International Organization for Migration Greece

The International Organization for Migration was founded in December 1951, operating as the Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration (ICEM). Today, 67 years on, IOM is the world leading intergovernmental UN Organization for migration. IOM Greece, as a founding member of IOM, has a long cooperation experience with the Greek Government and the civil society, aiming at helping and supporting migrants.

As the leading international organization for migration, IOM always acts with safety and dignity among its partners in the international community in order to:

Assist in meeting the growing operational challenges of migration management;
Advance understanding of migration issues;
Encourage social and economic development through migration.
IOM implements projects aiming at a successful social and labor migrant integration, legal and orderly migration to EU and non EU countries, enhancement of accommodation facilities, improvement of migrants’ living conditions, counter of racism, xenophobia and human trafficking.

ACTIVITIES

• Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration
  
• Relocation to other EU member states
  
• Site management support
  
• Migrant integration in collaboration with the Greek municipalities
  
• Primary health care with implementing partners
  
• Safe zones for unaccompanied children
  
• Education of migrant and refugee children