Istanbul, 13 - 16 December 2019: Good migration reporting requires migration knowledge. To help ensure such migration coverage in Iraq and Pakistan, ICMPD organised a “Media & Migration workshop” from 13-16 December 2019 in Istanbul, Turkey. After a competitive selection process with over 120 applications in total, fifteen journalists from Pakistan and ten journalists from Iraq had been selected to attend the three-day workshop.

Ankara, 26-27 November 2019 – For two days ten law enforcement officials from Afghanistan, Iraq and Turkey gathered with experts from ICMPD and the UK to discuss regional and bilateral law enforcement cooperation via existing international cooperation tools to counter irregular migration, human trafficking and migrant smuggling.

Istanbul, 4-5 December 2019: Over 80 senior officials from 37 countries gathered for the annual Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) of the Budapest Process to jointly finalise the Budapest Process Strategic Document and Implementation Plan ( based on the Call for Action – a five year plan for 2020-2024). This document  provides a direction and framework for the next years of activities and remains a living document, which will be updated as needed.