Global Migration Film Festival: Minsk 2018 This year the International Organization for Migration holds the Global Migration Film Festival (GMFF) for the third time. The festival offers fiction and documentary films about migrants, challenges and potential of migration, problems that migrants may face and, finally, the benefits they bring to societies and communities. The GMFF is another way to show one of the . . . Read more
A new 7-million euro project on addressing irregular migration was officially launched in Minsk on 23 October 2018. The irregular migration management is one of the priority issues for almost every country, including Belarus which faces a 30% increase of irregular migrants this year as compared to last year. The project “Helping Belarus address the phenomenon of increasing numbers of . . . Read more
When you think of Brazil, you immediately think of football. However, when it comes Belarus, the landlocked Eastern European country, perhaps not so much. Yet, it is Belarus where Nivaldo Ciriaco, better known as Ciríaco found himself in recent years. The Brazilian football player first came to Belarus in 2015 during the 11th Futsal World Cup as a member of . . . Read more
With the support of the EU and the IOM Development Fund, IOM Belarus and the State Border Committee (SBC) are rolling out a new information campaign about COVID-19 prevention and targeting foreigners and Belarusian citizens entering the country. At passport control, everyone will receive a leaflet with the information about COVID-19, its risks and prevention measures, as well as behavioral . . . Read more
“Panic makes our immune systems weak. The key thing is to follow recommendations and stay positive.” Wise words from Dr Hasan Imrul, who came from Bangladesh to what was then the Soviet Republic of Byelorussia (now Belarus) 29 years ago to study at medical university. Now he’s on the frontline of the country’s COVID-19 response.
IOM Minsk announces the vacancy of the National Program Officer according to the attached Advertisement. All interested applicants are kindly invited to send their Cover letter in English and IOM Personal History Form (contains name and contact information of three referees) to tmarholina@iom.int and iomminsk@iom.int by 06 April 2020 latest, referring to this advertisement in the subject line of your message. Please . . . Read more