Work will begin at the end of April and will be completed within three months for the accommodation and hosting of the UN International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Cyprus at the "House of Volunteers/NGO Hub", in Kokkinotrimithia. The works will be carried out by the Public Works Department of the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works. A coordination meeting was held today, 13 April 2022, between the Commissioner of Citizen Mr. Panagiotis Sentonas, the First Executive Maintenance Engineer of the Department of Public Works Ms. Eleni Kaskiri, and the Head of the IOM Office in Cyprus Ms. Natasha Xenophontos-Koudounas.
The UN International Organization for Migration (IOM) Office in Cyprus was inaugurated in November 2015. It falls under the responsibility of the IOM Regional Office for the European Economic Area, Switzerland and the United Kingdom in Brussels. The IOM Office in Cyprus works closely with the governmental authorities of Cyprus, such as the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works, the Ministry of Interior, the State Ministry of Social Welfare, the Office of the Ombudsman, UN and EU agencies and with various partners in civil society, local authorities and academia. Actions implemented by IOM include assisted voluntary return and reintegration of migrants, housing and integration of unaccompanied migrant children over the age of 16 and raising public awareness to address the increase in xenophobia and discrimination.
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