The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is launching a new programme in partnership with the governments of Nigeria and Switzerland to enhance migration governance including border management across the country.
Spanning 24 months, the new programme will bolster the partnership between IOM and the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), supporting the assessment of three of the country’s key airports (Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA) Abuja, Port Harcourt International Airport (PHIA) Rivers, and Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos), the training of border officials in migration data management, and the deployment of key infrastructure to enhance border governance across the country.
Since 2015, IOM has been a key technical partner of the NIS in strengthening migration governance, including through data collection, immigration and border management.
This partnership has enabled the Government of Nigeria to adopt the Migration Information and Data Analysis System (MIDAS) as the country’s primary Border Management Information System.
In addition to the infrastructural assessments and evaluations, the project will contribute to improving the capacities of NIS and border officials in forensic document examination though targeted trainings.
