The European Union and IOM Mission in Moldova continue to support people fleeing the war

On 7 August, in Chisinau, IOM Moldova, with the generous support of the European Union, donated to the Moldova Emergency Prehospital Service 300 mobile fridges for transportation of thermolabile medicines including vaccines and biological products.

The handover event was attended by Mr. Ion Prisăcaru, The State Secretary of the Ministry of Health, Mr. Iurie Crasiuc, director of the National Center of Emergency Prehospital Service, Adam Grodzicki, Deputy Head of Cooperation of the EU Delegation to the Republic of Moldova and Mr. Lars Johan Lönnback, IOM Moldova’s Chief of Mission. This donation falls under the EU project “Supporting Protection, Transit, Voluntary and Informed Return and Reintegration of Eastern Partnership Citizens and Third Country Nationals Affected by the Conflict in Ukraine” funded by the European Union.

“Dear partners, thank you for your initiative and efforts to purchase this important equipment for the pre-hospital care service. Thanks to this donation, each mobile medical team will be able to carry thermolabile medicines“, said Ion Prisăcaru, State Secretary of the Ministry of Health.

“This donation reflects our solidarity towards the Republic of Moldova and our continuous partnership with the Ministry of Health that provides health care services for all Moldovans and Refugees that live in this country. And it is this cooperation that gave rise to a regional program in the field of facilitated migration management implemented in partnership with IOM”, commented Adam Grodzicki, Deputy Head of Cooperation of the EU Delegation to the Republic of Moldova.

Lars Johan Lönnback, IOM Moldova’s Chief of Mission: “IOM plays a key role in responding to humanitarian and public health emergencies, this is an essential part of IOM’s humanitarian mandate. What we are doing with this donation is to extend our support to the ambulance services in the Republic of Moldova. As we all have experienced climate change is real and is here. In this regard, refrigeration is absolutely necessary for so many interventions that are needed in emergency response. I would like to thank the Director of the National Center of Emergency Prehospital Service, the Ministry of Health, and the European Union for the great collaboration that has made this donation possible.”

The donation will enhance the capacity of the Prehospital Emergency Service which actively provides prehospital emergency treatment to Ukrainian refugees and third-country nationals. Also, it served up to 5,000 Ukrainians with emergency health care during the last six months.

IOM assisted 2,324 people with air transportation to 14 EU and EEA member states since the beginning of the war.

The IOM Moldova Resettlement and Movement Management Team is responsible for implementing various types of resettlement activities and support to all IOM movement operations which include air transportation to European Union (EU) and European Economic Area (EEA) Member States. In Moldova, RMM Team, in coordination with the Border Police of the Republic of Moldova, is continuously at work to support Ukrainian refugees and Third Country Nationals.

Thanks to the generous financial support of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for EU Neighbourhood and Enlargement, IOM Moldova Resettlement and Movement Management Team transferred through air transportation 2,324 people, 107 of which happened between the recent period of June and 23 August 2023. Out of 107 people, 55 per cent are women, 26 per cent are minors, and have been displaced across 7 countries: 12 Norway, 4 Ireland, 78 the Czech Republic, 2 Italy, 1 Liechtenstein, 7 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) and 3 Spain.