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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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