IOM #Ecuador Newsletter (December 2014)

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IOM ECUADOR PARTICIPATED IN THE REFUGE AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING WORKSHOP

MARIA FERNANDA ESPINOSA VISITS IOM ECUADOR On December 15, IOM Ecuador received an enjoyable visit from Maria Fernanda Espinosa, the former Ecuadorian Minister of Defense and the new Permanent Representative of Ecuador to the European Office of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland The IOM Chief of Mission, Rogelio Bernal, welcomed Mrs. Espinosa with great pleasure and explained to her the Organization’s work at global and regional level, and especially the efforts undertaken in the country to promote the rights of people in human mobility and improve the lives of those who migrate

On December 9, IOM was invited to participate in the Refuge and Human Trafficking Workshop, organized by the Office of the Ombudsman and UNHCR. Argentina Santacruz, Coordinator of the Programme Against Human Trafficking, moderated the Panel: "Coordination, referral, assistance and protection mechanisms" which presented IOM's experience in building the Unified National Protocol for Comprehensive Protection to Victims of Human Trafficking" and in which panelists from the Ministry of the Interior, the Office of the Ombudsman and the Office of the Public Defender participated The workshop sought to improve knowledge and the institutional response for the protection of trafficked persons in need of international protection and of refugees and those seeking refugee status in Human Trafficking situations in Ecuador. The workshop was attended by approximately 25 representatives of State institutions, civil society, UN agencies and academia, with knowledge and experience in the sphere of human trafficking and refuge

FORUM DISCUSSION ON THE ECUADORIAN FILM "SE TRATA DE SILVIA Y JUANA”

INTERVIEW WITH IOM CoM ON RADIO NATIONAL ASSEMBLY On December 3, 2014, Linda Machuca, General Coordinator of the Parliamentary Group for the Rights of People in Human Mobility of the Ecuador’s National Assembly, interviewed Rogelio Bernal, IOM Chief of Mission in Ecuador, for Radio de la Asamblea.

During the radio interview, Bernal enumerated the various programs that IOM has carried out in the country, the cooperation it provides to governmental and nongovernmental institutions on immigration issues and the close ties of cooperation that IOM has developed in recent years with Parliamentary Group led by the Assembly representative Machuca They also took the opportunity to discuss the recent IOM publication on Haitian migration to Brazil

On December 16, IOM Ecuador was invited to moderate the Forum Discussion on the Ecuadorian film "Se Trata de Silvia y Juana" as a means of raising awareness among university students on human trafficking The event was organized by the Central University of Ecuador and the Embassy of the United States in Quito as part of the campaigns of the 16 Days of Activism for No Violence Against Women. The film, which narrates a case of human trafficking in Ecuador, is based on a true story and was produced by the Ministry of Education in conjunction with the Embassy in 2011.

Argentina Santacruz, Coordinator of the Programme Against Human Trafficking of IOM, was invited to moderate the discussion in which more than 80 college students participated

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IOM ECUADOR ATTENDS THE INAUGURATION OF THE UNASUR HQ On December 5, the HQ building of Union of South American Nations (Unasur) opened its doors in the middle of the world in the presence of the highest authorities of the 12 member countries of Unasur: Argentina, Chile, Venezuela, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Guyana and Suriname. IOM Ecuador was also present at this great event, through the representation of the Chief of Mission, Rogelio Bernal

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