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Banner Aware Migrants Campaign 2016/2023
The “Aware Migrants” information campaign was designed to raise awareness among migrants and their communities about the risks of irregular migration along African routes across the desert and the Mediterranean Sea.
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Paulo received IOM's assistance for his return and reintegration in Brazil
IOM's Development Fund supports innovative initiatives tailored to local contexts. Using the principles of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly, and Regular Migration, three projects illustrate innovative approaches to migration protection.
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IOM starts its annual campaign: 16 days of activism against gender-based violence
IOM is committed to combating GBV by mitigating GBV risks, addressing its root causes, promoting gender equality and supporting survivors.
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Across South-East Asia, there has been a rise in individuals from around the world trafficked to work in online scamming operations. Photo: IOM/Kasidit Chaikaew
The Multistakeholder Pledge aims at enhancing protection for asylum-seekers, refugees, stateless persons and migrants at risk or affected by trafficking in persons, thus supporting the overarching objectives of the Global Compact for Refugees.
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Second call for submissions of country examples on promoting the health of refugees and migrants
The World Health Organization (WHO) is seeking submissions from governments and partners on policies, programmes, or interventions adopted since 2019 to deliver care to refugees and migrants across the globe.
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IOM provides training for K-par-Cas 2 toolkit to migrant returnees. Photo: IOM 2023
Enter K-par-Cas 2, a groundbreaking tool designed to provide essential Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) for returning migrants.
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Call for expression of interest for the expansion of the IOM Migration Research Partners Panel
The Migration Research and Publications Division is expanding its Migration Research Partners Panel: submissions welcome unti 30 September 2023.
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Cover image of The Migrant Centres toolkit
The Migrant Centres toolkit is an open-source toolkit for migrant centre administration and management. It is intended as a practical resource for field practitioners providing access to key guidance material, tools and best practices.
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Abu Sayed in Bangladesh was supported with reintegration assistance by IOM. IOM 2022 / Beyond Borders Media
The materials produced include short videos of migrant stories, a podcast series facilitating dialogue and exchanges among experts and practitioners, and capacity development videos, particularly suited for training activities.
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An IOM Counsellor on the phone with a beneficiary in Cameroon.
IOM has launched a dedicated Virtual Counselling forum on the Community of Practice of the Return and Reintegration Platform.
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Social theater is one of the participative approaches featured on Yenna. In this picture, Senegalese women enjoy a local outdoors performance organised by IOM Author: Migrants as Messenger / Copyright: IOM
Yenna is designed to equip users with the necessary tools and skills to implement community-based awareness-raising initiatives, including co-design, peer-to-peer communication, and community dialogue.
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IOM colleagues celebrating the closure of a Labour Market Assessment training in SNNPR, Ethiopia. Credit: Haileleul Shemels, IOM Ethiopia
In the framework of the COMPASS Programme, IOM Ethiopia will conduct a labour market assessment of destination countries for Ethiopian labour migrants.
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Kazi Sabuj, a beneficiary of the Prottasha project’s reintegration assistance in Bangladesh, with his foamily © IOM / Beyond Borders Media 2022
The tools, developed through the EU-IOM Knowledge Management Hub (KMH) are a complement to the IOM Reintegration Handbook’s module “A Child Rights Approach to the Sustainable Reintegration of Migrant Children and Families”, co-developed by IOM and UNICEF.
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Othmane (on the right), a beneficiary of the EU-IOM Joint Initiative for Migrant Protection and Reintegration, and his mentor© IOM / Beyond Borders Media 2022
The production of the sixth Knowledge Bite will be based on the analysis of the Returnee Longitudinal Survey (RLS) data, collected under the Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) Regional Evidence for Migration Analysis and Policy (REMAP).
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Fofana during one of the pre-departure trainings she attended in Morocco / @Amine Oulmakki
Read here the sustainable reintegration story of Fofana, part of the EU-IOM Joint Initiative!
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A Migration Forum, established in the framework of the Prottasha project in Bangladesh, made up by influential community representatives © IOM / Beyond Borders Media 2022
The KMH organizes a third English roll-out of the training on Monitoring and Evaluating Return and Reintegration Programmes based on IOM's monitoring and evaluation guidance for Return and Reintegration Programmes.
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Participants in a training to learn how to use a computer. IOM/Amanda Nero © International Organization for Migration
IOM is looking for a researcher to support the development of a study to identify the potentials of gender-sensitive, gender-responsive and gender-transformative approaches to reintegration programming.
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IOM staff with a female beneficiary.
The EU-IOM Knowledge Management Hub (KMH) launched today the Self-Paced Training Course on Monitoring and Evaluating Return and Reintegration Programmes (available in English and French).
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A displaced woman registers for aid with IOM in Gedeb town, Gedeo Zone. Credit: Olivia Headon / © International Organization for Migration
IOM Ethiopia is implementing COMPASS to contribute to the long-term outcomes of focus on the protection and assistance of people on the move and decreased irregular migration.
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Among the migrants hosted in IOM transit centres are many vulnerable people, children, pregnant women and those injured in their journey. Photo: Monica Chiriac/IOM © International Organization for Migration
IOM launched in September 2021 an  online open-source toolkit for migrant centre administration and management.