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Participants of the three-day media training for journalists from across the North Africa region
The EU-IOM Joint Initiative for Migrant Protection and Reintegration organized a three-day media training for journalists from across the North Africa region to enhance informed migration reporting, with a main focus on return and reintegration.
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Fofana during one of the pre-departure trainings she attended in Morocco / @Amine Oulmakki
Read here the sustainable reintegration story of Fofana, part of the EU-IOM Joint Initiative!
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This first set of Bali Process Policy Guides introduces policymakers and practitioners on how to implement international legal obligations to criminalize migrant smuggling at the domestic level. Since its inception in 2002, the Bali Process on People Smuggling...
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