AKIPRESS.COM - The International Organization for Migration has concluded a two-day technical workshop in Sukhbaatar (northern Mongolia on the Russian border), Mongolia for 20 officials from Mongolia’s immigration services to improve their knowledge of fraudulent travel document examination and the security features of travel documents.

With rising numbers of Mongolian labor migrants moving overseas and incoming foreign workers, Mongolia has seen a rise in the use of fraudulent travel documents. Many foreign irregular migrants transit via Mongolia onwards to other destinations, or pay for counterfeit visa documents to be able to work irregularly in Mongolia. Returning Mongolian migrants also use other Mongolian citizens’ documents to get back into the country to avoid detection when they use false documents.

The workshop, which was supported by experts from Germany and Thailand, is part of IOM's support to the government to help it to improve how it manages migration into and out of the landlocked country. The project to support migration management policy and training of border officials is funded by the IOM Development Fund (IDF).