Bratislava, 18 March 2022 – The Deputy Director-General for Operations of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), Ugochi Daniels, will visit the Slovak Republic from 18-21 March 2022.

The Deputy Director-General will visit the border crossings in Ubla and Vysne Nemecke and the hotspot in Michalovce for people fleeing Ukraine. There she will meet with representatives of state administration, regional and local governments and non-governmental organizations operating on the Slovak-Ukrainian border.

Deputy Director-General Ugochi Daniels wants to support volunteers and workers who are providing humanitarian aid to people fleeing Ukraine to neighboring countries, to express support for refugees and to identify further opportunities to expand this aid.

In Bratislava, she will meet with Vendelín Leitner, State Secretary of the Ministry of the Interior of the Slovak Republic, with Ingrid Brocková, State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, with Radim Dvořák, Deputy Head of the European Commission's Representation in the Slovak Republic, with Ján Orlovský, Director of the Migration Office of the Ministry of the Interior, with Robert Gucký, Director of the Bureau of Border and Foreign Police of the Presidium of the Police Force, and with representatives of the diplomatic corps in Slovakia.

Journalists are invited to a media briefing with DDG Ugochi Daniels on 21 March from 3.30 pm to 4 pm at the Radisson Blu Carlton Hotel on Hviezdoslavovo námestie 3 in Bratislava. Please confirm your participation by 11 am on 21 March 2022 by e-mail to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or by phone: +421 908 714 067.

The profile of IOM Deputy-Director General Ugochi Daniels is available on the IOM website: https://www.iom.int/deputy-director-general-operations.

More information about IOM Global: www.iom.int.

More information about IOM Slovakia: www.iom.sk.

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About IOM:

International Organization for Migration (IOM) is an international inter-governmental organization established in 1951 with the aim of helping displaced persons, refugees and migrants in Europe. In 2016 IOM joined the UN system as the UN migration agency. At present IOM activities cover a wide range of migration issues in more than 150 countries in the world. As the leading international organization in the field of migration IOM works closely with governments and migrants and it is dedicated to promoting humane and orderly migration for the benefit of all. For more information visit www.iom.int.

IOM has been active in Slovakia since 1996. IOM Bratislava implements activities in the field of migrant integration, assisted voluntary returns to migrants’ countries of origin and assistance upon their return, fight against the trafficking in human beings, coordination of the activities of the European Migration Network, and humanitarian transfer of refugees. As part of these and other areas IOM carries out different activities – providing services to migrants, conducting research, raising awareness about migration and migrant integration through information campaigns, implementing educational and capacity-building activities for key stakeholders. For more information visit www.iom.sk/en.

IOM priority in all of its programs is providing direct assistance to migrants.