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Access to basic services is instrumental to ensure migrants can maximize the benefits from migration, are able to support families in origin countries and can contribute to host countries as healthy and productive workers. However, the extent to which migrants are able to access such services is… Read More
With the rate of global mobility on the rise, but pathways for legal migration being limited, estimates suggest that a growing number of people are moving irregularly. More often than not, migrant smugglers facilitate some part of their migration journey. However, effective data gathering and… Read More
Plentiful research shows that children on the move face greater risks of falling victim to trafficking, exploitation, violence or abuse. The lack of data on migrant children, explored in this Data Bulletin, is therefore particularly concerning precisely because data are essential in providing… Read More
This Data Bulletin focuses on Migration Profiles – an output of an elaborate process involving consultation with migration data stakeholders in a country or region. The process aims to identify data gaps and strategies to address those, and produce the evidence required to inform policy on all… Read More
There are many reports of migrant workers paying high fees and taking on debt at high interest rates to obtain contracts to work in other countries, prompting global efforts to develop a database of worker-paid migration costs and policies to reduce them. This Data Bulletin explores the data… Read More
This Data Bulletin explores the important role of census data in measuring migrant stocks and flows. Censuses provide an ideal opportunity for the enumeration of international migrants in a society, and most countries already include in their census a question on nativity and/or citizenship status… Read More
Authored by Kerilyn Schewel, this publication in the IOM Migration Research Series explores the aspirations, opportunities and constraints young women navigate as they transition into adulthood, and the rationale behind a decision to migrate as a domestic worker. Based on an in-depth study of the… Read More
The “Data Bulletin Series: Informing the Implementation of the Global Compact for Migration” contains 17 Data Bulletins produced by IOM as well as external experts and partner agencies. It spans a broad range of topics covered by the Global Compact for Migration, highlighting currently available… Read More
The Migration Research Leaders’ Syndicate was established by IOM in early 2017, comprising senior migration researchers from around the world, to support the development of the Global Compact for Migration. The Syndicate has 36 members with diverse geographic origins, thereby enabling perspectives… Read More
In 2018, the International Dialogue on Migration (IDM) – IOM’s premier, multi-stakeholder forum for migration policy dialogue – marked its 45th iteration. Launched in 2001 to strengthen the role of the IOM Council as a forum for migration policy dialogue, consistent with the Organization’s… Read More
The International Organization’s (IOM) Migration Health Division acts with Member States, UN agencies and other partners in the international community to meet the operational challenges of migration, advance understanding of migration health issues, encourage social and economic development… Read More
The new edition of Migration Policy Practice, guest-edited by Gabriella Sanchez from the Migration Policy Centre at the European University Institute, focuses on issues of child migration. It seeks to respond to the Call to Action launched earlier this year by UNICEF, the International Organization… Read More
Le Guide des pratiques exemplaires explique comment mettre en place et gérer un mécanisme communautaire de plainte interorganisations pour traiter les signalements d’actes d’exploitation et d’abus sexuels commis par des travailleurs humanitaires. Il renferme des enseignements, des exemples et des… 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 and distributed by Wiley… Read More
“Quantifying displacement and mobility” is the sixth issue of the series, Data Bulletin: Informing a Global Compact for Migration. It provides an overview of IOM’s displacement data collection work through its Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM).
This report gives a comprehensive overview of the key messages, discussion points and recommendations put forward during the side event, Reflecting on the Necessity of International Cooperation and Supporting New Models of Cooperation to Counter Migrant Smuggling. The event was held at the fifth… Read More
A handful or studies in Somaliland have examined the prevalence and incidence of HIV among vulnerable women and their clients in Somaliland; however, the lack of clear population size estimates impedes the ability of stakeholders to undertake evidence-based planning. To ensure evidence-based… Read More
A small number of studies in Somalia have examined the prevalence and incidence of HIV among female sex workers (FSWs) and their clients in Somalia; however, the lack of clear population size estimates impedes the ability of stakeholders to undertake evidence-based planning. To ensure evidence-… Read More
HIV prevalence in Hargeisa, Somaliland is approximately 1 per cent according to recent antenatal care surveillance published by the World Health Organization. However, data among key populations at higher risk of HIV is minimal, with only one serosurvey ever undertaken in Hargeisa, with vulnerable… Read More
Following two successful rounds of integrated biological and behavioural surveillance (IBBS) surveys in 2008 and 2014 in Somaliland, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) undertook a third survey in 2017. In collaboration with the AIDS Commission, Ministries of Health and UNICEF, IOM… Read More
The environment has always been a driver of migration, as people flee to survive natural disasters or, faced with harsh and deteriorating environmental conditions, move to seek opportunities elsewhere. Climate change is expected to exacerbate sudden- and slow-onset disasters and gradual… Read More
What is the potential of new data sources, such as mobile phones, social media and satellite imagery, to improve understanding of international migration and human mobility? How could data from these sources complement data from traditional sources, such as national population censuses, surveys and… Read More
“Improving data for safe, orderly and regular migration” is the fourth issue of the series Data Bulletin: Informing a Global Compact for Migration. The Bulletin summarizes the main sources of migration statistics and explains some of the data demands countries are facing for monitoring progress… Read More
La migración dominicana hacia la Argentina se encuentra activa y vital y constituye un tema de interés debido a su vinculación con determinadas problemáticas, a saber: las dificultades para regularizar la residencia, la imposición de visa para ingresar en calidad de turistas y la situación de… Read More
Esta publicación fue realizada en el marco del Proyecto: “Promoción de los derechos humanos de la población migrante desde un perspectiva de género”, financiado por el Fondo de la OIM para el Desarrollo (IDF, por sus siglas en inglés), en asociación con la Subsecretaría de Promoción Social,… Read More