The International Organization for Migration is an intergovernmental body that deals with migration and the movement of people. It was created in Brussels as a temporary committee to help resettle people displaced by the Second World War in Europe, and it was later renamed several times as its role changed. Over the decades it took on work with refugees, labour migrants and displaced persons in many parts of the world, helping with transport, health checks, return and reintegration. Its headquarters are in Geneva, and its member states have grown from a small group to well over a hundred. It became a related organization of the United Nations in 2016.
Before and after
- 14 December 1950Founding of Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- 1951Golden Bear
- 1951Founding of Goethe-Institut
- 1951First edition of Sanremo Music Festival
- 1951Founding of International Organization for Migration
- from 1951 to 2009Founding of European Communities
- 30 January 1951Birth of Phil Collins
- 20 February 1951Birth of Gordon Brown
- 26 February 19511951 executions in Albania
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- 24 October 1945Founding of United Nations
- 5 October 1948Founding of International Union for Conservation of Nature
- 5 May 1949Founding of Council of Europe
- 1960Founding of Somalia
- 1 October 1963Founding of Nigeria
- 1985Introduction of new shekel
The era
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