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Representatives of the European Union, Ukraine and Czechia, international organisations, and the Ukrainian diaspora gathered to celebrate the Ukrainian Consultation and Community Centre in Prague formally joining the Unity Hub Network, with its growing reach and scope of work for Ukrainians. The event included the official signing of a cooperation agreement to extend the U-CARE project, which ICMPD implements.

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 10^th anniversary of the MRCs.

Adopting a national border policy provides a framework for action. Putting that framework into practice requires engagement with the institutions and communities working along the country's frontiers. In Côte d'Ivoire, this process is now taking place region by region, with ICMPD support through the Demand-Driven Facility (DDF) of the EU-funded FMM West Africa Phase II project.

The Migrant Resource Centre in Kyrgyzstan, in collaboration with local partners DVV International Kyrgyzstan and Youth of Osh, provided training to 46 young people to prepare for their journey to live and study in Germany. Between 27 July and 5 August in Bishkek, three groups received training sessions essential soft skills, critical pre-departure knowledge, and a fundamental understanding of their legal rights and responsibilities, thereby empowering them to navigate and thrive in their new environments effectively.

How does someone return home after years of living (or working) abroad, often with little money and their acquired skills not formally recognised, to a community that may see their return as failure?  The recently published Knowledge Paper “Reintegration realities: post-return challenges and experience across countries”poses this question.

Over 100 participants from 23 countries and 10 partner organisations, along with 13 private-sector partners were hosted in Islamabad on 16-17 September 2026 to strengthen private-sector engagement in skills-based labour migration partnerships. For the first time in the Working Group’s meetings, the private sector is directly at the centre of its discussions, where participants examined how labour-market demand can be better matched with skills development, qualification recognition and fair recruitment across the Silk Routes region.

Marking the 75^th year since the adoption of the Refugee Convention, Prague Process and UNHCR convened a training-workshop to strengthen access to asylum and protection-sensitive systems. The event on 15-16 September 2026 in Geneva brought together asylum and migration practitioners from across the Prague Process region, alongside representatives of UNHCR, the European Commission, EU Agency for Asylum, and IOM.

For decades, Pakistani workers have travelled abroad in search of employment, contributing their skills and labour to economies across different regions of the world. The scale of this movement is considerable: according to government data, more than 14 million Pakistani workers have proceeded abroad for employment through formal channels since 1971, with recent annual outflows often reaching well above 700,000.