium and Poland. These programmes offer reception and reintegration (business or education) assistance for Georgian failed asylum seekers wishing to return to their homeland voluntarily.
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Since the beginning of AVR programmes IOM has provided reintegration assistance to more than 800 Georgian nationals returning from various European countries.
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IOM operates case-by-case assisted voluntary returns from Belgium, Belarus, the Czech Republic, Ireland, Latvia, the Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Switzerland and the United-Kingdom. IOM provides asylum countries up-to-date information on Georgia, in areas such as education, employment, medical care, social assistance programmes, benefits, accommodation, etc. Reintegration assistance covers vocational training courses, setting up small businesses and public education.
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Trade in second-hand clothes
returnee from Switzerland |
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Trade in footwear
returnee from Ireland |
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Trafficking prevention in Georgian secondary schools
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Most victims of human trafficking are not forced into slavery. When recruiting targeted victims, the trafficker’s most efficient tool is to deceive and make false promises to potential victims without using outright force. In Georgia, young women and men, among them even underage, motivated by poverty, desire to improve one’s position coupled with lack of prospects at home, often perceive sham offers as a chance to improve their lives.
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In order to fight the trafficker’s misinformation, young people need knowledge that will help them to avoid falling prey to traffickers. With this overall objective in mind IOM has been implementing the two-year regional project Secondary Education to Contribute to the Prevention of Trafficking in Persons, which is financially supported by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC). IOM closely cooperates with the Ministry of Education of Georgia on various aspects of the project implementation. |
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Informed Migration |
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Are you thinking of going abroad? Would you like to get reliable information? Check out the IOM’s Informed Migration Website! |
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Return and Reintegration |
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Assisted Voluntary
Return and Reintegration
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IOM assists Georgian natio-
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