Democratization  •  25 Response to the Migration and Refugee Crisis As part of its comprehensive response to the migration and refugee crisis, ODIHR organized an expert meeting on the migration crisis in the OSCE region: safeguarding rights of asylum seekers, refugees and other persons in need of protection, on 12 and 13 November in Warsaw. This meeting provided a platform for the exchange of information on the situation of asylum seekers, refugees and other persons in need of protection at the borders of OSCE participating States along the Western Balkans migratory route. Migrant Integration Good practices in migrant integration and the rights of migrants were the topic of multiple training courses held in Chisinau, Tallinn, Tbilisi, ­Vilnius, ­Uralsk and Petropavlovsk, both in Kazakhstan, Riga and Yerevan, gathering in total 244 participants. ODIHR conducted an assessment of migrant-integration measures (MIPEX) in Moldova in co-operation with the NGO Migration Policy Group. The MIPEX study found that Moldova does relatively well in integration policy areas focusing on combating discrimination and promoting family reunification and labour market mobility. However, in other areas, such as the political participation of migrants, Moldova faces the same challenges as many “new” migrant destination countries in the OSCE region. Gender-Mainstreaming in Migration Policies ODIHR, in co-operation with OSCE Office in Yerevan, organized a “ This roundtable provided an opportunity to meet with other experts and exchange methodologies on visa-facilitation practices.” Haldun Koc, Head of Information Technologies Department of the Turkey Ministry of Foreign Affairs  Example of a Ukrainian biometric passport. (iStockPhoto/siaivo). tailor-made, human rights-based training seminar on developing gender-sensitive labour-migration policies for 20 Armenian representatives of state authorities and civil society, in Yerevan from 28 to 30 October. In addition, ODIHR supported the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities by co-organizing, together with the OSCE Gender Section, the International Labour Organization and the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the workshop on Gender and Labour Migration: Mr. Ohene Aboagye, International Director, Directorate of Integration and Diversity (Norway), speaks at the ODIHR/ EMN regional expert workshop “Relocation of Persons in Need of Protection and Their Integration in the OSCE Region: Challenges and Good Practices”, 2 and 3 December 2015, Riga. (OSCE/ODIHR) Contemporary Trends in the OSCE Area and Mediterranean Region, in Malta on 7 to 9 October, for 37 participants representing national authorities and civil society from ten OSCE participating States, five OSCE Partners for Co-operation from the Mediterranean region and the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina.