Integrating border management in South Sudan – Nimule as a pilot under the Better Migration Management Programme

Participants of the workshop for border agencies held at Nimule on 23-24 May 2018.

On 23-24 May 2018 the Better Migration Management Programme (BMM) facilitated a workshop for the border agencies at Nimule along the border with Uganda. They had operationalised the Ministerial Order No. 09/2015, which established the Integrated Border Management Committee (IBMC). The Ministerial Order calls for the establishment of these committees for all the respective land borders in the Republic of South Sudan, and Nimule Border acts as a pilot because of the level of activities. The workshop brought together fifteen (15) agencies with border roles and functions, such as Immigration, Customs Services, Wildlife and Tourism, Highway traffic police, Interpol (CID), Military Intelligence, and the National Security Services. Apart from law enforcement agencies the 37 participants also consisted of local chiefs and county authorities to ensure host community engagement. The Inspector General of the South Sudan National Police Service (SSNPS), Gen. Majak Akec Malok officially opened and closed the workshop in his capacity as the chairman of the National Coordination Mechanism and also as Inspector General of police.

Details

Publication date: 29 June 2018

Region and Country

Regional Horn of Africa
South Sudan

Thematic

Improved migration management

Partner

Programmes in the region

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Specific Objective 1: to establish and implement a Monitoring and Learning System which monitors and reports on the overall progress of the EUTF Horn of Africa window against EUTF strategic objectives, Horn of Africa policy priorities and EUTF principles of interventions.

Regional Operational Centre in support of the Khartoum Process and AU-Horn of Africa Initiative (ROCK)

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Strengthening the Livelihoods Resilience of Pastoral and Agro-Pastoral Communities in South Sudan’s cross-border areas with Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda

The specific objective is to enhance the food security, income and resilience of pastoral and agro-pastoral communities, and particularly in selected cross-border areas of South Sudan.

IGAD Promoting Peace and Stability in the Horn of Africa Region (IPPSHAR)

The following three thematic objectives and one implementation effectiveness objective are identified to achieve the broader goal of peace and stability in the region:I.

Disrupting criminal trafficking and smuggling networks through increased anti-money laundering and financial investigation capacity in the Greater Horn of Africa

The specific objective is to better equip relevant country agencies to disrupt the traffickers and smugglers of human beings operating in the Greater Horn of Africa through efficient use of financial investigations and anti-money laundering approaches, including on tracing and seizing assets and...

Better Migration Management Programme Phase II

The second phase of the Better Migration Management programme aims to improve the management of safe, orderly and regular migration in the region and support national authorities in addressing the smuggling of migrants and the trafficking in human beings within and from the Horn of Africa.

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