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Child migration is a complex phenomenon, which remains widely discussed among researchers and policymakers. The diversity of scenarios in which children are affected by migration hampers decision-making and affects the protection of children rights.

Child migration is a complex phenomenon, which remains widely discussed among researchers and policymakers. The diversity of scenarios in which children are affected by migration hampers decision-making and affects the protection of children rights.

Child migration is a complex phenomenon, which remains widely discussed among researchers and policymakers. The diversity of scenarios in which children are affected by migration hampers decision-making and affects the protection of children rights.

The intraregional phenomenon of transnational family formation and reunification across African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States reflects a global issue that has not been addressed much on the migration and development agenda. In overall migration policies and debates, the social impacts of… Read More

As migrações, internas e internacionais, são um fenómeno de grande relevância em África. São fluxos multiformes, de grande amplitude e na sua grande maioria internos ao continente (FIDH, 2007). As migrações africanas são quantitativamente muito importantes, tanto em termos de rácio relativamente à… Read More

Le Cameroun est un pays qui attire beaucoup de migrants du fait de sa relative stabilité politique et de sa position géographique, bordé par le Nigéria à l’est, le Tchad au nord, la République centrafricaine à l’ouest et la Guinée Equatoriale, le Gabon et le Congo au sud. C’est un territoire de… Read More

Les migrations Sud-Sud offrent de nombreuses opportunités pour le développement de la République démocratique du Congo. La disponibilité de données actualisées et fiables est un facteur essentiel pour la mise en œuvre d’initiatives dans ce sens.

Les phénomènes migratoires se trouvent au cœur du tissu social et économique d’Haïti. Néanmoins, les données statistiques disponibles sont rares, partielles et approximatives. Le volume réel des migrations haïtiennes demeure sous-estimé, voire inconnu. Quatre ans après le dévastateur tremblement de… Read More

Migration data management is a key tool to assess migration flows as well as to build and implement development-oriented policies. In a context of complex regional population movements, it is crucial for Kenya to enhance its capacity to collect, analyze and share migration data to increase the… Read More

With a long history of labour migration to South Africa and large amounts of remittances sent home, migration is an important livelihood and poverty reduction strategy in Lesotho. Indeed, migration presents both challenges and opportunities for human development. Yet, maximizing the positive… Read More

Nigeria is a major migration hub in the West Africa region, characterized by important migration inflows and outflows, as well as a high level of internal migration. Given the increased awareness of the importance of migration and its links to development, the ACP Observatory on Migration has,… Read More

As migration becomes increasingly important in Papua New Guinea (PNG) in recent years, the country faces new opportunities and challenges. Current economic growth has, for instance, led to increasing numbers of labour migrants arriving from abroad as well as migrating internally in search of job… Read More

Tanzania is one of the most dynamic countries in East Africa with great potential of positively transforming human lives and communities through migration. It is a country that has a long history of migration, being surrounded by eight countries, which makes border movements crucial for the country… Read More

Policymakers throughout the world have increasingly recognized the development potential of migration as well as the related need for timely and reliable data on migration that can inform evidence-based policymaking and planning in this area. Yet, often there is a lack of adequate data and/or… Read More

Africans mostly migrate within the continent and constitute only 9 per cent of the population that migrates internationally (UNDESA, 2009). Migration in Africa, in addition to intra-regional, is unstable, largely fuelled by conflict and environmental changes, displaying high volumes of seasonal… Read More

Africans mostly migrate within the continent and constitute only 9 per cent of the population that migrates internationally (UNDESA, 2009). Migration in Africa, in addition to intra-regional, is unstable, largely fuelled by conflict and environmental changes, displaying high volumes of seasonal… Read More

Africans mostly migrate within the continent and constitute only 9 per cent of the population that migrates internationally (UNDESA, 2009). Migration in Africa, in addition to intra-regional, is unstable, largely fuelled by conflict and environmental changes, displaying high volumes of seasonal… Read More

This study explores policies and programmes aimed at facilitating remittances inflows through formal channels and leveraging remittances for development in Lesotho. The study also looks into regulations and laws on remittances. In order to answer key questions of this study, questionnaires were… Read More

Mobile transfers technologies are changing the way in way populations relate to financial services in many developing countries. While robust and comprehensive literature on the subject is not yet available, this background note provides a general overview of the trends and opportunities emerging… Read More

The new issue of Migration Policy Practice covers a range of policy areas, including on child migration, regional policy initiatives in the field of environmental migration, mixed migration flows into Libya, the challenge of counting and documenting lives lost during attempts by migrants to cross… Read More

Remittances may be the most tangible part of the migration – development nexus. They however do not just concern financial transfers, but also social remittances - a range of contributions by migrants and diaspora members. This background note aims to shed light on the definition, challenges of… Read More

Remittances may be the most tangible part of the migration – development nexus. They however do not just concern financial transfers, but also social remittances - a range of contributions by migrants and diaspora members. This background note aims to shed light on the definition, challenges of… Read More

Remittances may be the most tangible part of the migration – development nexus. They however do not just concern financial transfers, but also social remittances - a range of contributions by migrants and diaspora members. This background note aims to shed light on the definition, challenges of… Read More

The State of Environmental Migration series gathers the expertise of researchers, students and professionals to provide an annual assessment of the changing nature and dynamics of environment- and climate-related migration throughout the world.

