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5,216 Number of migrants referred to IOM for care assistance as of De-cember 2014

23% and 20% Percentage of migrants currently under IOM care who are Unaccom-panied Minors (UAM) and percent-age of migrants who are women

848 Number of migrants with refugee status who have been resettled with IOM assistance in 2014

568 Number of migrants who were returned to their country of origin under IOM’s Assisted voluntary Return Programme in 2014

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Today, one out of every seven people is on the move for economic, education, security or other reasons. The ability to address mi-gration issues comprehensively and coopera-tively is thus a fundamental requirement for responsible national governance. While the prevailing view is that migration is a positive force for development in both countries of origin and destination, unregulated migration -including conflict-induced forced migration- can have social, financial and political costs for individuals, societies and governments alike. IOM data show that the number of mi-grants dying on dangerous journeys in the hope of finding better lives for themselves and their families, is on the rise. In 2014, some 5,000 migrants lost their lives at sea or in remote deserts or mountains to escape conflict zones, mostly through people smug-gling channels. Comprehensive and coherent approaches to immigration and border man-agement processes, involving all countries in the migration continuum, can help minimize the negative impact of migration and pre-serve its integrity as a natural social process.

Regulating migration flows in and out of Indo-nesia has always presented a challenge of significant magnitude for the Government of Indonesia given the country’s geographical specificities. Particularly, Indonesia is a key transit country for irregular migrant move-ments mostly heading to Australia. Every year thousands of foreign migrants, mostly from conflict-affected countries, are intercepted or self-report themselves after paying vast sums of money to people smugglers. Hundreds of others have been found dead after attempting the dangerous journey by boat to and from Indonesia.

IOM’s Approach Dedicated to promote humane and orderly migration, IOM is increasingly called upon by States to assist in addressing complex border management challenges. In general, IOM’s immigration and border management pro-grammes encompass seven broad areas of expertise: (1) Border and migration manage-ment assessments; (2) Capacity-building for border and migration management; (3) Iden-

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Immigration and Border Management

IOM’s capacity-building approach on people smuggling gives due recognition to the empowerment of female police officers (POLWAN) alongside male officers, as key frontline actors to respond to the needs of particularly vulnerable intercepted migrants, such as women and children.

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tity Management; (4) curbing people smuggling; (5) migra-tion data management, intelligence and risk analysis; and (6) immigration and visa support solutions. In Indonesia, IOM works since 2000 under the umbrella of a Regional Coopera-tion Arrangement (RCA) between the Government of Indone-sia (GoI) and the Government of Australia (GoA) to support GoI’s efforts in managing human trafficking, people smug-gling and irregular migration flows through its territory. IOM’s support intervention is three-fold:

Migrant Care Management IOM helps to improve the quality of care for intercepted and self-declared irregular migrants referred to IOM by the Govern-ment of Indonesia, according to applicable international hu-manitarian and human rights standards. It provides counseling, medical care, food, shelter, education and vocational support to migrants staying inside and outside Immigration Detention Centres; and assists those wishing to return home under its Assisted Voluntary Return (AVR) programme. For those claiming asylum and granted the status of refugee by the UNHCR, IOM provides resettlement assistance to third countries, while for those identified as victims of trafficking, IOM activates its Traffick-ing Victim Assistance Fund to provide tailored assistance. IOM also contributes to increase protection support to particular vul-nerable sub-groups of displaced persons, such as unaccompanied minors (UAMs) and single women, through the set-up of a referral mechanism involving the active participation of specialized local state and non-state service providers. Lastly, IOM provides the needed technical assistance to ensure that Indonesia’s Immi-gration Detention Centres (IDCs) and other quarantine facilities offer adequate, safe and secured living environments for mi-grants, complying with international human rights standards.

Government Capacity Building Concurrently to its migrant care support, IOM continues to ad-dress capacity needs to respond to human trafficking, people smuggling, and other trans-national crimes. Through a strategic partnership with the Indonesian National Police (INP), the Im-migration Department, and the Coordinating Ministry of Politi-cal, Legal and Security Affairs (POLHUKAM), IOM trains frontline police and immigration officers on advance counter-people smuggling skills, including interception, investigation as well as ensuring the humane handling of intercepted migrants accord-ing to international standards. In achieving more efficient and coordinated action against people smuggling, IOM also helps to facilitate inter-service workshops at national and sub-national levels and encourages, through the facilitation of country visits, intra-regional and global partnerships to fight people smuggling and other forms of irregular migration.

Public Information People smuggling to and from Indonesia involves the participa-tion of a wide network of intermediaries, involving local com-munities located at key entry and exist points of Indonesia. In order to address the flow of irregular migrants, IOM helps to raise communities’ awareness on people smuggling in view of reducing the participation of Indonesian nationals in criminal ventures of people smuggling.

Past and Current Donors: Australian Department of Immigration and Border Protec-

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Australian Customs and Border Protection Services

Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Devel-opment

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“Aku tau penyelundupan imigran ilegal itu salah” (I know smuggling irregu-lar migrants is wrong!) campaign targeted people smuggling hot spots in Indonesia, by conveying the following key message: people smuggling is illegal, immoral and reduces the status of an individual and his family within the community.