Dastan Salehi

Dastan Salehi is a Field Protection Officer at IOM - UN Migration, specializing in protection programming in South Sudan's Bentiu IDP Camp and local communities in Unity State. Dastan previously served as a Programme Support Officer, focusing on data analysis regarding migration trends in the Western Balkans. Prior experience includes advocacy work for undocumented migrants as an Advocacy Officer at PICUM, and extensive advocacy and grant management for torture survivors at the International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims. Dastan's early career includes positions as a trainee at the European Committee of the Regions and a research intern at Freedom from Torture. Dastan holds an MSc in Refugee and Forced Migration Studies from the University of Oxford and a BA (Hons) in International Relations and Politics from the University of Dundee.