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The “Tale of the Lion and the Coyote” is a short book focused on the risks of irregular migration that targets children and adolescents. The story narrates real-life events, as it is based on the vicissitudes of the reggae band “Talawa” from Costa Rica.

Every year, hundreds of thousands of Afghans return home, sometimes after generations of exile. Tens of thousands more are affected by natural and human-made disasters, with Afghanistan widely recognized as one of the most disaster-prone countries in the world. These impacts combined make for a… Read More

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

The photo novella was produced under the project “Preventing and Addressing Violence against Women and Girls in Albania” implemented by UN Women, UNDP and IOM and funded by the European Union. It displays the success story of what reintegration alternatives bring, which was illustrated through… Read More

The “IOM-EU Cooperation on Migration and Mobility: Addressing the Valletta Summit Priorities Together” report captures the main features and tangible results of the IOM-EU global partnership from 2015 to 2016 with a focus on the joint efforts in implementing the Joint Valletta Action Plan, as well… 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

One of the first comprehensive studies on the subject, “Return Migration: Journey of Hope or Despair” addresses, through contributions from five different specialists, major issues of return migration, with a focus on the problematic return of irregular migrants, rejected asylum seekers and… Read More

Pour conférer une plus grande visibilité à la question du sous-emploi des femmes migrantes, ce rapport vise à faire le point des ouvrages internationaux consacrés à ce sujet ;  présenter les résultats de l’impact psychologique et social du sous-emploi chez les femmes migrantes de la ville suisse de… Read More

IOM increasingly assists families with minor children on their return to their countries of origin.  As an effort to recognize the right of children to be informed about the return procedure and the role that IOM plays, IOM in the Netherlands has developed a comic story about voluntary return and… Read More

The photo novella was produced under the project “Preventing and Addressing Violence against Women and Girls in Albania” implemented by UN Women, UNDP and IOM and funded by the European Union. It was designed to contribute to raising awareness of trafficking issues.  The photo novella was developed… Read More

This regional study analyses the situation of trafficked women in the respective region. It is also available for the countries Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica.

El municipio de Trujillo en el Valle del Cauca, tras sufrir los embates del conflicto, se ha convertido en un ejemplo de resistencia y reconciliación. El Instituto Colombiano de Bienestar Familiar (ICBF),  la Agencia de Estados Unidos para el Desarrollo Internacional y la OIM llevaron a cabo un… Read More

El proyecto Prodes  (Asistencia integral para niños, niñas, jóvenes y familias desplazadas internas en Colombia) nació como una estrategia de intervención para mejorar la calidad de vida de comunidades desplazadas que habitan en Bogotá y Medellín, a través de tres componentes: educación, salud y… Read More

As a continuation of the National Integrated Strategy in the fight Against the Trafficking in Persons (2007 – 2012), adopted by the National Government, Departmental Committees have been created to further the fight against this crime.  This book recounts the achievements of the last three years of… Read More

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

Cette étude s’inscrit dans la thématique “ migrations-développement-santé”, en portant sur le potentiel de développement de migrants transnationaux dans le secteur de la santé.

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

Claims programmes that provide for restitution of land and property rights, compensation or other remedies to victims of conflict and gross human rights violations, play an ever increasing role in reconciliation and rebuilding measures following a conflict or crisis. They are an important… Read More

This document is intended to serve as one of the instruments for women religious who are active or who are willing to become active in counter trafficking efforts associated with prevention activities and victim assistance.

IOM counter-trafficking service has released an assessment on the changing patterns and trends of trafficking in persons in the Balkan region. On the basis of the assessment, funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, recommendations could be made for tackling the new… Read More

La publicación es el resultado de las memorias del Seminario Internacional: Análisis de Experiencias en Restablecimiento de la población en situación de Desplazamiento, el cual tuvo lugar en la ciudad de Bogotá los días 3, 4 y 5 de Diciembre de 2003. El seminario tuvo como objetivo analizar la… Read More

L'objectif principal des recherches était d'evaluer la vulnérabilité des mineurs non-accompagnés vis-à-vis des trafiquants, d'identifier les pratiques et les mécanismes du crime organisé et de définir des stratégies de lutte contre ce phénomène aussi bien que d'aide aux victimes.

