The International Organization for Migration (IOM) established its operations in Bulgaria in 2000. Across the country, IOM provides a comprehensive response to the humanitarian needs of migrants, including asylum seekers, refugees, and victims of trafficking, through various types of direct assistance, as well as assists the government in the development and implementation of migration policies. Learn more about IOM in Bulgaria. IOM works to help ensure the orderly and humane management of migration to promote international cooperation on migration issues, to assist in the search for practical solutions to migration problems and to provide humanitarian assistance to migrants in need, including refugees and internally displaced Read more