On 2-3 December 2013 representatives of IOM Moscow took part in an external event organized by the Federal Migration Service: a meeting of the Public Council of the FMS of Russia, which took place in the city of Orenburg.

During the meeting, the participants paid special attention to the following issues: new tasks within the activities of public councils of other governmental agencies, and also participation of the local Public Council branches of the FMS of Russia in activities devoted to adaptation and integration of migrants into Russian society.