IOM Global Office Brussels

🎉 We are pleased to announce the launch of the new IOM Global Office in Brussels! The office will be responsible for liaison, advocacy and resource mobilization with the #EU 🇪🇺 and provide strategic & operational guidance to IOM offices on EU-IOM activities around the world. 🌍

In Khakriz, Kandahar, with EU support, we've completed a check dam capable of storing over 131K cubic meters of water. 💧 This initiative will support over 2,500 families across 12 villages, improving access to water, recharging groundwater, & helping reduce the risk of floods.

💬“I live here to take care of my mother. With this assistance, we pay for water and electricity and buy medicines.” 📽️Watch how with @eu_echo EU 🇪🇺 support, @IOMMoldova is helping war-affected Ukrainians like Svitlana meet their most urgent needs👇.

In #Rwanda, 26-year-old Patrick supports women cross-border traders by transporting goods that can’t go by vehicle. His work provides a livelihood, strengthens community ties, and helps him plan for a better future. With thanks to @EU_Partnerships 🙏 bit.ly/40tb6Tq

From 3 products to 12—Khadim Qadari Food Production Company in Kandahar, southern Afghanistan, is growing fast. With support from IOM and funding from the @EU_Partnerships, this returnee-led business is creating jobs and new opportunities for reintegration. Watch 🎥

IOM🇲🇩 and @OBShealth launched the first Test Resilience Workshop in Moldova as part of the regional IOM-WHO initiative funded by the European Union🇪🇺 to analyze the impact of the influx of war-related migrants from Ukraine on the national health systems. ➡️bit.ly/3TVMxea

Preventing disease and improving living conditions for displaced communities. Last month, over 50,000 people in Haiti gained access to clean water, sanitation, and hygiene services through IOM’s support, thanks to @eu_echo. @ECHO_LatAm @EUDelegationHt

As communities in Myanmar continue to recover from this year’s powerful earthquake, EU aid keeps arriving. Over 50 tons of shelter, sanitation and hygiene items just reached @IOM_Myanmar in Yangon - donated by Italy. 🇮🇹 Grazie! #EUSolidarity

IOM & Tigray Health Bureau joined forces in Sheraro, Tigray to train 46 health workers from 10 facilities on nutrition and acute malnutrition care, thanks to @eu_echo 🇪🇺 support. Empowering local teams to prevent, detect, & treat malnutrition in their communities!

📽️What is #EU4MIGRATION? Learn how this initiative, funded by the @EUinAlbania and implemented by IOM & @UNHCRAlbania in close cooperation with the Government of Albania, will help strengthen the country’s migration and asylum systems in line with EU & international standards.

Great to see the positive impact of our work in South Sudan to empower young people and displaced families with support from @EU_Partnerships and together with UNHCR. @Refugees_EU I @UNinBrussels x.com/IOMSouthSudan/…

🏠 6.1M crisis-affected people received shelter support. 💧8.6M crisis-affected people accessed clean water & sanitation. 🧠 2.8M people reached with humanitarian protection. IOM continues to reach people in need, in the most remote areas.

In Haiti, gang violence has forced 1.3 million people to flee their homes. Cholera is flaring through overcrowded camps and a broken health system. With EU aid, @IOMHaiti helps over 50,000 people access vital hygiene and sanitation. A lifeline in a collapsing country.

Grateful for powerful exchanges this week with the EU and Denmark in New York. Together, we're driving people-centered migration governance, grounded in rights, rooted in solidarity, and backed by flexible, forward-looking support. Real solutions. Shared values.

We join the EU in honouring the victims of the global climate crisis. Every life lost is a tragedy and a call to action. IOM is working to prevent and minimize climate-related displacement in support of EU + global initiatives to build climate resilience & protect those at risk.

Over 7,000 demobilized veterans live in Zaporizhzhia region. With support from the European Union @EUDelegationUA, IOM organized a job fair in Zaporizhzhia to support veterans and their families access new career opportunities and reintegrate into civilian life.

👋On 11 July, join us and @UNmigration for #CEPOLwebinar: Data-driven responses to counter-smuggling. You will learn how IOM’s DESC Initiative enhances the fight against #migrantsmuggling by turning border data into actionable intelligence. 📌europa.eu/!jrVXcb #EMPACT

In overcrowded sites where families fleeing gang violence, IOM testing and treating water to prevent further cholera outbreaks. With @eu_echo’s support, families now have access to clean water that safeguards their health and meets their daily needs. @ECHO_LatAm @EUDelegationHt

🏠 🔨 In Ituri and North Kivu, 2,250 displaced families have regained safety, privacy, and dignity thanks to the emergency shelter kits provided by IOM, supported by @eu_echo . 👉 shorturl.at/dWipk

At the Ukraine Recovery Conference in #Rome, @IOMchief called for support for #Ukraine’s long-term recovery. “Recovery must begin with a focus on the people in need,” she said. “It is not just about returning home, but about regaining a place in society. iom.int/ZxK

Grateful for meaningful discussions today at #URC2025 with 🇱🇹 Foreign Minister @BudrysKestutis, 🇧🇪 Deputy Prime Minister @prevotmaxime & 🇪🇺 Special Envoy @YlvaJohansson. We reaffirmed our shared commitment to safe, regular migration, & to Ukraine’s recovery, protection & future.