This study makes a synopotic analysis of the inadequate recognition of migrants' human rights in international and national law and discusses some of the main practical obstacles that make it even more difficult for them to enjoy their human rights. It then focuses on migrants' heightened vulnerability to human rights abuses in certain special situations...
Migrants in Vulnerable Situations
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This study focuses on women and adolescent girls who have been trafficked within, to and from East and Southern Africa (ESA). It is the first study in ESA to focus specifically on the links between trafficking of women and sexual, reproductive and mental health (SRMH). With regard to health, special attention is paid to HIV since all countries in ESA are...
La "Guía de atención psicosocial para personas migrantes retornadas en condición de vulnerabilidad y víctimas de trata" se desarrolló como parte del proyecto "Reintegración de Personas Migrantes Retornadas y Víctimas de Trata en El Salvador". La guía tiene especial énfasis en la protección y asistencia a personas migrantes retornadas y víctimas de trata de...
This manual is based on the findings drawn from the project Coping with Return aimed to contribute to the joint efforts by the enlarged EU in facilitating the sustainable return of asylum seekers through an integrated approach to voluntary return, with particular emphasis on vulnerable groups of migrants. It is particularly relevant to people who work with...
El documento pone a disposición de las y los profesionales que brindan servicios de salud mental, tanto a las personas retornadas de forma directa como a la población en la que se integran, conocimientos fundamentales sobre el contexto teórico, normativo y de acción a seguir para contribuir de manera efectiva a la reintegración de las personas salvadoreñas...
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...
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 booklet is a resource for stakeholders in government and civil society from the Caribbean region who desire to improve domestic legislation and policy that work to comprehensively address the crime of trafficking in persons.
Esta iniciativa desarrollada por la OIM en su oficina en Honduras consistió en el acondicionamiento de los centros de atención a migrantes como respuesta a la crisis humanitaria ante los altos flujos migratorios de personas hondureñas retornadas al país. El equipo del proyecto readecuó y adaptó estos centros, para brindar servicios acordes a las necesidades...
Esta sistematización muestra el trabajo realizado por la OIM El Salvador en un programa para la reinserción cultural de migrantes retornados llamado Mi nueva Vida Es. El objetivo fue brindar a la población salvadoreña retornada sin arraigo atención inmediata y el acompañamiento necesario para permitir un proceso digno basado en el pleno goce de sus derechos...
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.
The political and humanitarian landscape of the EHoA region has been highly fluid since 2018. Despite the complex mix of protracted crises and new emerging internal displacement, especially due to conflict in Ethiopia which drove the regional number of displaced persons to nearly 8 million at the end of 2018,3 the region witnessed several major positive...
Since May 2017, IOM has electronically registered 421,709 returnees Ethiopians, this factsheet presents their profiles, as well as key data pertaining return and reintegration in the KSA. Background: In April 2017, the Government of Saudi Arabia launched a campaign titled ‘A Nation without Violations’, granting all irregular migrants an amnesty period of 90...
Established in early 2018, the Regional Data Hub (RDH) for East and Horn of Africa aims to support evidence-based, strategic and policy-level discussion on migration through a combination of initiatives. The RDH aims to enhance the availability of migration related data and promote its dissemination in the region to achieve stronger governance outcomes and...
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...
The Eastern Route, which runs from the Horn of Africa to the Arabian Peninsula, in particular to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), has long been the most relevant migratory corridor in terms of volume and characteristics in the East and Horn of Africa (EHoA) region. Mobility along this route is mixed in nature, with different categories of people on the...