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International Organization for Migration (IOM) as the coordinator of the European Migration Network (EMN) in Slovakia has launched the registration for the 9th EMN Educational Seminar on Migration: Protection of Migrants in Vulnerable Situations, which will take place from 3 to 5 July 2023 in Bratislava. You can register until 16 July 2023.

EMN Slovakia presented its interactive educational tool Destination Europe at the Europe Day 2023 that took place at the Old Market in Bratislava. Pupils, students, their teachers as well as broader public tested their knowledge on migration in Slovakia and in the world and familiarized themselves with the printed version of Destination Europe that was available in the IOM and EMN stand. 

On 20 April 2023 European Migration Network (EMN) participated in an educational event for students of the Grammar School in Púchov on the topics of migration and misinformation together with Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic and the UN Youth Delegate of Slovakia. Representatives of International Organization for Migration (IOM) within the activities of the EMN in Slovakia prepared a workshop for students on the educational activity Destination Europe.

Were you forced to flee the war in Ukraine and thanks to temporary protection you can work in the EU? Or do you know someone like that? The EU Talent Pool Pilot is a new pilot project of the European Commission, which makes it easier for people with temporary protection to find work in the Union. Last year, the European Commission, the European Labour Authority (ELA), the European Employment Services (EURES), EU Member States and the European Migration Network (EMN), which is coordinated in Slovakia by the International Organization for Migration (IOM), participated in its creation.

EMN Slovakia hosted a meeting of the European EMN Return Expert Group (REG) on 1 and 2 February 2023 in Bratislava, Slovakia. Representatives of European Union Member States, EU agencies and international organisations informed each other about the return and reintegration of migrants, and discussed activities planned in 2023.