IOM works under three broad programme service areas. They are:

• Migration Management;
• Stability Support; and
• Humanitarian Assistance Support

IOM supports national entities to address pressing and complex challenges in their efforts to ensure safe migration. Migration management involves implementing policies and programmes; to facilitate and regulate migration, to prevent irregular migration, to mitigate the consequences of forced migration, to harness the development potential of migration and to support the return and reintegration of migrants.

Within this framework, IOM Sri Lanka is providing assistance in the following areas:

• Regulating Migration
• Migration and Development
• Migration Policy and Research
• Facilitating Migration

IOM provides assistance by utilizing its solid experience on the ground combined with organizational expertise through: capacity development and technical assistance; policy development and implementation and; direct service provision.

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Stability Support

IOM provides stability support through needs based assistance that includes early recovery and community development activities. Under this programme area, IOM supports local and returnee communities through a multi-sectoral intervention process that focuses on assistance with: movement; infrastructure development/rehabilitation; economic recovery and; referral to specialized services. Main projects under this programme service area focus on:

• Supporting development and rehabilitation of large/small scale infrastructure
• Provision of reintegration services to vulnerable groups through livelihood development activities and capacity development activities and;
• Provision of early recovery support for livelihoods development

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• Relief assistance to conflict-affected populations
• Support to populations affected by the tsunami and other natural disasters

Currently, the organization’s experience and expertise in relief operations are built to address urgent needs of populations affected by conflict and natural disasters. IOM provides fast and reliable assistance to communities under: shelter, camp management, water sanitation and hygiene support, livelihood restoration and food security, psychosocial support and a transportation and logistics service.

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