The Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM) represents a significant commitment to improve migration governance; it is also an opportunity to maximise the benefits and to address the challenges associated with migration today. To support Member States with the implementation of the GCM, the United Nations Network on Migration (Network)...
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The Cooperation on Migration and Partnerships to Achieve Sustainable Solutions (COMPASS) programme, funded by the Dutch Government, was designed to provide direct protection and assistance services to vulnerable migrants whilst developing long-term, sustainable solutions to challenges posed by unsafe migration.
This paper aims to consolidate available information on the impact of COVID-19 on stranded migrants, to gauge a better understanding of their evolving challenges and needs, and to serve as a first step towards the (re)design of tailored programmes, advocacy and responses. The analysis is based on the qualitative and quantitative data collected by IOM on the...
The widespread impact of COVID-19 on global human mobility due to travel restrictions, border closures and lockdown measures to curb the spread of the virus left millions of migrants stranded across the world. In a September 2020 report on COVID-19’s Impact on Migrants, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Return Task Force detailed the plight...
As the COVID-19 pandemic emerged globally, migrant workers, both internationally and within Bangladesh, found themselves facing a new set of challenges and vulnerabilities. With limited access to income-generating activities, social services, healthcare systems, and social support networks, many have opted to return home. During May and June, IOM, supported...
The webinar “IOM Reintegration Handbook: Presenting the IOM-UNICEF Module on Reintegration of Children and their Families”, organized by the EU-IOM Knowledge Management Hub (KMH), presented the module 6 of the Reintegration Handbook and shared lessons learnt when providing reintegration assistance to children and their families. The module, result of a...
The module, result of a collaborative effort between IOM and UNICEF, focuses on the reintegration of children and their families and complements the IOM Reintegration Handbook: practical guidance on the design, implementation and monitoring of reintegration assistance.
Individuals who are not entitled to stay in the European Union are typically subject to being returned to their home countries. This includes children who are not accompanied by their parents or by another primary caregiver. But returning such children, or finding another durable solution, is a delicate matter, and doing so in full compliance with...
The present publication brings together the main conclusions of the international conference “The Migration of Unaccompanied Minors in Europe: the Contexts of Origin, the Migration Routes and the Reception Systems” organized in October 2007 by the research centre MIGRINTER, University of Poitiers–CNRS and the International Juvenile Justice Observatory (based...
The report, prepared by ICMC, addresses the protection of unaccompanied migrant children. The focus of the research is on unaccompanied children in the Americas moving within and from the “Northern Triangle” of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras through Mexico to rejoin family members in the US. The report also describes two programs that ICMC supported on...
Since the beginning of 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has posed a global challenge and demanded stronger coordination and governance among the international development organizations, governments, civil societies, and between stakeholders within the countries. The problem stipulates responses that go far beyond just the health and well-being of the population...
This report accompanying the “Reintegration package” provides the context of return and reintegration in Ethiopia including the current policies, processes and stakeholders involved in reintegration interventions and to analyze the opportunities and gaps in the current system and make recommendations.
The documentary shows how the EU-IOM Joint Initiative for Migrant Protection and Reintegration works to save lives, protect and assists migrants all along the migration routes, with migrant rights upheld. It emphasizes the trilateral partnership with African and EU Member States, showcasing cooperation with partner countries to respond to migration...
The return and reintegration of migrants unwilling or unable to remain in host or transit countries continues to draw attention of national and international policymakers around the world. Yet despite this attention, the experience of migrant children returning to their countries of origin is often overlooked even though they face unique challenges which...
Seven months after the first cases of COVID-19 emerged in Bangladesh, the pandemic continues to impact mobility, security and socioeconomic stability within the country and on a global scale. As a result, migrant returnees remain vulnerable to a number of challenges, including severely limited employment access, mobility restrictions, health concerns, debt...
An estimated 34 million children and youth are forcibly displaced and many more are on the move in search of economic and educational opportunities. Digital connectivity, digital data and emerging technologies are changing how displaced people inform themselves and access information and communicate, as well as how agencies conduct and manage their...
Find out more on the event and watch the recordings of the three sessions in the dedicated Platform's page!
The event, organized by the KMH funded by the European Union, aims to draw particular attention to the unique experiences and needs of children returnees and to offer a space for discussion among return and reintegration experts, practitioners and policymakers.
COVID-19 has posed significant challenges for IOM, affecting the provision of much needed support to migrants and governments alike. It has been particularly challenging for the Organization’s migrant protection and assistance work, where most of the programming involves direct access to migrants, including those in vulnerable situations. Impacts have been...
The module follows the structure of the Reintegration Handbook with the aim of demonstrating child rights and childsensitive approaches to reintegration assistance within the integrated approach. The module has five parts covering key principles for a child rights and integrated approach, child-sensitive reintegration at the individual, community and...