While the relevance of financial remittances for developing countries is well documented and has gained attention during the last years as an important and stable source of external development, the flows of ideas, knowledge, behaviours and social capital transmitted by migrants to their families,… Read More

In 2007, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) agreed on an ambitious goal to fast track the creation of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) by 2015 which would transform the ASEAN region into a single market and production base. This transformation would be based on five core… Read More

 The Diaspora booklet features IOM publications on the impact of migration on development, the linkages between diasporas and their home countries, how diasporas contribute to development both in the country of origin and the destination country, and IOM diaspora surveys and mappings.  

The Return Migration booklet includes publications about the topic in selected countries, related migration policy and practices in Europe, as well as summary reports on IOM assisted voluntary return and reintegration activities globally.

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

International Migration is a refereed bimonthly review of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) on current migration issues as analysed by demographers, economists, and sociologists all over the world. The journal is edited at Georgetown University's Institute for the Study of… Read More

International Migration is a refereed bimonthly review of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) on current migration issues as analysed by demographers, economists, and sociologists all over the world. The journal is edited at Georgetown University's Institute for the Study of… Read More

Mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) are an integral part of any emergency response. Research knowledge is a fundamental factor in the design and implementation of effective MHPSS programmes. Therefore, research in all its forms, is a key to informed MHPSS emergency responses.

What will the key migration policy challenges be in various regions of the world in the course of 2015? Are the levels and structure of migration flows likely to evolve, for example in terms of types of migration, source countries, and number and profiles of migrants? And what will be the key… Read More

International Migration is a refereed bimonthly review of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) on current migration issues as analysed by demographers, economists, and sociologists all over the world. The journal is edited by Carleton University and published online by Wiley. The… Read More

Migration in Uganda: A Rapid Country Profile presents information on the flows and stocks of immigrants in Uganda, Uganda emigrants and internal migrants within Uganda. The profile also analyses the impact of migration to health, the environment and the socioeconomic development of the country as… Read More

In an era of unprecedented human mobility, migration from and within the Asia-Pacific region has assumed gendered dimensions, with implications for migration flows, trends and patterns. While gender roles, inequalities and relations affect who migrates, it also has significant implications for… Read More

The Migration Profile of the Republic of Serbia 2010 is the result of the project “Strengthening the capacity of institutions of Serbia responsible for migration management and the reintegration of returnees,” funded by the European Union through the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance, and… Read More

La session d'anniversaire du Conseil de l'OIM de novembre 2001 fut une occasion pour la communauté internationale de se livrer à une réflexion sur cinquante ans de gestion de la migration et de se préparer à relever les nouveaux défis que pose la migration en ce début du XXIe siècle.

La Octogésima segunda reunión del Consejo de la OIM, celebrada del 27 al 29 de Noviembre de 2001, marcó un hito fundamental en la historia de la Organización Internacional para las Migraciones. Fue bastante singular por varias razones.

The fiftieth anniversary session of the IOM Council in November 2001 offered an opportunity for the international community to reflect upon five decades of migration management and to prepare for the new challenges posed by migration at the start of the twenty-first century.

A wide range of institutions have an active interest and a role to play in a variety of areas related to international migration. These range from UN agencies, international and regional intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) with formal membership arrangements, to informal international and… Read More

Due to the complexity of migration processes, the related international legal norms operate on many levels and have a wide range of addressees. This overview of international law dealing with migration seeks to identify the legal norms that constitute the framework of and for cooperative management… Read More

Due to the complexity of migration processes, the related international legal norms operate on many levels and have a wide range of addressees. This overview of international law dealing with migration seeks to identify the legal norms that constitute the framework of and for cooperative management… Read More

Due to the complexity of migration processes, the related international legal norms operate on many levels and have a wide range of addressees. This overview of international law dealing with migration seeks to identify the legal norms that constitute the framework of and for cooperative management… Read More

Le volume 4 de la série des Livres rouges a été élaboré pour répondre aux questions et aux problèmes débattus en assemblée plénière et dans les ateliers de décideurs lors du Dialogue international sur la migration qui a eu lieu à la 84e session du Conseil de l'OIM.

El cuarto volumen de la Serie del Libro Rojo fue elaborado en respuesta a las cuestiones y temas debatidos en la reunión plenaria y en los talleres para formuladores de políticas durante el Diálogo Internacional sobre la Migración de la Octogésima cuarta Reunión del Consejo de la OIM.

Volume 4 of the Red Book Series was developed in response to questions and issues discussed at the plenary session and in the workshops for policy makers at the International Dialogue on Migration of the 84th session of the IOM Council. Its purpose is to provide a more detailed review of the… Read More

The Seminar on Health and Migration was initiated in recognition of the need to assess the public health implications of increasingly mobile populations, and to integrate health policies into migration management strategies. This seminar was held in Geneva from 9 to 11 June 2004 with the co-… Read More

Le Séminaire sur le commerce et la migration, qui a eu lieu à Genève en octobre 2004, était coparrainé par l'OIM, la Banque mondiale et l'Organisation mondiale du commerce. Cette manifestation s'inscrivait dans le suivi du séminaire de novembre 2003 consacré lui aussi au thème " commerce et… Read More

An introductory guide for policymakers and practitioners on how to implement international legal obligations to criminalize migrant smuggling at the domestic level.