YANGON, Myanmar, July 3, 2018 – Access to vital information and resources, crucial for Myanmar workers looking for jobs in other cities and countries, is rapidly changing with the explosion of media and technology in the country. Speakers at today’s “Media+Tech for Migration” event funded by USAID and implemented by IOM X in Yangon highlighted the role of innovation and how it is reshaping migration throughout the region.

IOM X is a regional campaign to prevent human trafficking and exploitation sponsored by the International Organization for Migration’s (IOM) and the United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID). Organizers and their partners today shared their efforts to educate migrants in Myanmar about the evolving media and technology scene.

The approach includes the promotion of a Facebook Chat Bot called Miss Migration, which helps process information queries efficiently, and the construction of a Myanmar-language website that provides migration tips and official government contacts for migration information.

The videos were launched by His Excellency U Thein Swe, Union Minister for the Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population, in Nay Pyi Daw in May. They align with national efforts to increase migrants’ access to information through Labour Exchange Offices and Migrant Resource Centres, which are featured in the series.

The videos also show potential migrants how to visit a Migrant Resource Centre and how to submit a query to Miss Migration on Facebook, which may make the difference between a good or bad experience for themselves and their families.

IOM Myanmar's Miss Migration Facebook page directs visitors to reliable migration information online. The page includes an easy-to-use chat function that guides users through a series of topics related to migration and directs them to the specific information they are looking for.

To date, the video series has gained significant traction, generating more than half a million views on social media and IOM X’s Myanmar website.  The campaign is also supported by IOM X’s broadcast partners, Mizzima and the Democratic Voice of Burma, whose regular airings of the Make Migration Work video series is expected to reach millions more people this month.

For further information and to view the Make Migration Work videos, visit  IOMX.org/mm (Myanmar language) or IOMX.org/mm/english. To chat with Miss Migration on Facebook, visit Facebook.com/MissMigration.