The International Organization for Migration (IOM) launched today a communication campaign to promote a more balanced narrative on return and sustainable reintegration. It is the result of a worldwide collaboration led by the EU-IOM Knowledge Management Hub (KMH) and funded by the European Union, together with 11 IOM Country Offices* and national...
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The event presented the findings and case studies from latest reports released by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and produced by Samuel Hall.
The Horn of Africa region has a high volume of migration flows both into, out of, and within the region. The reasons for migration vary, but deteriorating socio-economic conditions are a significant factor. However, the journey and arrival in transit and host countries present many challenges and risks to migrants, including protection risks, human rights...
The IOM Regional Office for the East and Horn of Africa hosted (11-13 of April) a Regional Stocktaking workshop in Nairobi (Kenya) on the evidence on migrant protection and reintegration in the Horn of Africa.
This issue unpacks the geopolitics of returns in the international system, drawing attention to the diversity of actors, practices, and policies that shape return governance regimes. It examines the complex landscape of actors, sites and practices involved in returning refugees, rejected asylum seekers or irregular migrants within and across regions (Europe...
Este quinto informe de seguimiento presenta las conclusiones de la recopilación y revisión de 45 encuestas realizadas por la OIM entre octubre y diciembre de 2020, para captar las experiencias de las personas participantes de sus Programas de Retorno Voluntario Asistido (RVA) en El Salvador, Guatemala-Belice, Honduras y México. Los resultados de esta...
The Return Counselling Toolkit is a capacity-building instrument aimed at providing a harmonized and coherent approach to return counselling, based on key migrant-centred principles while protecting migrants’ rights. Mindful of the specific needs and rights pertaining to children, this additional module on counselling children and families further...
How can practitioners and policymakers effectively measure the impact of migration policy programmes? More specifically, how can ex ante baselines be measured in a context of transitory populations, developing countries, and sometimes reactive and hastily assembled policy interventions? This brief theoretically and empirically considers the extent to which...
This report provides an overview of the findings of surveys conducted by the IOM Assisted Voluntary Return (AVR) Program in Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Mexico. Each of the 102 respondents was asked a series of 24 to 33 questions by destination country AVR teams one to three months after beneficiaries’ returns to their countries of origin...
This Mapping Report of the Kyrgyz Diaspora, Compatriots and Migrants Abroad was commissioned by IOM within the framework of the project titled “Leveraging Diaspora Funding into Climate Action” funded by the IOM Development Fund and managed by IOM Kyrgyzstan in collaboration with the government and non-government stakeholders involved. The overall goal of the...
El Gobierno del Ecuador, bajo el liderazgo de la Cancillería, conformó un Comité de Crisis con la finalidad de proteger y precautelar la vida y seguridad de las personas ecuatorianas que se encontraban en Ucrania cuando comenzó la guerra en este país. Según las cifras disponibles, serían alrededor de 700 personas ecuatorianas, la mayoría estudiantes, quienes...
The Migration Profile of North Macedonia seeks to provide a concise yet comprehensive overview of the current migration situation in the country. Along with presentation and analysis of relevant statistical data, the Profile also examines the demographic, socioeconomic, cultural and historic context of migration in North Macedonia. Furthermore, it reviews...
The purpose of this Manual is to offer a common approach that can be applied across multiple disciplines to work together with affected populations to address the drivers of displacement and conflict in today’s world. This document draws on the expertise of IOM in applying community-based assessment, planning and recovery processes. It is based on a thorough...
Communities are vast networks of groups, interests, and resources. They are home to people who are dedicated members of family networks, local governments, and civil society organizations. They have tried and tested ways to address needs, improve circumstances, and drive progress. They are partners in pursuit of change and progress. IOM is pleased to offer...
The Annual Policy Report 2021 provides an overview of migration and asylum-related developments and debates in Austria between January and December 2021. The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in (temporary) measures being introduced in a number of areas including aliens law, social and educational support, labour market integration, border controls and removals...
The third Knowledge Paper looks at the different approaches and types of interventions that can be envisaged to foster returnees’ waged employment as a key factor for sustainable reintegration.
The sixth issue of the Sustainable Reintegration Knowledge Bites Series on "Longitudinal Evidence on Sustainable Reintegration Outcomes" is now publicly available.
This sixth Knowledge Bite focuses on the analysis of the DTM REMAP’s Returnee Longitudinal Survey (RLS). The RLS was conducted in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Iraq and Pakistan based on three rounds of data collection in each country. The analysis follows previous Knowledge Bites that relied on the Reintegration Sustainability Survey (RSS) and focuses on four...
This Knowledge Paper is the third issue of the Sustainable Reintegration Knowledge Papers Series published by the EU-IOM Knowledge Management Hub (KMH). Migrant reintegration programmes have been largely focused on the set-up of microbusinesses. Self-employment and entrepreneurship fit the profile and preferences of many returnees: they allow returnees to...