Talk:International Organization for Migration

message: It seems someone has deleted a paragraph about criticsm raised against IOM by antiracist groups. I believe if there is criticism of a relevant scale that is somewhat serious/rational it can and should be part of the article. To write ABOUT the criticism and is different from criticising IOM.
Who Done It? no one
And guess who deleted the criticism:
inetnum:         194.165.135.88 - 194.165.135.95
netname:         IOFM
descr:           International Organization For Migration
194.94.96.194 (talk) 14:36, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Restored deleted paragraph on IOM critics

message: I agree that criticism should be part of this article, but I also think that the paragraph on it could be improved.  For instance, if Human Rights Watch has criticized IOM, there should be a citation.  If no example of that criticism can be found to cite, then perhaps it shouldn't be there.  Similarly, the article describes the Australian "Pacific Solution" without clearly stating that IOM was involved with it, or offering a reference to back up such a claim.
Criticism of IOM should definitely be a part of this article.  But the section should be stronger.Mgllama (talk) 21:03, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry, the above comment was from me--I hadn't logged in.Mgllama (talk) 19:25, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Verification Request 

message: Hello,
The text in the introduction section of the article is taken, almost verbatim (with some text removed and some added), from promotional material available from the IOM website.  Please forgive me for not being completely informed about wikipedia guidelines, but I believe that this may constitute some sort of violation.
At the very least, it should be reported clearly that the text in the introduction was written for promotional purposes by IOM itself, not by the wikipedia community.  
Please see the following link to the pdf document from which the introduction text was taken:
http://www.iom.int/jahia/webdav/site/myjahiasite/shared/shared/mainsite/published_docs/brochures_and_info_sheets/IOM%20In%20Brief_EN_Sep08.pdf
The text from that source reads as follows:
"Established in 1951, the International
Organization for Migration (IOM) is the principal
intergovernmental organization in the field of
migration. We are growing rapidly and currently
count 125 member states. A further 16 states hold
observer status, as do numerous international and
non-governmental organizations. IOM’s programme
budget for 2007 exceeds US$ 783.8 million, funding
over 1,770 active programmes and more than 5,600
staff members serving in over 410 field offices in
more than a hundred countries.
IOM is dedicated to promoting humane and
orderly migration for the benefit of all. It does so by
providing services and advice to governments and
migrants.
IOM works to help ensure the orderly and humane
management of migration, to promote international
cooperation on migration issues, to assist in the
search for practical solutions to migration problems
and to provide humanitarian assistance to migrants
in need, be they refugees, displaced persons or
other uprooted people. The IOM Constitution gives
explicit recognition to the link between migration and
economic, social and cultural development, as well
as to the right of freedom of movement of persons.
IOM works in the four broad areas of migration
management: migration and development,
facilitating migration, regulating migration, and
addressing forced migration. Cross-cutting activities
include the promotion of international migration law,
policy debate and guidance, protection of migrants’
rights, migration health and the gender dimension of
migration.
IOM works closely with governmental,
intergovernmental and non-governmental partners."
I'll check back on the page in a week or so, and try to fix it, or mark  the main entry according to wikipedia guidelines (when I have a little more free time).  Until then, it seemed appropriate to leave this comment on the comment page.
All the Best,
pete212 (talk) 03:01, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Introduction in main article is copied from an IOM promotional pamphlet, without citation. 

message: Came upon this page while doing research for school. I noticed that the way the article was written seemed like what you would find in a "what we do" page on an organization's website. I checked the references, all of which gave the result "Page Not Found." Oh, and also, all the references were of IOM's site.
At this point I went and checked the talk page, which had a few posts from years ago regarding deletion and restoring of the 'Criticisms' section of the article. I found this even more interesting, since the current version has no 'Criticisms' section. I found the point where an edit deleted it and it was never restored (edit at  17:23, 20 June 2010‎ by an IP address).
Looking through the edits, I found that in June 2014, one IP address and then one user had done a lot of editing in a very short amount of time. The user's name is now red, and a look at their contributions shows that this page is the only one they ever contributed to.
It's fairly obvious that the article was edited to resemble propaganda for the organization. The fact that previously there had been issues with deletion of the 'Criticisms' section makes me wonder if the attempt to manage the point of view of the article is an ongoing effort.
There does not seem to be any good point at which to revert the article back to. I don't currently have the time to rewrite the whole article. In the interest of keeping with the integrity of Wikipedia, I have deleted what I consider to be the most concerning sections, but left the rest.
Two important issues to be addressed:
·Intro and History sections need to be rewritten and checked for a NPOV
·Broken reference links need to be removed and, if necessary, replaced
I will try to come back to this article after my semester is over and I have time, but if a fellow editor could help out I would be ever so grateful. It would also be nice to have someone other than myself also keep an eye on this page, since I would not be surprised if someone would come back to the article to 'fix' it after my edits.
kaireky (talk) 14:50, 2 May 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi @kaireky this article was (and still is) a mess, I've had a go at making some improvements to make it a bit more standard, but still lots to do. It's badly cited, but I've at least organized it better. CT55555 (talk) 00:16, 10 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Serious POV Issues 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: I check pages listed in :Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of :International Organization for Migration's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.
Reference named "auto":
From Mozambique: Arming Slaves , Arming slaves: from classical times to the modern age, Christopher Leslie Brown, Philip D. Morgan, Gilder Lehrman: Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition. Yale University Press, 2006 , 
From Ethiopia: 
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From Russia: 
From São Tomé and Príncipe: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de São Tomé e Príncipe, as at 13 May 2018.
From Refugees of the Syrian Civil War: 
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From Migrant domestic workers in Lebanon: Jureidini, Ray, “Trafficking and Contract Migrant Workers in the Middle East,” International Migration, 48(4), 2010, pp 143.
From Azerbaijan: The State Statistical Committee of the Azerbaijan Republic, The ethnic composition of the population according to the 2009 census. azstat.org
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From Amnesty International: Amnesty International Charity Limited Report and financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2011, p. 8, Paragraph 10.
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From Niger: Ancient cemetery found in 'green' Sahara Desert . By Randolph E. Schmid. Associated Press /ABC News.
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From Refugee: Dryden-Peterson, S. (2015). The Educational Experiences of Refugee Children in Countries of First Asylum (Rep.). Washington, DC: Migration Policy Institute.
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From Chad: http://www.inseed-td.net/index.php/blog-with-right-sidebar/document/send/7-documents-et-publications-demographique/20-indicateurs-globaux-issus-du-rgph2-97-dg-94-couleur-28mp-22
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From Migrant workers in the Gulf Cooperation Council region: Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain, “Slaving Away: Migrant Labor Exploitation and Human Trafficking in the Gulf”, April 2014, pp. 45-46, available here
From Burundi: "Kingdom of Burundi". Encyclopædia Britannica (Online ed.). Retrieved 15 October 2016.
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From Northern Mariana Islands: Lin, Tom C.W., Americans, Almost and Forgotten, 107 California Law Review (2019)
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From Gulf War: Bourque P.455
From Xenophobia in South Africa: 
From Haiti: 
From South Korea: Korean Social Sciences Journal, 24 (1997). Korean Social Science Research Council. pp. 33–53
From Kenya: Ethiopia GDP purchasing power 2010: 86 billion. Imf.org. 14 September 2006.
From Global Compact for Migration: 
From COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh: 
From Allied Democratic Forces: 
From Hurricane Matthew: 
From Italy: 
I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT⚡ 01:11, 7 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Orphaned references in [[:International Organization for Migration]] 

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thread_title:  A Commons file used on this page or its Wikidata item has been nominated for deletion 

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