IOM deputy director general reaches Dhaka for four-day tour

Ugochi Daniels, the deputy director general for operations at the International Organization for Migration (IOM), has reached Dhaka to begin a four-day tour to the country.

The flight carrying Daniels landed at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at dawn on Saturday.

Apart from Dhaka, she would visit Cox’s Bazar and Madaripur to observe foreign assistance provided to the Rohingya communities and other aid programmes of the UN, and partners.

During the four-day tour, she would hold meetings with government representatives, UN agencies, development organisations, and officials representing communities supported by the UN.

She would observe projects involving migration governance, movement of people spurred by climate change, employment-related migration, protection for migrants and humanitarian assistance.

She is also expected to join the inaugural session of an event focused on the Bangladesh National Workplan 2026-30 under the Global Compact for Migration (GCM).

GCM is the first of its kind inter-governmental agreement covering international migration in a holistic and comprehensive manner.