Director General Susanne Raab met with Swedish Minister for Migration HE Johan Forssell in Stockholm in January, capping Sweden’s successful 2025 Chairmanship of ICMPD’s Steering Group. They discussed the ongoing cooperation along migration routes and with partner countries, return and reintegration, and the EU Pact for Migration and Asylum. As the Director General’s first visit to Sweden, the mission also sets the foundation for continued high-level dialogue and future collaboration aligned with ICMPD’s Strategy 2030.
Countries
Austria / Bulgaria / Greece / Finland / Germany / Sweden
Status
Completed
Duration
01.01.2016
to
31.08.2018
Donors
European Union (Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund) as main funder, Austrian Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs as co-funder
Partners
Council of the Baltic Sea States Secretariat (CBSS), Greek National Centre for Social Solidarity (EKKA), La Strada International (LSI), Bulgarian National Commission to Combat Trafficking in Human Beings (NCCTHB), Terre des hommes (Tdh)
Summary
The 20-month project is expected to benefit, in the short-term, migration, asylum and anti-trafficking authorities (police, frontline responders, social services, labour inspectors, healthcare workers, NGOs) in 6 EU Member States (Austria, Bulgaria, Greece, Finland, Germany and Sweden). The long-term beneficiaries include trafficked children and adults, and refugees and migrants, including separated and unaccompanied children, at risk of trafficking in the context of the current migration and asylum processes in the EU.
Objective: The main project objective is to support and enable the integration of victims of trafficking among vulnerable migrants and refugees, including separated and unaccompanied children, by establishing a multidisciplinary and transnational approach for early identification, referral, service provision and protection in the context of the current migration and asylum processes in transit and destination countries along the migration route, in particular Austria, Bulgaria, Finland, Germany, Greece and Sweden.
Objective: The main project objective is to support and enable the integration of victims of trafficking among vulnerable migrants and refugees, including separated and unaccompanied children, by establishing a multidisciplinary and transnational approach for early identification, referral, service provision and protection in the context of the current migration and asylum processes in transit and destination countries along the migration route, in particular Austria, Bulgaria, Finland, Germany, Greece and Sweden.