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Azerbaijan has been an IOM Member State
since 2001
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International Migrant Day |
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Migrant
Workers
Hit By
Crises
Need
Comprehensive,
Long
Term
Help,
Says IOM
on
International
Migrants
Day,
18th
December
2012
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The
International Organization for Migration (IOM) presence in
Azerbaijan dates back to 1996 with the establishment of the IOM Baku
office in January. In 1998 the Organization's second field office
has been opened in Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic; and in August
2006, IOM's third office in the country was opened in Mingachevir.
On 8 December 1999, the Agreement establishing the legal basis for
further development of friendly cooperation between IOM and the
Republic of Azerbaijan in handling migration issues has been signed.
Following the Agreement's ratification by the National Assembly of
the Republic of Azerbaijan on 8 February 2000, the Council of IOM,
at its 81st Session in Geneva, agreed to accept Azerbaijan as an IOM
Member State on 7 June 2001. Since the inauguration of its Baku
office in January 1996, IOM has been implementing a variety of
projects in consistence with its mission to assist the Government of
Azerbaijan in meeting the operational challenges of migration,
advance understanding of migration issues, encourage social and
economic development, and uphold the human dignity and well-being of
migrants. More specifically, the intervention areas of IOM in
Azerbaijan through the provision of technical assistance to the
government are:
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Legislation development and adjustment
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Border Management;
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Prevention of irregular migration, in particular human
smuggling and human trafficking;
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Facilitation of migration dialogue;
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Community development and micro credits;
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Provision of water by rehabilitation of subterranean water
systems called 'chaheriz';
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Movement assistance;
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Assisted return and reintegration;
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