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From 1 December 2022 you can find International Organization for Migration (IOM) Sub-office in Košice at the new address: Floriánska 19, 040 01 Košice, 2nd floor. Read more about IOM contacts.

IOM consultants provided war-affected people from Ukraine living in the Gabcikovo Accommodation Centre with information about temporary protection and related rights, and ways how to obtain temporary residence permit in Slovakia.

On 30 November 2022, IOM delivered personal hygiene supplies to the Cultural centre Aktivity in Trencin. They will serve people fleeing the war in Ukraine, mostly women, children and elderly who came to Slovakia. The delivery contained 7,730 pieces of hygienic items, such as soaps, toothpaste, toothbrushes, toilet paper and shampoos.

Fifty-nine per cent of those interviewed who fled from Ukraine to Slovakia indicated they would return to Ukraine once it was safe, according to IOM Slovakia data. Fifteen per cent of them intended to stay in Slovakia in the long term and 21 per cent did not know their long-term plans.

On 4 November 2022, IOM made a donation to the Emergency House in Lamac in Bratislava that can provide temporary housing to 50 displaced people from Ukraine. The delivery was organized in the coordination with the District of Lamac.

Since 22 November 2022, IOM has distributed black felted boots to people over 60 years that fled the war in Ukraine and found a safe shelter in the Gabcikovo Accommodation Facility.

Thanks to the cooperation of IOM and the Cultural centre Aktivity, people who fled the war in Ukraine and currently live in Trencin region will be better prepared for the winter months coming.

International Organization for Migration (IOM) as the coordinator of the European Migration Network (EMN) in Slovakia is organizing an EMN Slovakia’s National Conference Dignified Labour Conditions as a Tool to Fight Modern Slavery which will take place on 1 December 2022 in Bratislava.

Thanks to the film This Rain Will Never Stop, IOM brought attention to the vulnerability and destiny of foreigners who find themselves in foreign countries which are in war and who must flee the war several times in their life.

In response to the vulnerability of people fleeing the war in Ukraine, often in desparate situation seeking for refuge and jobs to cover their vital needs and earn a livelihood, IOM in collaboration with the National Labour Inspectorate trained altogether 75 inspectors from Labour Inspectorates.