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International Organization for Migration - About Us - IOM in Russia

IOM’s office in Moscow was opened in 1992.

IOM’s activities in Russia are governed by a Cooperation Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the International Organization for Migration, in the following areas:

• direct aid to migrants in the course of migration and integration in the new places of residence;

• emergency efforts to provide assistance to displaced persons in the Northern Caucasus;

• technical and expert assistance in migration management and development of legislation;

• improvement of border control and immigration control systems;

• efforts against human trafficking, including trafficking in women and children for sex exploitation;

• information campaigns to prevent irregular migration;

• return of third-country nationals who are in distress in Russia;

• research programs aimed at resolving migration problems;

• medical aid to migrants;

• voluntary return of Afghan specialists;

• compensation programs for Nazi persecution victims and other programs.