From January until the end of May 2015 IOM, together with its partners, gradually transferred 130 refugees of Somali and Ethiopian nationality from the Emergency Transit Centre (ETC) in Humenne to the country of their final resettlement – USA. During their 6-month-stay in ETC the refugees had security interviews, medical examinations and courses of cultural orientation that helped them prepare for life in their new home.

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The number of refugees resettled through Slovakia has increased to 781 since the Centre opening in August 2009.

The Slovak Republic provides a temporary shelter to refugees under the protection of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) based on the trilateral agreement between the Government of the Slovak Republic, UNHCR and IOM.

The activities of IOM in this project are financed by the US Government through its USRAP Program – United States Refugee Admissions Program or by similar programs of other resettlement countries.