This 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, Regional Director, Iori Kato, urges us to recommit to safety and dignity for every woman, girl and migrant. From safe-migration training in 🇻🇺 to survivor support in 🇧🇩 and 🇵🇰, IOM shows what collective action can achieve. #EndGBV

Grateful to Asian Development Bank Deputy Director General for Central & West Asia, Mr Yong Ye, for a productive exchange on Afghanistan, Pakistan, and beyond. Looking forward to deepening #ADB - #IOM partnership for greater impact in the region! 🙏🏻

🇳🇴🤝🇵🇭 Honored to meet #Norway Ambassador to the #Philippines H.E. Christian Halaas Lyster. Deep gratitude to #Norwegian support to #IOM Philippines, from advancing peace in #BARMM, to innovations in disaster preparedness and response — which did save lives in recent #Typhoons!🙏🏻

Grateful to 🇰🇷 #KOICA #Philippines Country Director Mr. Young Sun Jung and his team for our fruitful meeting. With KOICA’s steadfast support, #IOM Philippines is strengthening health systems and saving lives in #BARMM, contributing to peace, resilience and hope for the future 🙏🏻

🇵🇭 マニラ出張の際に 🇯🇵 #JICA フィリピン事務所を訪問し、馬場隆所長らと意見交換する機会をいただきました。 包摂性の高い経済成長、人材育成、特にミンダナオにおける脆弱性の縮減や社会サービスの向上といったJICAの優先分野で、 #IOM #国際移住機関 との連携強化を模索させていただきました。🙏🏻

🇵🇭 First visit to #Mindanao since 2020. Inspired by #JPSC #JPSTs, women-led livelihood activities, and #IDP families finally returning home. Fruitful meetings with #BARMM Ministers🙏🏻 With support from #Japan #KOICA and others, #IOM Philippines is turning mobility into resilience & peace dividends👍🏻

🇵🇭 #フィリピン の 🇯🇵日本大使館を訪れ、遠藤和也大使に表敬。 #ミンダナオ #バンサモロ の平和構築、移民・避難民への支援などに尽力する #IOM #国際移住機関 フィリピン事務所に対する日本政府からの温かい財政支援に深く感謝申し上げました。🙏🏻

🇵🇭 Standing in an evacuation center in Albay with #IOM #Philippines Chief Tristan Burnett 3 days after Super #Typhoon #Uwan, I was reminded of the #resilience of the Filipino people and the urgency for solidarity & support to prevent #displacement. www.linkedin.com/posts/iorika...

IOM teams are supporting early recovery in communities hit by #TyphoonTino and #SuperTyphoonUwan in the #Philippines. Shelter materials, essential relief items, and strengthened preparedness are helping families rebuild and stay safe from future storms. iom.int/ZQv

The Asia–Pacific session of #IDM2025 kicked off yesterday. Moderated by IOM Deputy Regional Director Dyane Epstein, the discussions explored: 🌱 Reintegration that creates opportunity at home 🌊 Climate mobility driven by innovation & community action Migration done right builds resilience for all.

🇵🇭 Delighted to be back in the #Philippines after 5 years, and grateful to meet with #IOM Philippines’ main counterpart Dept of Foreign Affairs ASec for #Migration Affairs, Amb. Ezzedin H. Tago🙏🏻 IOM appreciates Philippines’ leadership as a #GCM Champion, advancing safe, orderly, regular migration.

“At #COP30 and beyond, adaptation must place people at the heart of climate solutions” — @iorikatoun.bsky.social 🌏 177M displaced in Asia-Pacific in <10 years 🔥 Up to 89M more could be displaced by 2050 without action @iom.int works so migration is a choice, not a necessity.

#GenderBasedViolence #GBV affects 1 in 3 women globally — and risks rise for migrants & displaced persons. At the GBV workshop in Bangkok, I thanked #IOM colleagues & partners for their courage & dedication. We must strengthen protection, empower survivors, and invest more in ending violence.

