📢 One week left to apply!
The RSO is recruiting for a new Programme Manager (International Migration Strategies) to lead the establishment of a senior policy group on irregular migration in the Andaman Sea.
⏰ Apply before 8 June: buff.ly/DvKPsG0
Alongside the RSO Co-Manager (Indonesia), the briefing was attended by officials representing the immigration, consular, Attorney General's Department, and research sections at the Embassy. 🇮🇩
Link to the summary of the report: s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/assets.rso.b...
💡In order to develop information campaigns & public messaging to prevent individuals from undertaking dangerous #irregular journeys, it is crucial to understand how persons at risk of #irregular migration & their origin communities perceive (irregular) migration, & their #informationneeds
The Bali Process 19th Steering Group Meeting and 18th Senior Officials’ Meeting are taking place this week in Bangkok.🌐
🤝 As part of RSO's 24'-26' Work Plan, RSO seeks to refresh the Bali Process Policy Guide on Returns & Reintegration, supporting capacities of Member States to develop & implement policies on returns & reintegration. The RSO looks forward to continued collaboration w/ the Budapest Process
✈️ Last week, the RSO participated in the #BudapestProcess Working Group meeting on Returns & Reintegration, in Istanbul, Turkiye—as part of a long-standing relationship between the RSO & the Budapest Process, & recognising overlapping memberships & challenges for the Budapest and Bali Processes
The event featured a powerful performance by artist Fairuz Sulamain, providing a window into one individual’s experience of forced displacement through irregular migration channels, and interactions with people smugglers. The performance highlighted the human stories behind migration challenges.
The RSO 2025 Members' Engagement Function in Kuala Lumpur brought together regional actors from government, civil society and international organisations in Malaysia’s Chairmanship Year for #ASEAN, strengthening connections across those working to address people smuggling & transnational crime.
An op-ed by RSO Co-Managers Fuad Adriansyah (Indonesia) and David Scott (Australia) published in the @Diplomat_APAC today discusses the devastating human cost of legal invisibility for individuals, and champions the momentum for change in #SoutheastAsia.
Read the full op-ed here: buff.ly/RYr2LjX
The RSO is recruiting for a new Programme Manager (Information Sharing & Regional Responses). The Consultant will lead on engagement to support establishment of 2 cross-border networks, supporting regional cooperation on maritime people smuggling.
⏰ Apply before 22 May
🔗 More info: buff.ly/TMGw757
📢 New job alert!
The RSO is on the lookout for its new Programme Manager, Countering Trafficking in Persons.
⏰ Apply before 30 April 2025, Bangkok time
🔗 More info and how to apply: bit.ly/4cxAjAK
💡Looking back at the 7th Bali Process Meeting of the Technical Experts Group on Returns and Reintegration 💡
Held over 3–5 Dec 2024 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, the meeting brought together Bali Process Members to strengthen cooperation for safe, dignified, and sustainable returns and reintegration.
An OSINT workshop recently held by the RSO in Bangkok equipped law enforcement from across Southeast Asia with open-source intelligence (OSINT) skills to detect, investigate, & disrupt cyber-scam centre recruitment networks & investigations into a range of related crimes.
More: buff.ly/RHfFHqo
Dhaka, Bangladesh: Last week the RSO engaged in a series of meaningful discussions with the Embassy of Indonesia and the High Commission of Malaysia to Bangladesh, centred around human trafficking and people smuggling challenges impacting Bangladesh and the broader region. #RegionalCooperation
This week, Government representatives, UN bodies & stakeholders came together for Second Asia Pacific Regional Review of the Implementation of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration. Pleased to see recognition of Bali Process role in advancing #GCM objectives by Member States.
Thrilled to welcome over 120 delegates & honoured to co-chair the 3rd #RSOBorderForum where we were laser focused on identifying practical solutions to strengthen border management & to unpack barriers to effectively addressing #humantrafficking #peoplesmuggling
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