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The European Commission has adopted eleven new programmes for the Horn of Africa under the EU Emergency Trust Fund for Africa.
- Region and Country
- Horn of Africa
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The East and Horn of Africa borders are some of the busiest in the world, as they cut across key migration routes to Europe and the Gulf countries.
- Region and Country
- Horn of Africa
- Thematic
- Improved migration management
- Partner
- GIZ
- International Organization for Migration
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Thirteen participants from Kenyan, Ethiopian, and Sudanese police and investigation agencies attended a two-week course in Italy on “Trafficking in Human Beings”.
- Region and Country
- Horn of Africa
- Regional Horn of Africa
- Thematic
- Improved migration management
- Partner
- GIZ
- Highlighted
BackgroundThe Better Migration Management (BMM)programme is protecting migrants and providing them with better medical care.
- Region and Country
- Horn of Africa
- Thematic
- Improved migration management
- Partner
- GIZ
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A young woman enters a local health clinic; her hands filled with blisters.
- Region and Country
- Horn of Africa
- Regional Horn of Africa
- Thematic
- Improved migration management
- Partner
- International Organization for Migration
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Kenya has been operating a successful National Coordination Mechanism (NCM) system since July 2016 and it is considered among the best in the Horn of Africa and East Africa as a whole.
- Region and Country
- Horn of Africa
- Thematic
- Improved migration management
- Partner
- GIZ
- Highlighted
Rising unemployment, land shortage, and ethnic tensions across the Amhara region in Ethiopia drive about 80,000 people to cross the border every year to find work on the Sudanese farms in the Gedaref State where labour demand is high.
- Region and Country
- Horn of Africa
- Thematic
- Improved migration management
- Partner
- GIZ
- Highlighted
The Horn of Africa hosts more than 9 million displaced persons, many of which travelling irregularly, without visa or papers.
- Region and Country
- Horn of Africa
- Thematic
- Improved migration management
- Partner
- GIZ
- Highlighted
IGAD Ministers review progress and set priorities to deliver durable solutions to Somali refugeesFrom 20-22 March 2018 in Nairobi, the first regional stocktaking meeting took place to review progress made in delivering the Nairobi Declaration and Action Plan, which were adopted at the IGAD Heads of...
- Region and Country
- Horn of Africa
- Thematic
- Improved migration management
- Partner
- Intergovernmental Authority on Development
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"I was among 150 migrants packed into a truck by smugglers from Sudan — 100 Eritreans and 50 Somalis.
- Region and Country
- Horn of Africa
- Thematic
- Greater economic and employment opportunities
- Partner
- International Organization for Migration