The IOM Regional Strategy for Asia and the Pacific identifies the key migration trends and patterns in the Asia-Pacific region and offers comprehensive strategies to address each core issue. Recognizing the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in the region, the regional strategy aims to cater holistically to migration-related issues – migrants’ health, employment and overall mobility, vulnerable people on the move, and displaced populations – as part of the process of achieving a sustainable recovery from the pandemic. 

The Regional Strategy reflects IOM’s active engagement towards Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development and the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration. By prioritizing the three pillars of the IOM Strategic Vision – resilience, mobility and governance – it serves as a nexus between the Asia-Pacific community and other global frameworks of relevance, as the international community makes strides in “building back better” from the pandemic. The Regional Strategy supports the active engagement of IOM in global development and promotes stakeholder engagement within the United Nations and beyond.