IOM’s regional director on six-day visit to South Sudan

JUBA – The Regional Director of the International Organization for Migration, (IOM) for East and the Horn of Africa regions, Mr. Mohammed Abdiker, has arrived in Juba, South Sudan on a six-day visit.

Mr. Abdiker will meet government officials, including President Salva Kiir Mayardit, international donors, and the United Nations Country team to inspect humanitarian emergency work being carried out by the IOM.

He will review with government officials the progress made in assisting the return of thousands of
their citizens from neighboring countries.

“Mr. Abdiker will also visit Wau in Western Bahr el Ghazal to assess IOM’s humanitarian response in Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps, including the Naivasha IDPs camp, and surrounding communities, as well as visit transition and recovery activities implemented by IOM for communities and returnees,” read parts of a press statement seen by Sudans Post.

There are more than 1.7 million IDPs in South Sudan living in Protection of Civilians (POC) site, IDP camps, and in host communities.

“IOM’s main activities and assistance in the country includes providing water, sanitation and hygiene services, lifesaving and life sustaining shelter and Non-Food Items through in-kind distributions, cash-based interventions, and health services conducted through static facilities, outreach/mobile clinics, and Rapid Response Teams,” it said.

The IOM is working closely with the Government of South Sudan in supporting efforts to strengthen migration management prevent transnational organized crime, mitigate the risk of public risks, and improve migrant protection through capacity building at institutional, individual, and societal level and policy development.

“IOM seeks to work closely with authorities in the country to deliver programs across the humanitarian-development-peace nexus through an integrated, multi-sectoral approach whereby governance, migration management, and transition, recovery, and stabilization efforts complement humanitarian interventions across the country,” it said.