09 Nov 2024        12:37:16 pm

International Relations

International Organisation for Migration (IOM)

Tags : International Organisation for Migration (IOM)

Topic: Multilateral Organizations

Why in the news?

• Rescue workers searched for 75 people believed missing after smugglers forced them to swim in open sea off Djibouti\'s coast, the UN’s migration agency said. With 48 confirmed dead, it was the second deadliest disaster on the route this year, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said.

Source: The Hindu 

About International Organisation for Migration (IOM):

• It is an intergovernmental organization that provides services and advice concerning migration to governments and migrants, including internally displaced persons, refugees, and migrant workers.
• It was established in 1951.
• Its headquarters are located in Geneva, Switzerland.
• It has 175 member states and 8 observer states.
• Its mandate is to promote humane and orderly migration for the benefit of all, through providing services and advice to governments and migrants.
• Its publications include the World Migration Report and the Migration Health Annual Report.
• Its key areas of work include:
  • Migration and development: IOM works to maximize the benefits of migration for both the home and host countries, as well as for migrants themselves.
  • Migration health: The organization provides health services and support to migrants and displaced populations.
  • Emergency operations: IOM responds to humanitarian crises by providing emergency relief and post-crisis recovery programs, such as transportation assistance, temporary shelter, and rebuilding infrastructure.
  • Counter-Trafficking: The organization actively combats human trafficking through prevention, protection, and prosecution initiatives, providing support to victims of trafficking.

Djibouti:

• It is located in the Horn of Africa.
• It lies at the northernmost point of the Great Rift Valley. 
  • It is in Djibouti that the rift between the African Plate and the Somali Plate meets the Arabian Plate, forming a geologic tripoint.
  • The tectonic interaction at this tripoint has created the lowest elevation of any place in Africa at Lake Assal, and the second-lowest depression on dry land anywhere on earth.
• It is bordered by:
  • Somalia to the south
  • Ethiopia to the southwest
  • Eritrea in the north
  • Red Sea, Bab-el-Mandeb Strait and Gulf of Aden to the east

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