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Arab Center for Technical Cooperation in Migration and Border Management

Within the framework of the constructive strategic partnership between Naif Arab University for Security Sciences and the International Organization for Migration, the university’s Supreme Council, headed by His Royal Highness Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif bin Abdulaziz, issued a The Minister of the Interior, in his 48th session dated 10/11/2022 AD, corresponding to 4/16/1444 AH, issued his decision No. D 48/4/425 to establish the Arab Center for Technical Cooperation in Migration and Border Management, in cooperation with the International Organization for Migration at the university’s headquarters in the city of Riyadh. This cooperation comes as a continuation of the joint efforts between the two sides, through which many bilateral activities were implemented within the first and second memorandums of understanding signed between the two sides in the years 2011 and 2019, amounting to 25 scientific and training activities.

Objectives and services of the center

The center aims to provide technical, legal, and operational support and enhance regional capacity in the field of migration and border management, migrant protection, and human rights, and to provide guidance consultations and strategies for managing human mobility and migration more efficiently internationally and at the Arab level in light of the challenges of migration and management issues. Integrated to the following limits:

Complex global human mobility trends and migration management challenges in Arab countries.

Increasing demand from States for technical advice on how to manage human mobility more efficiently.

A need to strengthen scientific and technical cooperation in migration management and border security.

Strengthening regional capacities and cooperation in the field of migration management and border security.

A growing need to support policies tailored to the Arab region in the field of migration and border security management.

فريق المركز

Dr.Muhammad Wahab

Director of the Arab Center for Technical Cooperation in Migration and Border Management

D. Muhammad Awadallah

Mudar Al-Hamdani

Data Center Coordinator at the IOM Regional Office for the Middle East and North Africa

Nelson Goncalvez

Identity and Biometrics Management Officer at the International Organization for Migration

Fawzi Al-Zyoud

Dana Ismail

Migration and Border Governance Unit

Karim Hilal

Jacopo Carbonari

Migration and Border Governance Officer for the IOM Regional Office in Cairo

Awatif Maatouk

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