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OAS Launches Online Database of Legal Information on Migration May 24, 2011 Issue 4 IOM IN BRIEF IN THE AMERICAS 1. Flash on IOM Activities Haiti.— IOM continues assisting victims of the provision of assistance to the displaced the earthquakes, communities and population in spite of a vastly under-funded governmental institutions humanitarian space. The majority of camp service IOM Haiti continues to provide emergency providers are withdrawing due to a lack funds. response to address the displacement caused by However, with the rainy season fast-approaching, the January 2010 earthquake (with one of the there will be an increase in humanitarian needs. largest operational capacities in Haiti) while IOM’s emergency response capacity will again be continuing its pre-earthquake mandate of to the test this rainy/hurricane season, given the addressing more traditional migration issues. increased demand of needs with a decreased supply of assistance. However, the support This dual approach has achieved significant shown by the donors has equipped IOM Haiti with results. Since January, IOM Haiti has raised over the capacity to fill critical gaps. USD 35 million in new funding towards the implementation of a diverse portfolio of activities, Paraguay and Argentina.— The DDG’s visit such as, Human Trafficking, Cholera Response, to Argentina and Paraguay Land Tenure, Disaster Risk Reduction, and CCCM On May 2-6, 2011, the Deputy Director General, Operations, inter alia. Ambassador Laura Thompson visited Argentina and Paraguay. The objective remains the implementation of effective projects in a timely manner, hence the In Argentina, the DDG met with the priority working with the Haitian Government to Undersecretary for Political Affairs of the Ministry develop capacity. The Mission works closely with of Foreign Relations of Argentina, as well as with line ministries, the Interim Haitian Reconstruction high authorities of the Ministry of Interior and the Commission, and civil protection agencies to Direction of Migration. The main topics addressed ensure that the projects are aligned with the during the meeting were: the implementation of objectives of the Haitian Government and its the restructuring plan in the Regional Office in citizens. Buenos Aires, the voluntary contribution from the Government of Argentina and a possible The Displacement Tracking Matrix Report (DTM) agreement with the ‘’Cascos Blancos’’ agency, (which identifies the population size and location among others. of internally displaced persons in Haiti following the earthquake) was recently published in In Paraguay, the DDG met with the Viceminister collaboration with the Department of Civil for Administrative and Technical Affairs, the Protection, the sub-unit of the Haitian Ministry of Director of Consular Affairs and the Director of Interior charged with protecting Haitians in the the Office for the Assistance of Paraguayans event of an emergency. The Report has become Abroad of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the the authority on describing the displacement Ministry of Interior, the Director of Migration, the situation in Haiti and was endorsed by the Haitian Viceminister of Labor, the Ministry of Government, the UNCT, and the IHRC preceding Repatriation and the UN Resident Coordinator. publication. The main topics of discussion during this visit were: the migration law, the creation of a new The DTM Report presents an on-going coordination body on migration matters, the role displacement crisis occurring in Haiti, with of MERCOSUR on migration issues, the voluntary 680,000 IDPs still living in camps across the contribution of Paraguayan Government, the out- country. IOM remains committed to continuing Page 2 IOM IN BRIEF IN THE AMERICAS of-country voting and other capacity building Cone, the IOM Head of Office in Santiago and the initiatives. Senior Regional Advisor for the Americas attended the meeting, as well as a technical staff Haiti.— Positive accomplishments of the from the MRF Buenos Aires in the capacity of PREPEP (Program for Revitalization and Technical Secretariat of the Conference. Promotion of Understanding and Peace) management and implementation. One of the most important outcomes was that The overall PREPEP Stabilization program is now Brazil announced that they will host the XI approaching nearly a $100 million portfolio. meeting of the SAMC that will take place in Through several incremental grant modifications, October. Other relevant topics that were the PREPEP has been able to gain the confidence addressed among others in the meeting were: the of the donor and carry out an extremely relationship between the SACMC and UNASUR; diversified and relevant menu of sustainable the participation of Civil Society Organizations in community development initiatives addressing the annual meetings of the South American social and environmental vulnerabilities Conference; the link between environment and throughout Haiti. migration and the effective implementation of multilateral and sub-regional agreements Jamaica.