Head of Immigration and Border management (IBM) Unit in Mali, IOM Mali
Bio
Arthur Langouet, French national, holds a degree in International Relations at Lyon III University and a master’s degree in Internal Human Rights Law and Law of the Armed Conflicts at Paris I Pantheon Assas University (2014).
After working as a legal advisor for the International Committee of the Red Cross and the French Ministry of Defense, Arthur Langouet has served with the International Organization for Migration (IOM - United Nations Migration Agency) in Niger, Bangladesh and Fiji Islands, mainly on community stabilization, prevention of violent extremism and border security projects.
He is now in charge of the Immigration and Border Management Unit of IOM Mali, based in Bamako. IBM projects in Mali focus on improving security at land border posts, build up trust between security forces and border communities, develop the Migration Information and Data Analysis System (MIDAS), as well as responding to the COVID-19 pandemic at borders.