Skilled migration brings widely acknowledged economic benefits for both destination countries and migrants themselves. The impact of skilled emigration on countries of origin has been the subject of much more debate. Despite a growing academic consensus that origin countries can benefit from emigration and the circulation of skills, it remains a challenge to...
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This study looks at the return and reintegration of returning migrants from western Europe to their countries of origin in the South Caucases. Its main aim was to study the process of return and reintegration of migrants in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia, and to assess the impact of the return of migrants on their families and communities.
International migration is inherently an issue that links countries together. But divergent goals and concerns among the world’s origin, transit, and destination countries have meant that until recently, there has been little agreement on what form international cooperation on migration should take. The Global Compact for Safe, Orderly, and Regular Migration...
In this overview paper, basic questions related to voluntary internal migration are revisited with a view to adding some of the substantial new field evidence that has emerged in recent years and setting out the policy implications of these findings. The paper addresses internal voluntary migration for paid work. It includes both permanent and temporary...
Con el fin de comprender mejor los contextos de retorno y reintegración en México y el Norte de Centroamérica, la Organización Internacional para las Migraciones (OIM) ha realizado una serie de estudios a nivel país y a nivel región. El presente informe contiene los resultados del estudio realizado con personas migrantes y personal de instituciones...
Con el fin de comprender mejor los contextos de retorno y reintegración en México y el Norte de Centroamérica, la Organización Internacional para las Migraciones (OIM) ha generado una serie de estudios a nivel de la región y de cada uno de los países que la componen. El presente informe contiene los resultados del estudio realizado con personas migrantes y...
El presente documento constituye el informe regional del Estudio sobre reintegración: migración y ciudades realizado por la Organización Internacional para las Migraciones OIM, en los países del Triángulo Norte de Centroamérica y México. El estudio indaga sobre los procesos de reintegración de migrantes retornados originarios de Guatemala, El Salvador...
The assessment of local authorities’ attitudes towards returned migrants and their readiness to reintegrate them was implemented in the framework of the “UNDP-IOM Seed Funding to fast-track joint response to the socio-economic impact of COVID-19: Analyzing and improving evidence based social cohesion and returnee inclusion in response to COVID-19”. The main...
IOM has had some 13 years of experience in implementing counter-trafficking activities. This Handbook summarizes and systematizes this experience. IOM recognizes that each victim is unique and requires and desires different assistance. As well, the nature of trafficking is different around the world and is ever evolving, requiring changing responses...
Research report 34 presents the initial analyses and findings from the research project entitled "Evaluation of the return programme StarthilfePlus". In this project, the Research Centre of the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (FOMR) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) are investigating the motives for return as well as the...
IOM invites Service Providers/Consulting Firms to provide Technical and Financial Proposals for Research studies on the impact of health-related needs on sustainable reintegration outcomes and the impact of debt on sustainable reintegration outcomes.
This study was conducted between November 2007 and January 2008, with the aim to assess the mental health and psychosocial needs of Iraqis displaced in Jordan and Lebanon, to investigate the provision of services available to them, and plan interventions addressing their needs. The research has a double-fold objective: provide all humanitarian actors with...
Esta sistematización recoge la experiencia de OIM El Salvador mediante la implementación de una iniciativa vinculada al retorno y reintegración de migrantes. El Capital Semilla consiste en una intervención de donación de bienes, materiales, dinero e insumos con el objetivo de fomentar el inicio de una nueva actividad empresarial innovadora y emprendedora...
La OIM Guatemala desarrolló SINAREM (Sistema Nacional de Referenciación a Servicios de Reintegración a Migrantes) /OportuGuate un sistema y una aplicación para conectar a migrantes retornados en busca de trabajo con potenciales empleadores, así como oportunidades de emprendimiento y certificación de competencias. El instrumento pretende facilitar la...
Esta iniciativa llevada a cabo por la Organización Internacional para las Migraciones (OIM) y el Programa Mundial de Alimentos (PMA) en El Salvador, consistió en un proceso de trabajo conjunto en el que la persona migrante retornada tuvo la oportunidad de mostrar con evidencias que contaba con conocimientos, habilidades y destrezas necesarias para cumplir...
This booklet contains the written contributions as well as unofficial translations from the transcripts of the Round Table on International Migration Law and Policies which took place in Dakar, Senegal, 8-9 December 2009.
Building on the global joint work by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the World Food Programme (WFP) on the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on hunger, migration and displacement in the world from November 2020, this report aims to provide an overview of the unique challenges faced by migrants and forcibly displaced...