Esta publicación está dirigida principalmente a interesados ó responsables de la implementación y evaluación de iniciativas de construcción de municipios y comunidades saludables. Se invita a los lectores a reflexionar tanto en aspectos técnicos y metodológicos como en aspectos políticos y… 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

Uno de los problemas prioritarios de atención en poblaciones desplazadas, por la forma como puede afectar las oportunidades de desarrollo integras de los jóvenes y adolescentes, es la vulnerabilidad frente a las ETS/VIH/SIDA y embarazos no planeados o no deseados. La complejidad del tema y las… Read More

En Colombia el fenómeno creciente del desplazamiento forzado atenta contra el capital social que ha ido construyendo el país a través su historia, imponiendo múltiples y difíciles retos a la sociedad colombiana y al Estado en particular. En este sentido, desde la perspectiva de consolidación y… Read More

The information obtained during this research, while not allowing any overall estimates on the magnitude of the problem, referred to numerous concrete cases of both human trafficking and exploitation of persons working in degrading and inhuman conditions in all participating countries which… 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 IOM’s Migration Health Department delivers direct services to a wide variety of mobile people, including migrants, refugees, displaced populations, students, long term visitors, demobilized soldiers, trafficked persons, and voluntary returnees. These services include preventive and curative… Read More

An action oriented training manual on gender, migration and HIV.

This activity manual was developed through a series of consultative meetings and a pre-test with immigration police, immigration doctors, public health officers, and representatives of migrant populations in Thailand.  Although the manual is intended to enhance the knowledge, understanding, and… Read More

This activity manual was developed through a series of consultative meetings and a pre-test with immigration police, immigration doctors, public health officers, and representatives of migrant populations in Thailand.  Although the manual is intended to enhance the knowledge, understanding, and… Read More

This assessment involved a survey of 819 migrant workers in 12 factories through a questionnaire, ten focus group discussions with male and female migrant factory workers, and six focus group discussions with migrant female sex workers in 2006.  The study focused on both migration patterns and… Read More

Prepared by IOM in collaboration with the Thai Ministry of Public Health, this report summarizes the structure and management modality of the five-year pilot programme on migrant health in five priority provinces in Thailand. Also included in the report are good practices for different migrant… Read More

Using available documents from 2000-2006, this publication reviews and summarizes risks and vulnerabilities associated with HIV infection among cross-border migrants working in various labour sectors in Thailand.  It incorporates current laws and policies related to migrant labour and migrant… Read More

Launched at the turn of the millennium, Thailand’s Universal Health Coverage Scheme has also been applied for labour migrants from neighboring countries.  However, the scheme only addresses the health needs of registered migrants, leaving out more than three quarters of the total migrant population… Read More

Gradual and sudden environmental changes are resulting in substantial human movement and displacement, and the scale of such flows, both internal and cross-border, is expected to rise with unprecedented impacts on lives and livelihoods. Despite the potential challenge, there has been a lack of… Read More

In 2007-2008 IOM, in coordination with UNICEF, a handful of International NGOs, the Jordanian Women Union and the Iraqi Youth League conducted an assessment on the psychosocial needs of Iraqis displaced in Jordan and Lebanon. The assessment included mapping, structured interviews with stakeholders… 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.

Directed at a diverse audience of policymakers and practitioners, as well as the larger public interested in contemporary transnational issues, this book captures the context in Finland and Somalia which has led to the very first MIDA (Migration for Development in Africa) project for Somalia.

The lack of reliable and comparable data on trafficking in human beings remains one of the main obstacles in effectively preventing and combating trafficking in human beings as well as protecting and assisting victims.

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

Through a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods, including literature reviews, national surveys and key informant interviews, this exploratory research points to some level of internal and/or external human trafficking in all the countries studied. Victims of human trafficking in the… Read More

In view of an information gap on the incidence and prevalence of human trafficking in Musina, a city in the Limpopo Province of South Africa, this rapid assessment gives evidence to various forms of trafficking, and different forms of exploitation. While many migrants are at risk of being… Read More

The publication highlights the protection of persons on the move in the ECOWAS region, with particular emphasis on refugees and VoTs, highlighting the overlapping nature of defining Victims of Trafficking (VoTs) that are refugees and refugees being VoTs, and including a chapter on children. Through… Read More