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.

The region that stretches from Panama northward to the United States is a major corridor for unauthorized migration. In recent years, most people on the move have come from Guatemala, Honduras, and, to a lesser extent, El Salvador. But there has also been an increasing number of migrants from outside the region who pass through Central America on their way...

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...

This report compares the experiences of a selection of existing assisted return programmes for rejected asylum-seekers and irregular migrants, and draws lessons from them for future programmes. Specifically, the report focuses on three aspects: programme implementation, the targeting of assistance, and evaluation. In each case it analyses the experiences of...

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...

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.

This report is the result of an external evaluation of IOM’s Regional Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration Programme for Stranded Migrants in Egypt and Libya (RAVEL) program conducted by five students from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) in Geneva in collaboration with IOM. RAVEL is a regional AVRR program...

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...

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...

Around the world, the challenges posed by forced displacement and migration are mounting. Yet international cooperation in this policy area is stagnating […] Simultaneously the economic and political importance of cities is growing worldwide […] In this context, the international debate on migration policy increasingly views cities as potential game changers...