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the International Organization for Migration (IOM) – in close coordination with the Government of Bangladesh – facilitated the safe return of 160 Bangladeshi migrants stranded in Libya via its Voluntary Humanitarian Return (VHR) programme.
The flight left Benghazi, Libya, on 4 May and landed safely at Dhaka’s Hazrat Shajalal International Airport (HSIA) the following day. The migrants were stranded in Libya due to COVID-19 and the challenging security situation in the country. IOM worked closely with Libyan authorities and the Embassy of Bangladesh in Libya to assist these people in getting home.
Prior to departure, the migrants underwent health checks, and IOM provided them with pre-departure transportation assistance, counselling services and protection screening. They also received personal protective equipment (PPE) and took COVID-19 tests (PCR) before commencing the return to Bangladesh.
28 April 2021
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03/12/21
Nouakchott – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) this month launched a new programme tapping the socio-economic power of diaspora Mauritanians now some 128,500 strong that already remits over USD 1 million to their homeland weekly.
The initiative “Strategic Diaspora Mobilization” for the socio-economic development of Mauritania provides to the West African nation a new, but very familiar source of international support: overseas Mauritanians returning for short-term assignments.
With support from the IOM-EU Joint Initiative for Migrant Protection and Reintegration, Mauritania is availing itself of assistance from citizens living in Europe, the Middle East and North America since 2000.
While remittances are welcome in one of the Sahel region’s most fragile states, it is Mauritania’s overseas talent that is crucial amid the current COVID-19 pandemic. Returning medical personnel embody the importance of migration’s often overlooked “