International Organisation for Migration - leading inter-governmental organisation in the field of migration that works closely with governmental, intergovernmental and non-governmental partners to help ensure the orderly and humane management of migration, promote international cooperation on migration issues, assist in the search for practical solutions to migration problems and provide humanitarian assistance to migrants in need, including refugees and internally displaced people
First known as the Provisional Intergovernmental Committee for the Movement of Migrants from Europe (PICMME). Name changed to the Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration (ICEM) in 1952, to the Intergovernmental Committee for Migration (ICM) in 1980, to the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in 1989.
