{"id":14871,"date":"2024-05-15T10:30:19","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T10:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/immigration.gov.so\/en\/?p=14871"},"modified":"2025-01-04T17:01:51","modified_gmt":"2025-01-04T17:01:51","slug":"ica-somalia-officials-participate-in-high-level-igad-meeting-on-free-movement-protocols-in-kampala-uganda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/immigration.gov.so\/en\/ica-somalia-officials-participate-in-high-level-igad-meeting-on-free-movement-protocols-in-kampala-uganda\/","title":{"rendered":"ICA Somalia Officials Participate in High-Level IGAD Meeting on Free Movement Protocols in Kampala, Uganda"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"14871\" class=\"elementor elementor-14871\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b90c007 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2b90c007\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4169aae9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4169aae9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">[May 15, 2024, Kampala &#8211; Uganda] <\/span><\/strong><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Officials from the\u00a0<b>Immigration and Citizenship Agency<\/b>\u00a0(<b>ICA<\/b>) of Somalia are currently in\u00a0<b>Kampala<\/b>,\u00a0<b>Uganda<\/b>\u00a0to attend a high-level meeting organized by the\u00a0<b>Intergovernmental Authority on Development\u00a0<\/b>(<b>IGAD<\/b>)\u00a0<b>Secretariat<\/b>. The meeting aims to provide updates on the implementation of protocols related to\u00a0<b>immigration<\/b>,\u00a0<b>labor mobility<\/b>,\u00a0<b>disaster management<\/b>, and\u00a0<b>pastoralism<\/b>\u00a0among IGAD member states.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The meeting comes at a significant time, as Uganda recently became the last country in the IGAD region to sign the Protocol on Free Movement of People. This protocol is a crucial step forward in facilitating the free movement of persons within the IGAD economic bloc.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The participation of ICA Somalia\u2019s officials demonstrates the agency\u2019s commitment to regional cooperation and the implementation of protocols that will benefit the people of Somalia and the broader IGAD region. The meeting in Kampala provides a platform for IGAD member states to share progress, challenges, and best practices in operationalizing the free movement protocols.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The IGAD Secretariat noted that free movement of people is a key driver of economic integration and social cohesion in the region, and this meeting is an important step in ensuring the protocols are effectively implemented for the betterment of the citizens.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4dbf167 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4dbf167\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51934a9 eael-fg-hoverer-content-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-eael-filterable-gallery\" data-id=\"51934a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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The meeting aims to provide updates on the implementation of protocols related to\u00a0immigration,\u00a0labor mobility,\u00a0disaster management, and\u00a0pastoralism\u00a0among IGAD member states. The meeting comes at a significant time, as Uganda [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14873,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[103],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/immigration.gov.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/immigration.gov.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/immigration.gov.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/immigration.gov.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/immigration.gov.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14871"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/immigration.gov.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14871\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16854,"href":"https:\/\/immigration.gov.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14871\/revisions\/16854"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/immigration.gov.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/immigration.gov.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/immigration.gov.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/immigration.gov.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}