Completed Projects - Counter Trafficking

In former projects, IOM Austria has provided targeted trainings for Austrian stakeholders on how to identify trafficked persons, how to refer potential victims to protection services, and legal implications of trafficking in asylum and migration procedures. IOM Austria has also offered reintegration support to trafficked persons wishing to return home.

For further information, please find a selection of completed projects below or contact the Counter-Trafficking Unit:

International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Country Office for Austria
Nibelungengasse 13/4
1010 Vienna
Tel: +43 1 585 33 22 46
Email: kklaffenboeck@iom.int

Tip-Train

Duration: 1 February 2015 to 31 December 2018

This project raised awareness and sensitized Austrian actors to the topic of human trafficking to improve identification of trafficked persons.

During the project, seven training sessions were held for employees of Caritas, Diakonie, Verein Menschenrechte Österreich and the STD Ambulatorium of the City of Vienna.

The costs of the training sessions were borne by the contracting organizations.

ASYL-Train

Duration: 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2019

This project provided trainings on the identification of victims of human trafficking and on intercultural competences in the Austrian asylum procedure.

A total of 37 trainings took place for 525 people in all Austrian provinces. The trainings were held together with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the Criminal Intelligence Service Austria, the LEFÖ Intervention Centre for Trafficked Women, the Men's Health Centre, the Child Protection Centre "Drehscheibe" of the City of Vienna, the legal expert Ines Rössl and the IZ – Interkulturelles Zentrum.

This project was co-financed by the European Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund and the Austrian Federal Ministry of the Interior.

 

 

Child Protection In The Context Of Refugee And Migration Flows To Europe

Period: October 15, 2016 – April 15, 2018

This international project was implemented in Greece, Italy, Bulgaria, Croatia, Slovenia, Hungary and Austria with the aim of improving the protection of children on the move.

In Austria, IOM organized trainings together with the NGO ECPAT on the topic of child protection and child trafficking in the context of migration and asylum flows. The aim was to identify and address children’s special needs to ensure child protection guidelines are enforced when working with children.

A total of 10 trainings were held for representatives of counselling centers, child and youth welfare authorities, the police, the military, emergency shelters and accommodation centers.  

This project was funded by the European Union.

 

 

IBEMA I & II

Duration IBEMA I (pilot project): 1 April 2014 to 31 December 2014

Duration IBEMA II: 1 July 2015 to 31 December 2016

This project offered targeted trainings for representatives of the Federal Office for Immigration and Asylum (BFA), the Federal Administrative Court, the company ORS Service GmbH and legal advisors commissioned by the Federal Ministry of the Interior (MOI) on how to identify (potential) trafficked persons. The participants were in direct contact with asylum seekers and thus had the possibility to identify situations of human trafficking and refer protection services.

During the pilot project IBEMA I, two trainings were held for the BFA, MOI and ORS Service GmbH. A delegation comprised of BFA and IOM representatives undertook a study visit to Nuremberg, Germany to support mutual learning and networking between the BFA and the German Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) on the issue of human trafficking in the asylum procedure.

The follow-up project IBEMA II offered 19 trainings. One study visit was undertaken to Bern, Switzerland to support mutual learning and networking between the BFA and the Swiss Secretariat for Migration (SEM) on the issue of human trafficking in the asylum procedure.

IBEMA I was co-financed by the European Refugee Fund and the Austrian Federal Ministry of the Interior.

IBEMA II was co-financed by the European Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund and the Austrian Federal Ministry of the Interior.

 

 

Care

Duration: 2 September 2013 to 29 February 2016

The CARE project supported victims of human trafficking in Austria, France, Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom in returning to their country of origin. Flexible and adapted help was provided for participants to be active members of the community again.

130 victims of human trafficking, including 10 underage participants, were supported.