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This publication showcases the work between IOM and the United Kingdom between 2013 and 2017. It offers a snapshot of key areas of collaboration, notably in humanitarian support and resilience building; orderly migration, refugee resettlement and integration; and migrant protection and support to... Read More

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has many decades of experience in cash-based interventions (CBI) across multiple countries and programmes. More recently, the growing relevance of CBI in the humanitarian context has propelled IOM to scale up the use of this response modality in... Read More

IOM’s partnerships with the private sector are diverse in thematic focus and recognize the active participation of the private sector in tackling today’s pressing migration opportunities and challenges. Leveraging the expertise, innovation and networks of the private sector is crucial to advancing... Read More

Governments invest increasingly in secure travel and identity documents, electronic identification and biometrics, a reliable citizen registration and other elements of their national identity infrastructure. Very little reference material is publicly available; this gap in reference material... Read More

Esta guía publicada por la Comisión Nacional de Reparación y Reconciliación con el apoyo de OIM y USAID, es una herramienta práctica que pretende facilitar a los pueblos indígenas y afrocolombianos la identificación de sus imaginarios sobre la reconciliación.  

This publication is the outcome of the Round Table organized by the International Institute of Humanitarian Law and IOM, in Dakar, Senegal in December 2009. The report, written in the original languages of discussion during the event (English-French), covers specific issues such as trafficking and... Read More

This publication is the outcome of the Round Table organized by the International Institute of Humanitarian Law and IOM, in Sanremo in December 2008.The report, written in the original language of the authors and participants, covers specific issues such as trafficking and smuggling, migration and... Read More

En este documento, tomando como base el concepto de sostenibilidad, se presentan una serie de guías con el fin de fortalecer la sostenibilidad de proyectos, que incluyen aspectos básicos a considerar durante el proceso de formulación de proyectos y negociación con contrapartes. Asímismo, se... Read More

As part of its commitment to accountability and dialogue with disaster-affected populations, IOM has produced Typhoon Haiyan: Portraits of Recovery. In this book, individuals from across the Visayas region of the Philippines give a first-hand account of how they were affected by the devastating... Read More

The IOM Humanitarian Compendium provides a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of IOM’s humanitarian programming, as coordinated at the inter-agency level, and published in the Strategic Response Plans, Flash Appeals and IOM Appeals. Working in natural disasters, political conflicts and complex... Read More

The toolkit was designed to provide a platform for information and actions that optimize preparedness and response actions to prevent and mitigate suffering of populations vulnerable to man-made or natural disasters. For this purpose, the tools were developed within the Rapid Assessment for... Read More

The toolkit was designed to provide a platform for information and actions that optimize preparedness and response actions to prevent and mitigate suffering of populations vulnerable to man-made or natural disasters. For this purpose, the tools were developed within the Rapid Assessment for... Read More

The assessment, carried out between November 2007 and January 2008 among 200 families (800 people) in the two countries, revealed that more than half of those interviewed disclosed distress factors including panic attacks, anger, tiredness, sleep problems and fears.

One of the main objectives of the United Nations Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking (UN.GIFT) is to prosecute the criminals involved while protecting the rights and well-being of the trafficked persons. To achieve this goal, effective cooperation between different law enforcement agencies... Read More

This Second Edition reviews legislation and government policy related to combating human trafficking in eight Caribbean countries: The Bahamas, Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, the Netherlands Antilles, St Lucia, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago.  This review has assessed the applicability of existing... Read More

Migration brings substantial benefits to destination countries by easing labour shortages, for instance in such activities as childcare or house cleaning, low skilled jobs in the underground economy, but also jobs in industries requiring high skills and specialist knowledge. Migrants can contribute... Read More

International migration has reached the top of the global political agenda. In addition to nations and regional groups, the larger international community is struggling with the question of how best to manage international migration, especially with regard to development and human rights. There is... Read More

IOM´s Caribbean Counter-Trafficking Model Legislation and Explanatory Guidelines is a resource for stakeholders in government and civil society wishing to improve domestic legislation and policy to address the crime of trafficking in persons in the Caribbean.

In the experience documented in this volume, history represents the important component of a more complex interdisciplinary intervention, one where the principal prospective was, and still is, the psychological recovery/support of a community. In what way does history and its guarantors fit into... Read More

Over the past several years he IOM office in Kenya has experienced a period of significant growth. This growth has reflected IOM Kenya’s diversification of activities beyond its traditional focus on refugee resettlement programmes and into IOM’s other areas of competency including migrant... Read More

Le fait d'avoir l'histoire et la langue en partage favorise les migrations entre les pays et aide les migrants à s'installer et à s'intégrer dans la société qui les accueille. L'histoire des migrations dans les régions du monde où l'on parle français offre un exemple intéressant de flux migratoires... Read More

El fenómeno de la inmigración en España presenta un enorme dinamismo, ampliándose en pocos años el abanico de los países de procedencia y cambiado los colectivos protagonistas en cuanto al volumen de residentes. La presente obra responde al reto que supone para los estudiosos de las migraciones... Read More

Les sociétés africaines sont encore trop souvent marquees par les clivages ethniques et les comportements guerriers, dont on sait à quel point ils obèrent les chances de réussite des efforts entrepris par les politiques pour parvenir à un accord durable. La part prise par les femmes dans les... Read More

Les sociétés africaines sont encore trop souvent marquees par les clivages ethniques et les comportements guerriers, dont on sait à quel point ils obèrent les chances de réussite des efforts entrepris par les politiques pour parvenir à un accord durable. La part prise par les femmes dans les... Read More

Building on the results of the Psychosocial and Trauma Response programme started in 1999 in Kosovo, this new volume analyses the role played by artistic and theatrical activities in supporting traumatized communities, through the recounting of painful past experiences by individuals and groups... Read More

Migration and International Legal Norms provides a comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of the source and scope of international law on migration. Chapters written by experts from around the world explore international norms on state authority to regulate migration, freedom of movement, forced... Read More

Human trafficking should be seen against a wide range of trafficking acts and outcomes that involve several stages, the important ones being associated with the organization of the supply of people vulnerable to exploitation and harm; the process of movement and the demand for the service or labour... Read More

IOM MRF Budapest has published its regional strategy for Central and South-Eastern Europe for the years 2006-2007.

As migration has not commonly been considered as part of the indigenous experience, the prevalent view of indigenous communities tends to portray them as static groups, deeply rooted in their territories and customs. Increasingly, however, indigenous peoples are leaving their long-held territories... Read More

Este documento contiene las propuestas de reparación colectiva, validadas y ajustadas por las comunidades de El Salado localizada en el departamento de Bolívar de acuerdo con la Ley de Víctimas y Restitución de Tierras (Ley 1448 de 2011). Cada cartilla ofrece una descripción sobre el contexto y los... Read More

Este documento contiene las propuestas de reparación colectiva, validadas y ajustadas por las comunidades de  El Tigre localizado en el departamento de Putumayo de acuerdo con la Ley de Víctimas y Restitución de Tierras (Ley 1448 de 2011). Cada cartilla ofrece una descripción sobre el contexto y... Read More

Este documento contiene las propuestas de reparación colectiva, validadas y ajustadas por las comunidades de La Libertad localizada en el departamento de Sucre de acuerdo con la Ley de Víctimas y Restitución de Tierras (Ley 1448 de 2011). Cada cartilla ofrece una descripción sobre el contexto y los... Read More