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IOM promotes binational dialogue between Dominican and Haitian authorities through cross-border roundtables

On Thursday, February 25, a first binational meeting was held at the Interagency Coordinated Management Post of Carrizal in the municipality of Comendador (Elías Piña province) between the civil and military authorities of the neighboring towns of Elias Piña and Belladere, convened by the members of the Comendador-Belladere Cross-Border Dialogue Table (MDTs) to promote a work plan and encourage dialogue between authorities.   

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Protecting data is protecting people: four questions and answers about data protection and information hubs

IOM considers that data protection is fundamental to support its operations, as it is key to the respect of human dignity and the right to privacy of individuals. In the framework of January 28, International Data Protection Day, IOM, from the Western Hemisphere Program, shares with the Information Hubs on Migration of the region four key questions and answers on the subject. 

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Dajabón Migratory Information Hub

It provides, free of charge, all the information related to any migratory process that will be carried out, such as general information, orientation of the documents to be presented according to their requests, creation of e-mails, user profiles, online form complement and the uploading of documents in the platform of the General Direction of Migration.

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Elías Piña Migratory Information Hub

It provides, free of charge, all the information related to any migratory process that will be carried out, such as general information, orientation of the documents to be presented according to their requests, creation of e-mails, user profiles, online form complement and the uploading of documents in the platform of the General Direction of Migration.

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Jimaní Migratory Information Hub

It provides, free of charge, all the information related to any migratory process that will be carried out, such as general information, orientation of the documents to be presented according to their requests, creation of e-mails, user profiles, online form complement and the uploading of documents in the platform of the General Direction of Migration.

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General Directorate of Migration closes training cycle in Dajabón, Dominican Republic

The General Directorate of Migration of the Dominican Republic, with the support of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), closed the fourth day of the Induction Seminar for the Improvement of Migration Controls, Border Management and Culture of Peace, held on Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 November, in Dajabón.

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Governments and local organizations will be able to receive training on migration information models with a free IOM course

The International Organization for Migration launched the online course "Information Hubs on Migration". The course is free, open to the public and 100% virtual through IOM's E-Campus platform. The main function of the hubs, located in the facilities of municipalities and other local instances, is to provide current, potential or returned migrants with access to reliable information on regular migration channels and to direct them to existing services in the community, to facilitate their protection, integration or reintegration, as the case may be.

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Central American countries, Mexico and the Dominican Republic meet to analyze the regional situation of human trafficking

Closing an atypical year, the Regional Coalition against Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling of Migrants (CORETT) held a virtual meeting during the week of November 23 to analyze the work done in 2020 and to propose the objectives of the Coalition for 2021. The response to the crisis caused by COVID-19 was a key element of the sessions.

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