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Minister for Foreign Affairs, Simon Coveney T.D., will today announce the launch of the Global Migration Media Academy. This initiative, a unique collaboration between the Department of Foreign Affairs and the International Organization for Migration (IOM), is a contribution to a global conversation on migration rooted in facts rather than misinformation.

Minister Coveney said:

“I am delighted to announce Ireland’s support for the establishment by IOM of the Global Migration Media Academy, which will be partly based in Ireland.

We are proud of our diaspora who for centuries have moved all over the world.  On this International Day of Migration, it is also important to remember that Irish migrants, like others, at times faced hostility, mistrust and mistruths.  

That is why I look forward to the Global Migration Media Academy playing an important role in countering the misinformation and distortion that can surround the issue of migration. It will provide media professionals and students with the tools to understand the reality of migration and to counter misleading narratives.”

Colm Brophy, T.D., Minister of State for Overseas Development Aid and the Diaspora, added:

“In Ireland we know, from our own experience, that migration has the potential to contribute positively to development both at home and abroad, as well as to improve the lives of migrants themselves.

This is why Irish Aid support for the Academy is important, particularly as it will initially focus on media professionals and students in a number of countries where migration attracts a strong public focus.”