ICMPD culminated the Rights Based Border Management in the Silk Routes Countries (RBM Silk Routes) project in a closing conference in Islamabad last week. The multi-year regional initiative in Pakistan and Iraq enhanced the operational capacities of their border agencies to reduce irregular migration while strengthening human rights protections at borders.
Summary
The overall objective is to implement sustainable, rights-based, border management practices in Iraq and Pakistan towards increasing border management and security and reducing irregular migration.