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Edo State Migration Agency (EDMA) is the government agency responsible for promoting safe, legal, and successful migration while addressing the challenges associated with human trafficking and unsafe migration practices in Edo State. EDMA works to ensure that citizens have access to accurate information, legitimate migration pathways, relevant opportunities, and appropriate support to make informed decisions about their future.
The Edo State Migration Agency (EDMA) is a government agency established to address the challenges of human trafficking, irregular migration, and unsafe migration practices in Edo State. The Agency is committed to ensuring that citizens have access to accurate, reliable, and timely information that enables them to make informed decisions about migration and opportunities both within Nigeria and abroad.
EDMA works to promote safe, legal, and successful migration while creating pathways for citizens to pursue meaningful opportunities without exposing themselves to exploitation, trafficking, abuse, or other risks associated with irregular migration.
Through strategic partnerships with government institutions, international organisations, civil society organisations, private-sector stakeholders, and development partners, the Agency supports initiatives that strengthen migration awareness, prevention, protection, rehabilitation, skills development, and access to legitimate opportunities.
A future where every citizen of Edo State can choose their path: to migrate safely and successfully, or to build a thriving and rewarding life at home.
To empower the people of Edo State to achieve safe, legal, and successful migration through reliable information, strategic partnerships, and tangible opportunities at home and abroad.
Proactively prevent
human trafficking and irregular migration
through targeted public awareness
campaigns, community education, and
intelligence-led collaboration with
security agencies to dismantle trafficking
networks.
Empower Edo citizens with accurate information on legal
migration pathways. This includes providing guidance on visa procedures, pre-departure orientation, and promoting regular channels for work, study, and travel abroad.
Establish a
robus t sys tem for the reception, rehabilitation, and sustainable reintegration of returning migrants. This includes providing immediate humanitarian aid, psychosocial support,
medical care, and access to skills training
and livelihood programs.
Develop accessible information channels through which citizens can obtain credible and verified migration information and avoid fraudulent agents and misleading offers.
Collaborate with government agencies, foreign missions, international organisations, development partners, civil society, employers, educational institutions, and other stakeholders.
Contribute to programmes that provide appropriate protection, referral, rehabilitation, reintegration, and support for persons affected by trafficking and unsafe migration.
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