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Email: [email protected] www.iom.no IOM NORWAY WINTER 2014/2015 2 International Migrants Day: The Norwegian government, the Embassy of the United States and the Red Cross join IOM for a panel discussion at the Norwegian pre-premiere of The Good Lie On Wednesday the 19th of November The Lost Boys of Sudan is the name in Oslo, IOM Norway marked 2014 given to the group of over 20,000 information sheets of IOM Norway’s International Migrants Day by boys and girls who of the Nuer and programmes were handed out to the hosting the national pre-premiere of Dinka ethnic groups displaced or guest, including information on the feature film The Good Lie. Nearly Cultural Orientation for Norway- 100 invited guests, including migrant orphaned during the Second bound Refugees (NORCO) – a and diaspora organisations, Sudanese War Civil War (1983- programme that provides integrated ambassadors, academics, and 2005). 2.5 million people were killed pre-arrival cultural orientation members from Norwegian ministries and millions were displaced from classes for quota refugees accepted and directorates, came together to the war. Over 4,000 lost boys and for resettlement in Norway. The watch the moving and inspirational girls resettled in the United States primary objective of pre-departure tale of the “Lost Boys of Sudan.” went with assistance from IOM. orientation is to facilitate the integration of quota refugees into involved in being the world’s top Norwegian society, and it includes resettlement country, and addressing unrealistic expectations highlighted that IOM is a key partner with the aim of reducing culture for the US government in the shock. In The Good Lie, one can see resettlement process. the difficulties that refugees may Annette Sørlie, Senior Adviser at the face when resettled in a completely Red Cross, explained the importance unfamiliar culture, even when given of civil society in the integration of pre-departure cultural orientation by resettled refugees. Janvier Nzigo, IOM. Since the inception of NORCO Outreach Officer at IOM Norway, in 2003, around 8,000 Norway- began his speech by thanking Sørlie bound quota refugees have been and the Red Cross for their given cultural orientation classes. “homework help” programme, Last year, almost 50,000 migrants To coincide with the screening, IOM where he was given valuable help attended an IOM migrant training took the opportunity to discuss with schoolwork and met his first course, held in 49 countries issues of resettlement. (From left to Norwegian friend after having been worldwide. right in photo) Director General resettled in Norway. Congolese Barbro A. Bakken from the Ministry Nzigo talked about his experiences of Children, Equality and Social of being resettled from a refugee INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS DAY Inclusion talked about the great camp in Burundi with the assistance developments seen in Norway’s WATCH VIDEO ON IOM.NO: CELEBRATION OF of IOM, and his feelings of travelling INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS DAY resettlement and integration to Norway with the characteristic practices over the course of her IOM bag. career, including the mandatory “Introduction Programme” that all The IOM bags are featured refugees in Norway attend. Julie repeatedly throughout The Good Lie, Furuta-Toy, Chargé d'affaires of the a film which Nzigo and many other Embassy of the United States in guests found “deeply moving.” After Norway, explained the complexities the film, IOM bags containing IOM NORWAY WINTER 2014/2015 3 The Good Lie: Music and Migration Launch of by Charles Kinney, Jr. Return Stories IOM Norway had the pleasure of hosting message, The Good Lie and its On Web and the pre-premiere of The Good Lie on soundtrack are about migration. November 19. There was an unexpected surprise: the movie featured the music This musical migration is not just a Postcards of of Nico & Vinz and Emmanuel Jal (Find recent phenomenon. Both forced a Way). Nico & Vinz, formerly known as migration (Africans/refugees from Nazi Return Envy in Norway, are Norway’s latest Germany) and more recent migration successful musical export. They’re also (Latin America) has had a profound the children of migrants (Ghana and the effect on such diverse music as the This picture caption uses the Caption 2 Ivory Coast) and not surprisingly, they’re invention of jazz, orchestral composition paragraph style and is inside a text box and the development of Tejano and so that you can move it easily as also exceptionally good. Singing in needed to accompany a photo. English and Norwegian and proudly dance music. Afro-beat, Bossa Nova, Norwegian and African, Nico & Vinz Polka, Indian pop, Celtic, Native made Am I Wrong a global hit. American, Aboriginal, Klezmer, J-pop, Caribbean, Fado and even Kabuki has spread and evolved not only because people want to hear it, but because Based on a project from IOM Ireland, migrants brought it. BBC Radio 4 IOM Norway has launched Stories of produces an astonishing series entitled Return (web) and Postcards of Return Musical Migrants that tells the story of (printed). Both the web and the book tell blues, country-western, opera, folk, the stories and experiences of returnees. samba, classical, flamenco, reggae and These are not just success stories. They tango through migrants. (Musical are honest depictions and experiences of Migrants. BBC. 2008-2013 returnees upon return.