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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

Drawing on examples from the global North and South, this book examines the relationship between migration, development and diaspora engagement from a governance perspective.   It explores the ways that governments interact with their own extra-national diasporic populations in order to boost… 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

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.

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

Ernesto McCausland, reconocido periodista y cronista colombiano, cuenta las desgarradoras pero a la vez esperanzadoras historias de 10 jóvenes que hicieron parte de los grupos armados ilegales, pero que recuperaron la oportunidad de vivir y crecer.

Ernesto McCausland, journaliste reconnu et chroniqueur colombien, raconte l’histoire déchirante et à la fois encourageante de dix jeunes issus des groupes armés illégaux, qui ont retrouvé l’opportunité de vivre et de grandir à nouveau.

Ernesto McCausland, the well known Colombian journalist and writer, tells the heartbreaking yet inspiring stories of ten young people who belonged to illegal armed groups, but who managed to regain an opportunity to grow up normally.

Este documento tiene como objetivo presentar a los servidores públicos, a las organizaciones sociales, instituciones educativas, familias y comunidades en el territorio nacional una versión sintetizada del documento Conpes 3673 de 2010, Política de prevención del reclutamiento y utilización de de… Read More

Este documento presenta orientaciones pedagógicas para los agentes educativos en el entorno familiar, con el objetivo de profundizar y ampliar algunos aspectos teórico - prácticos de apoyo, y con el ánimo de fortalecer las competencias de la resiliencia educativa, familiar y comunitaria desde… Read More

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

Este documento está hecho para  los niños, niñas y adolescentes para que ellos comprendan las principales ideas del documento Conpes 3673 de 2010, Política de prevención del reclutamiento y utilización de niños, niñas y adolescentes por parte de grupos armados organizados al margen de la ley y de… 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

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.

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

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

This volume is the third of an annual series, which aims to provide the reader with regularly updated assessments on the changing nature and dynamics of environmental migration throughout the world. The idea for it stemmed from the course “Environment and Migration”, taught at the Paris School of… 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 la búsqueda de aportar soluciones al tema de la vinculación de la niñez al conflicto armado, como una forma de Migración Forzada en Colombia, la OIM a través del Programa de "Asistencia Técnica a Niños Excombatientes", que adelanta con el apoyo financiero de la Agencia de los Estados Unidos para… Read More

Para aplicar la metodología de Mapa de V. R. y O., descrita en el volumen 1, es necesario tener claridad sobre algunos de los conceptos más utilizados en la problemática del reclutamiento así como de las normas que lo prohíben. Por esto, el objetivo central de este material es presentar estas… 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

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 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.

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

The consequences of climate change for migration present humanity with an unprecedented challenge. Since the early 1990s, IOM has been active in the area of migration, climate change and the environment, and has carried out programmes to address this challenge in more than 40 countries in the… 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 discussion on the topic of children affected by migration in the Caribbean is relatively new and evolving.  The first of its kind for the region, the publication is intended as a technical resource for government officials, NGOs and other stakeholders who assist children affected by migration,… Read More

This book offers innovative insights on South–South human mobility. It features a collection of papers that highlight often overlooked mobility patterns among and within regions in the global South as well as address critical realities faced by South-South migrants.