Released 20.11.2025
ICMPD co-hosted the International Border Management Conference with the Ministry of Asylum and Migration of the Kingdom of the Netherlands on 18-19 November 2025. The event addressed border management challenges including digitalisation, border security, capacity building for operational staff, and transnational crime while advancing effective, human rights-based solutions.
Released 02.12.2025
Officials and delegates from 39 Budapest Process countries and 12 organisations met in Istanbul on 26–27 November 2025, hosted by Türkiye as Chair. The 37th Senior Officials Meeting, since the dialogue’s launch in 1993, called for prioritising return and reintegration, legal pathways, and stronger law-enforcement cooperation.
Released 05.02.2026
Switzerland takes on the 2026 Chairmanship of the Rabat Process, with a commitment to fostering constructive dialogue among countries of origin, transit, and destination, while actively engaging civil society, non-governmental and international organisations, the private sector, and youth. The handover of the Chairmanship from Nigeria took place at the Senior Officials Meeting in Abuja on 28-29 January 2026.
Released 19.02.2026
Indian Minister of External Affairs Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, European Commission Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen, and ICMPD Director General Susanne Raab launched the European Legal Gateway Office in India on 18 February 2026.
Released 19.02.2026
ICMPD is supporting the European Union in the European Legal Gateway Office in India. The new project was launched yesterday to facilitate the mobility of Indian ICT professionals, students, and researchers to the EU; strengthen the India-EU cooperation; and as well as to enable economic benefits for both India and Europe. Indian Minister of External Affairs Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and European Commission Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen led the launch, with ICMPD Director General Susanne Raab.
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Released 16.04.2026
The EU-funded Migration Partnership Facility (MPF) is marking its 10th anniversary with a review of a successful decade supporting migration initiatives between EU Member States and non-EU partner countries. Since its launch in 2016, the MPF has enabled close to a hundred different projects across more than 50 countries; on issues ranging from addressing irregular migration and human trafficking, to enhancing police cooperation and security, and promoting legal channels for labour mobility.
Released 05.05.2026
The year 2025 proved another successful year for ICMPD and its partners, remaining resolute more than ever, in connecting partners and empowering communities through better understanding of their needs.
Released 16.07.2026
The Government of Iraq, with support from the Kingdom of the Netherlands, opened yesterday the fourth Migrant Resource Centre (MRC) in Iraq in Basra, to strengthen migration governance in Iraq by providing potential migrants, returnees and their families with access to reliable information, counselling and referral services. Implemented by ICMPD, the MRC will also promote safe and legal migration, and raise awareness on the risks of irregular migration and threats of human trafficking.
Released 22.10.2026
The European Commission, partner governments, the diplomatic corps, and ICMPD marked a decade of the Migrant Resource Centres’ (MRC) work and its continuing efforts to reach potential and returning migrants globally. The event in Brussels on 14 October 2026 brought together ICMPD’s MRC counsellors, the European Commission’s Directorates-General for International Partnerships (INTPA) and Migration and Home Affairs (HOME) ICMPD and EU Member States, partner countries, donors, practitioners and civil society organisations.
Released 16.09.2026
The fifth Regional Exchange Meeting of Migrant Resource Centre (MRC) government partners took place in Islamabad on 14-16 September 2026. The meeting brought together government counterparts and representatives from Bangladesh, Iraq, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan to exchange experiences, strengthen regional cooperation and mark the 10th anniversary of the MRCs.