— Migration & Development event regarding the regularization of migrants. in Kingston: EU/LAC Migration Project IOM informed about the EU funded project to Launch. support the EU-LAC dialogue on migration and On May 5, 2011, the Government of Jamaica, about the 60th Anniversary, as well as on the engaged in the process of developing a implementation of the migration profiles in the comprehensive migration policy for the country, sub-region. held a conference to present its three migration policy initiatives: Colombia. — IOM's response to the emergency in Colombia. 1. Developing a National Policy and Plan of Action Since April 2010, IOM Colombia has been on International Migration and Development. providing assistance to the Colombian 2. Mainstreaming Migration into National Government to address the emergency caused by Development Strategies. heavy rains brought by La Niña. IOM Colombia is 3. Developing a Migration Profile. receiving funding from the UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) and the Colombian Family During his speech preceding the detailed Welfare Institute. presentation of the initiatives, IOM Regional Representative for Washington DC highlighted IOM actions to respond to the emergency caused the positive relationship between migration and by the rain are the following: development and presented concrete steps to develop mechanisms and tools to mainstream On March 2011, IOM provided cooking kits, migration into development policies. sleeping kits, hygiene kits and shelter kits to 200 families /800 people in the municipality of IOM staff in charge of the coordination of the EU- Tibu (Department of Norte de Santander). LAC project from the MRF Brussel also attended the conference. Since December 2010, IOM has been building 750 shelters housing in San Benito Abad (Sucre Chile.— VI Inter-Sessional meeting of the Department) and Ayapel (Department of South American Conference on Migration. Córdoba). The South American Conference on Migration’s VI Inter-sessional meeting took place in Chile on On April 26, 2011, a total of 136 tents were May 12 and 13. delivered for the care of 6,800 children affected by floods and located in 10 departments. 10 of the 12 South American countries attended (only Guyana and Surinam did not participate). IOM, having the lead of the Shelter Cluster, has The Regional Representative to the Southern assembled a weekly working team whose Page 3 IOM IN BRIEF IN THE AMERICAS activities can be found here. Guatemala.— IOM is also working in collaboration with the Publication of IOM Ministry of Education to improve and/or Remittances Survey in reconstruct 35 educational institutions damaged by the winter and located in 8 Guatemala. departments. In April 2011, IOM Guatemala, jointly with UNICEF, published a survey El-Salvador.—Project inauguration by entitled Remittances 2010: authorities: “Regularization of Nicaraguan Protecting Children and migrants and their families in El Salvador ". Adolescents. The survey The delivery of the first El Salvador’s resident card revealed notably that more to a Nicaraguan migrant officially inaugurated the than 1.6 million Guatemalans are living abroad, Project “Regularization of Nicaraguan migrants of which 1.4 million are sending money to their and their families in El Salvador” (PRORENISA, by relatives. Of the remittances sent to its acronym in Spanish), supported by IOM. Guatemalans, 49 percent are used for household consumption. The General Director of Migration, Rubén Alvarado; the General Consular Director in Mexico.— Course on The Protection of the Nicaragua, Lury Orozco; the Ambassador of Rights of All Migrant Nicaragua in El Salvador Gilda Bolt and the IOM Chief of Mission in El Salvador, Norberto Girón, Workers and their participated on the inaugural act of the project. families, Trafficking in Persons for Labour The project’s objective is to regulate the Exploitation. On May 4 and 11, 2011, the maximum number of Nicaraguans residing irregularly in El Salvador since before December Federal Judicial Council and 2008. It has been opened a Consular window of the International Organization for Migration, held the embassy of Nicaraguan in the department of a course to raise awareness on the main rights of San Miguel and adjacent to the facilities opened migrant workers and trafficking. The course in the area Migration and Foreign Matter General entitled "Protecting the rights of migrant workers Direction zone. The Nicaraguans obtain more and their families, and trafficking for labor quickly, the documents they require to process exploitation,"
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