IOM that fo-cused on laying the foundations of the Unit. The capacity of twenty NIS IU officials was further built in the area of Intel-ligence Analysis in August. This Analytical and Intelligence course was or-ganized by IOM and led by a consultant with

a proven record in intelligence train-ing. Officials were

equipped with skills in charting, analysis, critical thinking and other core skills required to op-erate in their unique environ-ment.

During the inception phase of the European Union funded “Promoting Better Management of Migration in Nigeria” project a needs assess-ment of the Nigeria Im-migration Service (NIS) highlighted infrastructure improvement and train-ing needs as some of the key challenges being faced by the NIS. A fur-ther need was to estab-lish an Intelligence Unit (IU). This unit was duly established to help im-prove the process of gathering, analyzing and processing infor-mation to produce intelli-gence. This intelligence can then be used to allocate resources to areas identified as being high risk and also provide packages with which other sections within NIS

and other related government agencies can pursue prosecu-tions. The NIS IU was launched in June 2012 with a two-week long training course organized by

The second Technical Working Group (TWG) meeting under the 10th EDF “Promoting Better Man-agement of Migration in Nigeria” project was held on the 10th October 2012 in Abuja, Nigeria. In attendance were representa-tives from Ministries, Depart-ments and Agencies (MDAs)

dealing with migration issues including the National Commis-sion for Refugees (NCFR), Na-tional Population Commission (NPopC), National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), African Carib-bean Pacific intra-facility on Mi-gration (ACP), Federal Ministry of Labour and Productivity (FMLP),

Nigerian Customs Service, Na-tional Human Rights Commis-sion, National Program for the Eradication of Poverty (NAPEP), Ministry of Information and IOM.

An officer of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS)

mapping out a Links-Analysis at the training

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Australian

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affected states

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WORKSHOP TO FOSTER IMPROVED MIGRATION DATA MANAGEMENT HELD IN ABUJA, NIGERIA

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IOM HOLDS SECOND TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP

MEETING UNDER THE 10TH EDF PROJECT

At this meeting, IOM presented its workplan highlighting activities for the first year and repre-sentatives of the ACP proposed possible synergies for the implementation of these activities. Following this meeting, steps will be taken to review the National Migration Policy with inputs from the relevant agencies. IOM and ACP will harmonize plans and work towards the review and adoption of the National Migration policy.

what type of business he would start. On his return to Nigeria, he visited the IOM office in Lagos to discuss his business ideas with IOM staff. After the busi-ness discussions, he received counseling and later decided to invest his reintegration grant in starting a taxi cab

IOM continues to work with government of different countries to assist voluntary return-ees and to facilitate re-integration into society. In June 2012, Mr. O returned to Nigeria to start a new life. He was initially worried about

business in Benin City, Edo State. In October 2012, a car was purchased for him and he currently runs an airport shut-tle in Benin City. He makes good profit from his business and is now able to take care of himself and his family. Mr O is happy with his business and has no regrets about moving back home to Nigeria.

semination as well as migration data management techniques. Issues such as Labour Migration, Diaspora Remit-tances and development and other migration related issues were also dis-cussed during the workshop. The work-shop presented the participants an opportunity to interact with one an-other, share their various organizational challenges and best practices and iden-tify common areas of cooperation and collaboration in the area of migration

In the bid to build the capacity of relevant institutions and improve migration data management in Nigeria, IOM organized a 3 day workshop from 6th to 8th Novem-ber , 2012 in partnership with the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Observatory on Migration.

The participants were trained on migration data analysis and dis-

A beneficiary returns from Austria under the Assisted Voluntary

Return and Re-integration Pro-gram funded by the European Return Fund and the Austrian

Federal Ministry of The Interior

An officer of the Nigeria Immigra-

tion Service practicing migration

data entry at the workshop

AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT FUNDS WORKSHOP ON “Enhancing Border Management To Improve Security and Facilitate Legitimate travel”

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the flooding in 14 of the most affected states. Representatives of the above listed organizations visited the relief camps set up in the affected com-munities to carry out an assessment of the situation on ground. The aftermath of the floods was very extreme and access to some communities was impossi-ble as roads had been washed away and bridges torn down.

