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The Return Counselling Toolkit is a capacity-building instrument aimed at providing a harmonized and coherent approach to return counselling based on key migrant-centred principles. Accompanied by operational tools that can facilitate the work of return counsellors, the toolkit is conceived to… Read More

Flowers and Stones: Self-Care Handbook for Syrian Men Living in Germany was developed from 2020–2021 by the Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) Unit of IOM Germany. It builds upon the work on the booklet, Self-Help for Men Facing Crisis and Displacement, created by IOM in the Syrian Arab… Read More

For more information about the programme, please visit the COA web page. The Canadian Orientation Abroad (COA) programme is a global initiative funded by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) and implemented worldwide by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in about 60… Read More

The IOM Regional Strategy for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) promotes the resilience of migrants while enhancing safe mobility and migration governance. Recognizing the fragility and the conflict-affected nature of the region, the Regional Strategy emphasizes the need to integrate… Read More

The region covered by the Regional Office in Vienna features diverse economic, environmental, demographic, political, social and migration contexts and trends. Issues and challenges include demographic shifts, skills and labour gaps, human trafficking and stranded migrants, inadequate access to… Read More

There is increasing awareness that trafficking in persons (TIP) and humanitarian crises are connected, as crises can exacerbate pre-existing trafficking trends and patterns, or create conditions for new forms of exploitation to proliferate. While evidence of this association exists, collecting data… Read More

For more information about the programme, please visit the COA web page. The Canadian Orientation Abroad (COA) programme is a global initiative funded by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) and implemented worldwide by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in about 60… Read More

The Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP) Framework establishes IOM’s common approach for implementing and mainstreaming AAP throughout its crisis-related work as contained in its Migration Crisis Operational Framework. It helps the Organization ensure quality and responsive programming in… Read More

This programme guide is intended to support humanitarian staff primarily working in the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector in South Sudan to actively prepare and encourage more women to enter the WASH sector at all levels – community, technical and leadership. The recommendations,… Read More

In an effort to strengthen the capacity of law enforcement agencies in Nigeria on gender-based violence and trafficking in persons, the International Organization for Migration in Nigeria previously developed two training guides for the Nigeria Police Force (NPF). As one of a three-part training… Read More

This Training Manual is part of the International Organization for Migration’s (IOM) efforts to strengthen law enforcement response to gender-based violence and trafficking in persons in Borno and Adamawa states of Nigeria, with focus on the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) and Nigeria Security and Civil… Read More

The Manual on Community-Based Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) in Emergencies and Displacement describes the process IOM MHPSS programme managers should follow to design and implement relevant programmes in the aftermath of an emergency and with displaced populations.

GiA15, on supporting migrants' host communities, presents efforts by different stakeholders to gather data on impacts host communities may suffer due to migrants' inflow, and to involve them in long-term reintegration and recovery work. It also introduces a course on migration and local development… Read More

GiA14, on addressing migrants short and long-term needs, presents efforts by different stakeholders to support migrants' recovery after crises, by making immigration regimes more flexible, involving migrants in livelihood support schemes, or allowing them to reclaim lost assets and property. It… Read More

GiA13, on evacuating and relocating migrants, presents efforts by different stakeholders to support migrants' movement out of countries affected by crises, through the deployment of personnel and resources and the set up of relevant institutional mechanisms and coordination systems. It also… Read More

GiA11, on providing assistance to migrants without discrimination, presents efforts by different stakeholders to better tailor relief services and good to migrants' specificities and to facilitate migrants' access to assistance, by suspending the enforcement of immigration regulations or… Read More

GiA9, on communicating effectively with migrants in crises, presents efforts by a variety of stakeholders to share information with migrants in an appropriate manner (including through unofficial channels), as well as receive their feedback and inputs. It also introduces a smartphone applications… Read More

GiA8, on building capacities for crisis preparedness and response, presents efforts by different stakeholders to train relevant personnel and learn lessons from past emergencies. It also highlights examples of funding arrangements that are used to support emergency operations. Lastly, it introduces… Read More

GiA7, on establishing coordination arrangements, presents systems States and non-state actors have established to provide joint emergency assistance to migrants. These include frameworks for joint emergency consular assistance from countries of origin, cooperation arrangements between foreign posts… Read More

GiA6, on communicating effectively with migrants, presents efforts by different stakeholders to adapt and effectively share awareness messages and early warnings with migrants. It also presents a tool for conducting awareness workshops on emergencies and recommended preparedness measures for… Read More

GiA5, on invoving migrants in contingency planning presents efforts by different stakeholders to develop preparedness and evacuation plans that account for migrants' presence, including relevant arrangements for early warning and response. It also presents a basic template for the development of… Read More

GiA4, on incorporating migrants in prevention, preparedness and response, presents efforts by different stakeholders to actively account for and involve migrants in emergency management efforts. It also presents a training course for emergency responders on migrant-inclusive emergency management.

GiA3, on empowering migrants, presents efforts by different stakeholders to improve migrants' crisis awareness and preparedness, support their integration in host communities and protect them by improving their access to insurance. It also presents a tool to design relevant insurance programmes.

GiA1, on tracking information on crises, and potential impacts on migrants, presents efforts by different stakeholders to gather and share information on past and potential crises, and to include data on migrants and their characteristics in risk and vulnerability assessments. It also introduces… Read More

In September 2018, the Department of Operations and Emergencies (DOE) of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) launched its first Institutional Framework for Addressing GBV in Crises (GBViC Framework). The GBViC Framework builds on lessons learned and emerging good practices in… Read More

In today’s increasingly globalized and mobile societies, internal and international migrants, refugees and asylum seekers represent a significant share of the population of cities and countries. This publication presents experiences from researchers and practitioners from a variety of geographical… Read More

With migrants becoming a sizable group in societies all over the world, the work of emergency manager is changing. Their efforts to prevent, prepare for, respond to and recover from emergencies increasingly often need to account for the needs and capacities of more diverse communities. 

The Best Practice Guide is operational guidance on how to set up and run an inter-agency community-based complaint mechanism (CBCM) to handle reports of sexual abuse and exploitation by aid workers. It compiles lessons learned, examples, and case studies gathered throughout the course of a 2013–… Read More

The IASC Guidelines on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings (2007) enable humanitarian actors to plan, establish and coordinate a set of minimum multisectoral responses to protect and improve people’s mental health and psychosocial well-being in the midst of an emergency.

The booklet “Self-Help for Men facing crisis and displacement”, is a new IOM publication developed as an activity of our psychosocial support program in the Syrian Arab Republic and Lebanon, in Arabic and English.  The booklet, originally meant to be included in distribution packages in the Syrian… Read More