IOM Ukraine

New website of the National Toll-Free Counter-Trafficking and Migrant Advice Hotline launched

In order to prevent people from falling prey to traffickers, IOM Ukraine launches a new website of the National Toll-Free Counter-Trafficking and Migrant Advice Hotline www.527.org.ua.

Over 188,000 displaced persons and conflict-affected people assisted by IOM

As of May 2017, IOM has assisted over 188,000 vulnerable internally displaced persons and conflict-affected people in 24 regions of Ukraine. They were provided with cash assistance, medicine, hygiene items, clothes and shoes, household items, legal counselling and psychological support, as well as livelihood support.

IOM Supports Ukrainian Border Guards Anti-Corruption Efforts and Staff Reform

The Ukrainian State Border Guard Service has started recruiting some 800 staff to serve at the two major entry points to Ukraine under a new IOM-supported initiative.

IOM’S PUBLIC INSTALLATION CALLS on Ukrainians to Combat Human Trafficking

On the occasion of the International Day for Abolition of Slavery, the International Organization for Migration has opened in Kyiv a public installation DIMENSIONS³ to educate public on risks of human trafficking and motivate Ukrainian communities to join in the fight against human trafficking – a form of modern day slavery.

"People think about migrants based on their judgments without the necessary evidence"

Ukrainian-born jazz pianist and composer Vadim Neselovskyi, who lives and works in the U.S., performed together with Laura Marti, a Ukrainian singer of Armenian origin, at the concert on the occasion of IOM's 20 years in Ukraine. After the concert, Vadim shared his story with IOM, joining IOM's global campaign "I Am a Migrant".