MIGRANT RESOURCE CENTERRepublic of the Marshall Islands

empowering migrants for united communitiesBackgroundThe International Organization for

Migration (IOM) promotes international

cooperation on migration issues to assist

in the search for practical solutions

to migration problems and to provide

humanitarian assistance to migrants and

the wider community.

The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI)

became an IOM member state in 2013.

As part of its membership, the Marshall

Islands received the IOM Development

Fund (IDF) seed fund to establish a Migrant

Resource Center, as a collaborative effort

between the RMI national government, IOM,

and other partners in the Marshall Islands

and abroad.

Services Provided by the MRCPre-departure Orientation Training

The MRC offers pre-departure orientation training for

potential future migrants. The training covers topics such

as, health, housing, education, driving, legal landscape and

passport application or renewal. The training lasts about

two and a half days and caters to Marshallese planning to

migrate to the United States or associated territories.

Anti-human Trafficking Awareness Raising

In collaboration with the RMI Ministry of Justice, MRC

plans to conduct outreach with secondary school students,

college students, women's organizations, government, the

police, and civil society throughout the Marshall Islands to

ensure they are aware of the risks of human trafficking.

Other Services

The MRC is open on week days for drop in visits at your

convenience. Potential migrants, actual migrants, or

returning migrants are encouraged to visit with our trained

MRC resource staff and benefit from the information

provided. We want you to make informed decisions - so

please stop by with your questions. The MRC also provides

services for actual or returned migrants who need help

integrating or re-integrating.

Migrant Resource Center - Majuro Tel: 625-4705For urgent migration assistance - 24/7 Hotline: (691) 922 7511To make a report, Marshall Islands Transnational Crime Unit, Tel: 625 3233

contact

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TraffickingTrafficking in persons is the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring or receipt of persons, by means of the threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of deception of the abuse of power or of a position of vulnerability, or of the giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control over another person, for the purpose of exploitation.

Trafficking ej meļeļe in anemkwoje jimwe im maron ko an juon armej nan wia kake ak kuli kake. Ej waļok nan jabdewot ilo waween kappok im bobok ak aljok tak wot armej, kōmakūt er jān jikin ñan jikin , ak wia armej nan anemkwoje jimwe im maron eo an, kaamijak armej, kuli kake im waween ko jet renana ñan armej eo:

ilo waween bobok ak aljok tak wōt armej ak koot ļọk armej nan jikin eo me ejjeļok aer jeļa kake ke renaaj pojān mour in kuli ie ilo an ejjeļok malim jan er

ilo waween kojerbal armej ak ejjeļok mool ilo koņ ikotaan armej eo im ikotaan eo ej kipele ñan jerbal eo enana ; karreelel im kallimur kake juon jerbal eo enana im ej jab mool, kuli kake ri-jerbal eo nan koņaan ko an ri-wia eo make.

ilo waween kuli kake im kojerbale juon nan kommane juon kain makutkut eo me emo kommane ainwot wia kake marijuana im makutkut ko jet emọ kōmmani bwe rejelōt kakien ko im mo ko ilo manit.

ilo waween wia kake jimwe im maron an juon-im-juon ainwot wiaik būruōn jinen ak jemān bwe ren wia kake ajri eo / ro nejierro; waanjoñọk, ilo an ri-wia eo koļļaik armej eo ej wia kake bar juon armej nan an nāj ri-wia eo anemkwoje jimwe im maron ko an armej eo eaar wiaiki

Aolepan waween kein laajrak ilon rej waļok nan jabdewot nan wot anemkwoje jimwe im maron ko aer, im bareinwot kuli kake er.

Translation provided in coordination and collaboration with the Marshallese Studies Department at the College of the Marshall Islands and input from the Customary Law and Language Commission.

J-TIPIOM has been strengthening its support of national efforts in the Republic of Marshal Islands (RMI) to combat human trafficking through a grant from the U.S. Department of State’s Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons. The project will contribute to the effective protection of victims of trafficking (VoT) in the RMI. It will focus on: a) awareness raising on the issue of trafficking in persons (TIP); b) boosting understanding and capacity of law enforcement on proactive victim identification within vulnerable populations and the need for victim-centered protection; and c) establishment of national referral mechanism (NRM) for the protection of VoT through strong partnerships between national and local authorities. Every year the United States Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons compiles a report ranking each country and their compliance with the Trafficking Victim’s Protection Act’s (TVPA). The Marshall Islands is on Tier Three List - this ranking means the country does not fully comply with the minimum standards and is not making significant efforts to do so. IOM via the J-TIP program is collaborating with government entities, including the RMI National Taskforce on Human Trafficking, to improve this standing.

Deportee PublicationIOM is collaborating with UNESCO on an upcoming publication capturing the experience of the criminal deportee community in the Marshall Islands. IOM recognizes the authority of States to determine the entry or stay of foreign nationals within their jurisdiction, which includes the right to remove those it does not authorize to enter or stay. IOM engaged in this research exercise in order to better understand the return and reintegration process of the deportee community to better inform related policy or services provided by the newly established Migrant Resource Center. This research further exemplified the harsh reality of deportation as told through the insights and experiences of migrants forcibly returned to the Marshall Islands. In telling their stories they revealed many instances of family separation, particularly among those with children born in the United States and provided citizenship therewith.

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