Project PRAYAS

• The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) launched Project PRAYAS to facilitate safe, orderly and regular migration for Indian workers and students.
• The project, PRAYAS (Promoting Regular & Assisted Migration for Youth and Skilled Professionals), was launched in partnership with the Ministry of External Affairs.
• The objective of the project is to facilitate safe, orderly, and regular migration for aspiring Indian migrant workers and students through policy recommendations in collaboration with the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and state governments, thus strengthening international migration governance.

ABOUT IOM

• IOM is a UN agency dedicated to promoting humane and orderly migration.
• Established- 1951
• Headquarters- Geneva, Switzerland
• IOM works in four broad areas of migration management—Migration and development, facilitating migration, regulating migration, and Forced migration.
• It has 175 member states including India.