IOM supports the exchange of experiences related to migrant children and adolescents in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador
On the 19th of September Guatemala City hosted representatives from Mexico, El Salvador and Honduras, who jointly with officers from Guatemala, participated in the meeting ´´Exchange of experiences: practices and standards for the protection of migrant children and adolescents´´, in which the efforts made by each of the countries in terms of the attention of migrant children and adolescents were analysed.
Migration to the Beat of Reggae
For many, organizing an event that includes public institutions, members of government and international organizations, but also 6 ´´rastas´´ might seem wild, and in a way it is, but at the same time it is this craziness that made this activity an unusual challenge.
OIM launches MigrantApp, the first application for migrants in Mesoamerica
IOM, the United Nations Agency for Migration, launched MigrantApp, the first pilot of MigApp, a global effort to provide information that facilitates regular, safe and orderly migration. MigrantApp provides reliable, rapid, safe and free information in three languages on governmental, private and civil society service, that assist migrants.
El Salvador’s General Directorate of Migration and IOM deliver Transit Cards to minors in border zone with Honduras
On August 25, El Salvador´s General Directorate of Migration (DGME in Spanish), with the support of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), began issuing documentation for children and adolescents who reside along the border with Honduras, and who often cross the border strip in Morazán. The Border Transit Card aims to facilitate safe and orderly migration for residents in the border municipalities of Perquín, Arambala and Nahuaterique.
Panama prepare to assume the Pro-Tempore Chair of the Regional Conference on Migration, with IOM support
On November 29, 2017, Panama will assume the Pro-Tempore Presidency of the Regional Conference on Migration (RCM) with the responsibility of contributing to the UN Global Compact in regards to safe, regular and orderly migration.
Guatemala and Mexico organize cross-border diploma on migration
Migration is a human phenomenon and so goes beyond than just numbers and statistics. To understand the issue, one must study the many faces of mobility and the spaces in which it happens. This imperative underlines this second diploma course on professional training: "Human Rights in the Interactions of Old and New Mobilities".
On International Youth Day, young people in the region lead migration initiatives
As part of the celebration of International Youth Day held August 12, a number of Mesoamerica Program activities were carried out in which youth leaders played an active role as trainers or facilitators in workshops on migration and youth.
Panama and Costa Rica walk together against human trafficking
Trafficking in persons is a crime that globally affects millions of people and it is important everybody is aware of it. That’s why, for the fifth consecutive year, the Binational Walk against Human Trafficking took place between Costa Rica and Panama. The activity is organized by the Permanent Commission for the Protection and Assistance to Vulnerable Migrants (COPPAMI in Spanish) with support from the International Organization for Migration (IOM) as part of the World Day against Trafficking in Persons which is held every year on July 30.
Documentary Shows Risks of Irregular Migration in Mesoamerica
IOM, The UN Migration Agency has released the documentary, The Fable of the Lion and the Coyote, directed by Costa Rican filmmaker and producer, Miguel Gómez.
OIM launches a new online course on the rights and risk faced by LGBTI migrants
The new course Migration and LGBTI People on the Learning Platform of the International Organization for Migrations will allow officers of governmental institutions and NGOs linked to the topics of migration and human rights that work with lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersexual (LGBTI) migrants, to acquire the necessary knowledge related to the rights and risk faced by this population during their migratory journeys.