Pleased to join #IOM Sri Lanka & Maldives COM Kristin Parco in opening #ColomboProcess Joint TAWG Meetings in Bangkok. CP members as labor sending countries in Asia continue to lead on joint advocacy and actions for ethical recruitment, skills mobility, minimum wages, for migrants’ empowerment 👍🏻

🇵🇰 Grateful to interact with #IOM colleagues in #Pakistan at Islamabad & Lahore - their tireless work alongside the Government & people of Pakistan reflects the #UN migration agency IOM’s commitment to supporting the country’s inclusive development through a migration & human mobility lens. #GCM

🇵🇰 Inspired to visit #IOM Pakistan’s clinic in Lahore and programmes in Islamabad supporting #migrants & refugees through health and psychosocial support, and movement assistance. IOM teams are helping people rebuild confidence and hope as they begin new chapters in life 👏🏻🙏🏻

🇯🇵🤝🇵🇰 #パキスタン 出張中に、赤松秀一・日本大使を表敬。両国の関係の歴史や現状、パキスタンやアジアの今後の展望などについて見識をうかがいました。 同国の国境管理能力の強化プロジェクトなどを含め、日本政府から #IOM #国際移住機関 への厚い支援に改めて感謝いたします。🙏🏻

🇳🇱🤝🇵🇰 Honored to meet with H.E. Robert-Jan Siegert, #Netherlands’ Ambassador to #Pakistan. I appreciated the #Dutch government’s chairpersonship at #SSAR CG, and its generous support to #IOM in Pakistan, especially for Afghans and host communities, advancing their resilience building.

🇵🇰 Glad to once again meet Ms Aamena Aly Kamal, now Member Development Communication of #Pakistan’s Planning Ministry. We explored ways for #IOM to contribute to further integrating #migration & human mobility into inclusive, evidence-based, and resilient national & local development plans.

🇵🇰 #Pakistan is among the world’s top 10 labor-sending countries, with remittances fueling socio-economic growth. I had a pleasure of meeting with Hon. Secretary Nadeem Aslam Chaudhary of MOPHRD, as #IOM values our partnership to promote regular #migration pathways and #migrants’ protection 🙏🏻

🇵🇰 Honored to call on #Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Special Secretary for #UnitedNations, Amb. Nabeel Munir. Grateful for Pakistan’s enduring partnership with #IOM in advancing safe, orderly and regular #migration for all.

🇺🇳 This weekend I joined #IOM Pakistan in the UNCT event in 🇵🇰Lahore with thousands of people to commemorate 80 years of #UnitedNations 👍🏻 We in IOM, one of the UN’s newest members, stand with “the peoples” for their hope, dignity, inclusion, and peace, leaving no one behind. #UN80

Honored to call on 🇯🇵 #Japan Ambassador to 🇮🇷 #Iran, H.E. Tamaki Tsukada, appreciating Japan’s support to #IOM in Iran 🙏🏻 Amb. Tsukada organized a round-table with resident diplomats & UN agencies at his Embassy. Insightful dialogue on migration dynamics and support to Afghan refugees & migrants 🙏🏻

🇮🇷 In Yazd, I witnessed #IOM Iran’s cooperation with BAFIA for Afghan refugees & migrants, with 🇪🇺 #EU 🇮🇹 #Italy funding support - construct classrooms, renovate multi-purpose center, install lights at sport field. Every investment in education & health is a step towards dignity, resilience, hope 👏🏻

🇮🇷 Glad to meet with Hon. President of the Iranian #RedCrescent Society in Tehran, to explore ways to strengthen our partnership on disaster preparedness & response. From floods to earthquakes, #IOM in #Iran is committed to joined up efforts to protect the vulnerable including #migrants.

