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Country
United States
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POINT (-73.7781391 40.6413111)
Date
Wednesday, 14 December, 2016
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In celebration of IOM’s 65th anniversary, IOM and the TOGETHER initiative hosted a delegation of 16 UN officials and representatives of UN Member States at John F. Kennedy Airport to witness the arrival of 54 refugees from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea and Ukraine highlighting the important role IOM plays in the United States Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP). It brought attention to the work of IOM over the past roughly 40 years to facilitate the dignified, safe and orderly migration of refugees and migrants to the United States. Read more about the event here.
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City
New York
Event name
JFK Airport New York