IOM Lao PDR proudly handed over 45 📱tablets and 150 magnifiers 🔎 to the Department of Immigration, Ministry of Public Security, to support efforts in strengthening border management. These new tools, funded by the Government of Japan🇯🇵, aim to enhance technological capabilities and improve the frontline officers’ operational efficiency in immigration control in their daily operations, reinforcing national security while ensuring the smooth facilitation of travelers. IOM remains committed to working alongside the Government of Lao PDR to modernize border management and build sustainable migration governance frameworks. By integrating advanced technology, we take another step toward enhancing efficiency, security, and regional connectivity.
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Recently, IOM in collaboration with World Concern Laos, under the PROMISE programme supported by Swiss Cooperation Mekong, conducted a Training of Trainers on Safe Migration for village chiefs, security personnel, and Women’s Union representatives from 7️⃣1️⃣ villages in Phonthong District, Champasack Province. Representatives from eight target villages joined their peers across the district to learn about safe migration practices, labour rights, human trafficking prevention, and access to support services. Equipped with this knowledge, they will now train their communities to make informed migration decisions and stay protected. By strengthening local capacity, we are building safer migration pathways and more resilient communities.
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Capacity Building for Stronger Border Security! 💪 Strengthening border security starts with equipping officers with the right skills! As part of our commitment to enhancing border management in Lao PDR, IOM in partnership with Department of Immigration successfully conducted specialized training sessions to ensure immigration officers can effectively detect fraudulent documents and uphold international security standards. With support from the Australian Department of Home Affairs, these sessions provided: - Hands-on training on using the advanced VSC Regula 4306 for document verification. - Technical knowledge on identifying fake passports, visas, driver licenses and other personal documents. - Standardized procedures to improve efficiency and combat irregular migration. - These training sessions were a crucial step in enhancing skills, strengthening border security, and promoting safer migration.
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Today is International Migrants Day! In Lao PDR, the UN Network on Migration stands united to ensure that migration is safe, orderly and regular, and full of opportunity for all. Together, let’s celebrate the migrants’ resilience and contributions, while committing to take every step to empower every journey. Hear directly from our Network leaders in Lao PDR and share your thoughts! United Nations | IOM - UN Migration | IOM Asia Pacific | International Labour Organization | UN Human Rights - Asia | UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency | UNICEF | UNDP | UN-Habitat Lao PDR | The World Bank | World Health Organization #InternationalMigrantsDay #UNNetworkOnMigration #LaoPDR #LeaveNoOneBehind #EveryStep #MigrantsDay #IMD2024 #IOMLaoPDR
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IOM Lao PDR is honored to support the participation of Lao PDR's representative in the Eighth South-East Asia SDG Multi-Stakeholder Forum co-organized by ESCAP and the Regional UN Network on Migration in Bangkok on 12-13 November 2024. One of key objectives of the Forum is to foster knowledge exchange, collaboration and action-oriented discussions to enhance decent work for migrant workers as well as living conditions of migrants in an urban setting as contribution to implementing the 2030 Agenda and the Global Compact for Migration (GCM). #SDGs #IOM #GCM #2023Agenda
On behalf of the Asia-Pacific United Nations Network on Migration, IOM Regional Director Iori Kato closed a panel on Decent Work and Economic Growth at the 8th South East Asia SDG Multi-Stakeholder Forum. He called for a commitment to build a region where migrant workers are valued and where migration is an opportunity for sustainable development, aligning with the 2030 Agenda and the Global Compact on Migration. #ESCAP #SDGs #sustainabledevelopment #2030Agenda
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Working with the Task Force on ASEAN Migrant Workers, the civil society organizations, International Labour Organization and UN Women, IOM is proud to support discussion on civil society recommendations for the ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour in the Lao People's Democratic Republic 🇱🇦. Through the #PROMISE project, we are committed to shaping policies that uphold migrant workers' rights in ASEAN. The ASEAN Secretariat
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After facing a flash flood in Luangnamtha, which left many families displaced and communities devastated. Last week, IOM joined forces with the UN agencies, development partners, and central and local government officials. Together, summarized the impacts and conducted a comprehensive Needs Assessment and Early Recovery Planning for the flood in Luangnamtha Province, Lao PDR. This initiative aims to respond to priority needs and plan for future disaster prevention. On the same occasion, IOM also provided supplies to the Luangnamtha Provincial Labour and Social Welfare Department, which will be distributed to ethnic schools where students lack clothes and bags due to the flood. In these challenging times, our collective efforts and solidarity bring hope and support to those in need, ensuring that no one is left behind.
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The 17th Meeting of the ASEAN Committee on the Implementation of the ASEAN Declaration on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers (17th ACMW Meeting) convened on the 24-25th September, 2024 in Luang Prabang, Lao PDR, gathering focal points from all ASEAN Member States (AMS). IOM had an honour to join the Open Session together with other development partners showcasing joined-up efforts in regard to protection and promotion of the rights of migrant workers in the region. As a back-to-back event, the second edition of the ASEAN Migration Outlook was officially launched, featuring the complexities and interrelationships among different factors involved in climate-induced human mobility. In the context of growing vulnerability to extreme weather events in the ASEAN region causing more than 75 million displacements in the decate to 2021, the Outlook lays the knowledge foundation for the AMS dialogue on the climate change and human mobility nexus and identifying priority issues and opportunities to synchronize local, national and regional policies to respond to the climate change impacts. #IOMLaoPDR #PROMISE #LMI #ASEAN
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#TyphoonYagi left massive displacements and destruction in #VietNam affecting over 74,000 families. IOM is on the ground supporting the government’s humanitarian and recovery efforts. We need #ClimateAction now to prevent further displacement. #ClimateMigration