🇧🇩A fruitful exchange with 🇺🇳 #UN Bangladesh Country Team. Grateful for the collaboration and shared commitment to advancing #migration governance, refugee response, climate action in #Bangladesh. Bade farewell to the outgoing RC Gwyn Lewis 👋

🇧🇩Whilst in Dhaka & Cox’s Bazar, I was immensely grateful and inspired to spend time with #IOM #Bangladesh dedicated colleagues. Your unwavering commitment to serve #migrants, #Rohingya refugees, and the other displaced, despite the increasing challenges, is admirable. Thank you for all that you do 🙏🏻

🇮🇷 Honored to meet senior officials from #IOM Iran’s main government counterparts at Foreign Affairs, CAFIA, Yazd BAFIA. Appreciated #Iran ’s decades of hospitality to Afghan migrants & refugees, and reaffirmed IOM’s commitment to mobilizing global solidarity and strengthening #migration governance.

Glad to reconnect with my former colleagues at #UNFPA in #Bangladesh - brought back many fond memories of shared commitment, laughter, and purpose, working together towards #SRHR and dignity of women, adolescents, youth, persons with disabilities, and other vulnerable people 🧡

#バングラデシュ の🇯🇵日本大使館の高橋直樹公使らを表敬し、2017年から続く #IOM Bangladeshの #ロヒンギャ 難民と地元コミュニティへの支援に対する日本政府からの財政支援に深い謝意を表しました。 #国際移住機関 IOMは、気候変動対策や労働移民支援も含め、同国への包括的な人道・開発支援に尽力してまいります。

Glad to meet with #Australia’s Ambassador to #Bangladesh H.E. Susan Ryle. #IOM in Bangladesh is grateful for 🇦🇺’s vital support to IOM’s life-saving work for #Rohingya in Cox’s Bazar🙏🏻 Looking forward to deepening our partnership, also on border governance, anti-human trafficking, and more!

Honored to call on 🇰🇷Republic of #Korea Ambassador to 🇧🇩 #Bangladesh H.E. Park Young-sik in Dhaka. #IOM Bangladesh is grateful for #ROK’s vital assistance for IOM’s life-saving aid for #Rohingya including for water, sanitation & hygiene #WASH, #LPG, and also for host communities in Cox’s Bazar🙏🏻

Thank you 🇮🇹 #Italy’s Ambassador to 🇧🇩 #Bangladesh H.E. Antonio Alessandro for an inspiring meeting, discussing ways to strengthen partnerships, from safe #migration, to dignified return & reintegration, border governance, human trafficking, migration data, climate action, and the Rohingya response 🙏🏻

🇧🇩 Glad to meet 🇪🇺 #EuropeanUnion Ambassador to #Bangladesh H.E. Michael Miller in Dhaka. I thanked #EU for strong partnership with #IOM Bangladesh in advancing regular labor mobility pathways, data-driven #migration governance, and EU’s vital support for the #Rohingya response 🙏🏻

🇧🇩 Whilst in Dhaka, I had a pleasure of calling on Ms Aleya Akter, Secretary of Statistics and Informatics Division. #IOM in Bangladesh is supporting #SID & #Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics #BBS on #migration #data system, National Migration Data Policy, #SVRS, disaster displacement data, etc. 🙏🏻

Today, @iorikatoun.bsky.social met EU Amb to ASEAN Sujiro Seam, to discuss our shared vision in supporting ASEAN members states in 🌏climate migration 🧑‍🏭👷‍♀️labour mobility 🤝business and human rights and the implementation the 🌐Global Compact for Migration, leaving no one behind.

🇧🇩 Returned to #CoxsBazar after 7 years. #Bangladesh continues to host 1.2 million #Rohingya with compassion🙏🏻 Yet hope is fading as funding declines. Rohingya ask not for charity—but for safety, dignity & a future. We must not look away. #IOM #refugees #Myanmar www.linkedin.com/posts/iorika...