Following the assessment, a Coordi-nation of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) after which the United Na-tions Resident Coordinator made a presentation on the outcome of the assessment to the Federal Govern-ment of Nigeria. The government has since then taken

steps to meet the needs of the inter-

nally displaced persons at the camps and other members of the affected communities and possible areas of intervention are currently being ex-plored by the UN.

With the recent flooding ravaging different states in Nigeria, a team of experts from UN agencies (ILO, WHO, UNICEF, FAO, UNFPA, UNESCO, UNDP) and IOM Nigeria in collaboration with National Emer-gency Management Agency(NEMA) other development part-ners such as OXFAM/NIDPRODEV, Save the Children, Nigerian Red Cross, Caritas JDPC and Child Pro-tection Network (CPN) embarked on an Inter- Agency Rapid Needs Assessment to assess the effect of

IOM SUPPORTS ASSESSMENT OF FLOOD AFFECTED STATES IN NIGERIA

A major road destroyed by the flood

Australian High

Commissioner Mr

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making a speech

at the workshop

flows. The workshop was opened by the Aus-tralian High Commis-sioner Ian McConville and IOM Chief of Mis-sion, Martin Ocaga.

The Government of Australia’s De-partment of Foreign Affairs and Trade funded a workshop in Abuja from 25th to 26th June 2012 in-tended to bring together key border actors to identify ways to harmonise inter-agency communication in the face of increasing security threats. The Government of Nigeria was repre-sented by Nigeria Customs, by Nigeria Customs, Nigeria Immigration Ser-vice, Nigeria Police and the State Security Service. In addition the re-gional representative of INTERPOL based in Cameroon and his colleague based in Nigeria both made presenta-tions aimed at increasing information

of international and local organiza-tions are arguably the bare mini-mum that is required. International Organization of Migration (IOM) Nigeria’s joint assessment with UN Agencies of some camps in the af-fected states reveals insufficient infrastructure and extremely poor sanitary conditions with a likelihood of an epidemic. Predictably in this crisis, the govern-ment and other stakeholders seem more willing to direct attention and resources to providing material assis-tance than involving themselves with the participation and protection of gender issues. Gender violence is a common feature of displacement. Sexual and gender-based violence is one of the most pervasive violations of the rights of women and girls during displace-ment. Reports from the IDP camps across the sates alleged that rape cases have become a daily occur-rence and some of the perpetrators are young men who reside in the

Nigeria is experiencing its worst flooding in fifty years, which has already killed more than one hundred and displaced more than a million people. The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) Zonal Coordinator estimates that the floods have devastated most parts of the North-Central zone of Nigeria and displaced more than one million peo-ple. In the areas affected by flooding, the displaced are huddled together in camps set up by the state govern-ments. NEMA reported that it had established 36 camps to accommo-date such Internally Displaced Per-sons (IDPs) in the various states

affected. President Goodluck Jona-

than has declared the flooding a “national disaster” and established a National Committee on Flood Relief and Rehabilitation. On October 9, his administration announced it was providing U.S. $110 million in finan-cial assistance. These efforts al-though further supported by efforts

camps and other men who come from within the communities where the camps are situated. The police have however responded that no reports of rape have been brought to their notice and promised increased surveillance around the camps. The vulnerability of displaced women is an incontestable fact and must be urgently addressed before the situa-tion deteriorates. The Nigerian govern-ment and NEMA should give due con-sideration to women’s specific nutri-tional needs when designing food aid interventions, generate and dissemi-nate gender-disaggregated data and information for planning and evalua-tion; and work with NGOs under con-tractual arrangements that specify conditions to fulfil gender-specific planning targeting distribution of food aid, and monitoring of progress. Ekanem Bassey Gender Focal Person

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UPCOMING EVENTS ·A training of Nigeria Immigration Ser-

vice Officers from Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Kaduna, Kano, Sokoto and Yobe states in Document Fraud Examination will be held in January 2013

A cascaded training on Migration Data

Management at state level for represen-tatives of the National Population Com-mission and National Bureau of Statis-tics will be held in the first quarter of 2013

A National Diaspora Policy Advocacy

Workshop for political actors will be held in January 2013

International Organization for

Migration

THE GENDER DIMENSION OF NIGERIA’S RECENT INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS (IDPs) SURGE ARISING FROM THE FLOODS

Editor: Victoria NDOH