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IOM Assesses Damage, Launches Early Recovery Activities
Haiti - IOM continues to deliver non-food items (NFI) and water to affected communities throughout Haiti as part of its responsibilities for the coordination of the international community's efforts on emergency shelter and the provision of non-food support.
Let's Get Out of This Town Before We Lose Our Lives
"I told my wife: Let's get out of this town before we lose our lives." With these words, José starts recounting the past few years of his life. Arjona, a small town in the Department of Valledupar, became a virtual ghost town the night of 26 February 1997.
Expat's Expertise Benefits Senegal's Urban Landscape
Dakar is experiencing a major building boom. It's obvious when you walk the streets of some of the up-and-coming suburbs, such as Le Plateau, Ouakam, Point E or les Mamelles. Whole neighbourhoods have turned into construction sites and buildings are mushrooming every week.
Singing While You Work
Until recently, Dairo, a young man from Colombia's northern coast, made his living singing the folkloric vallenata rhythms with his group at special events in his native city of Cesar. But one day last May the group received an offer they couldn't refuse: to travel to Spain as part of an IOM-managed temporary labour migration programme, earn money and spread Colombia's vallenata musical culture. This was the group's dream come true.
Beware of fraudulent offers of migration assistance in the internet or email marketing.
Individuals considering migrating for whatever purpose or destination should take extreme caution in dealing with internet offers or email marketing in light of recent surge in fraudulent schemes. These schemes seek to extract money from migrants by claiming their programme is under the auspices of the destination country, lawyers’ associations, IOM, the United Nations or other humanitarian organizations.
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