🇧🇩 Honored to join #IOM #Bangladesh launch of the #Migration Snapshot 2024 & Manual on Migration, with Ministry of Expatriates’ Welfare & Overseas Employment, funded by 🇪🇺EU, 🇮🇹Italy, 🇨🇦Canada 🙏🏻 These key tools advance data-driven, people-centred migration governance. www.linkedin.com/posts/iorika...

Glad to be back in 🇧🇩 #Bangladesh! Honored to call on Foreign Secretary Amb. Dr. Md. Nazrul Islam and discuss ways to deepen #IOM partnership to enhance regular pathways for labor #migration, returnees #reintegration, mobility data, addressing #displacements due to e.g. climate.

Mental health matters💙​ Every month, @iom.int in Bangladesh reaches 16,000+ people in Cox’s Bazar 🇧🇩, providing mental health and psychosocial support for #Rohingya refugees and host communities.​ ​ 📽️ Watch how this care changes lives 👇​

“There was just one loud crash, and all the houses collapsed on us. The quake left us with nothing.” ​ Since 5 September, IOM has assisted 3,375 families, but limited supplies & looming winter needs put many more at risk. Additional funding is urgently needed to continue support.​

9️⃣ days left to apply for the Climate Catalytic Fund! ​ Don’t miss your chance to receive the grants up to USD 25K for local organizations in 🇮🇩 & 🇵🇭 for projects reducing climate displacement risks & boosting resilience. ​ 🗓️ Apply by 17 Oct 2025 ​ ➡️ shorturl.at/ars8S

Migrants drive progress. When supported with access to jobs, education & healthcare, they uplift both their communities and the ones that welcome them. Maira Moita, IOM’s RD for Latin America & the Caribbean calls for inclusive integration across the region. https://www.iom.int/Zg9

At #Thailand–#Myanmar border, I met refugees & #migrants whose courage & resilience humble me. 🇹🇭 #Thai government’s plans to grant work permits to refugees — a step toward dignity & self-reliance 👏 With 🇯🇵 #Japan support, #IOM expands migrants' access to healthcare 🙏 www.linkedin.com/posts/iorika...

The first-ever Crisis Preparedness Forum kicked off today in 🇹🇭. Co-organized with Bali Process Regional Support Office (RSO), IOM is working with Bali Process Members & partners to strengthen preparedness for migration crises, where disasters fuel irregular migration, and heighten trafficking risks.

Honored to deliver opening remarks at #BaliProcess RSO’s Crisis Preparedness Forum, calling for a shift from reactive response to also foresight, readiness, and “Route-Based Approach,” given Asia-Pacific’s proneness to disasters. Grateful to 🇦🇺 #Australia & 🇮🇩 #Indonesia, the Co-Managers of BP RSO🙏🏻

Grateful to the new head of 🇪🇺 #EU #ECHO Asia-Pacific Ms. Ségolène de Beco and her team for a productive meeting with #IOM Asia-Pacific RO & IOM Thailand CO🙏🏻 Thank you ECHO for continued vital support to IOM’s humanitarian action in Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Thailand, PNG and beyond!

The recent earthquakes in Afghanistan have worsened an already fragile situation. Families face the harsh winter without shelter, clean water, or healthcare. IOM is calling for USD 16.8 million to reach 134,000 people with emergency and protection assistance. 👉 iom.int/ZgQ

‼️ #Afghanistan #earthquake killed 2,100+, injured 3,400+, destroyed 7,000+ homes, where communities also see mass #returns, #IDPs, #drought. Winter looms, families need safe shelter, water, health services. #IOM Afghanistan appeals for $16.8M to save lives🙏🏻 🔗 reliefweb.int/report/afgha...

Saddened by the devastating #earthquake in eastern #Afghanistan that claimed more than 900 lives. The affected communities are stretched by the increasing returns of migrants. #IOM is on the ground leading damage assessment, geared up to provide emergency shelter, health care and protection support.