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A travers le projet “Protection et insertion de la main d’œuvre migrante et environnement dans l’agriculture urbaine et périurbaine au Sénégal et en Côte d’Ivoire” (MITSA), financé par la France, l’OIM propose de revaloriser le travail des migrants du secteur agricole en se focalisant sur les zones… Read More

Le profil migratoire permet d’établir les profils de migration de travail dans les zones d’étude sélectionnées par l'analyse satellitaire, à savoir : Adiopodoumé, Anyama et Bingerville dans le Grand-Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. Cette étape de la recherche permet non seulement de caractériser les… Read More

A travers le projet “Protection et insertion de la main d’œuvre migrante et environnement dans l’agriculture urbaine et périurbaine au Sénégal et en Côte d’Ivoire” (MITSA), financé par la France, l’OIM propose de revaloriser le travail des migrants du secteur agricole en se focalisant sur les zones… Read More

A Region on the Move report series for the East and Horn of Africa has been the regional flagship publication since 2017. The report series provides an advanced understanding of the main migrant groups and the environment in which mobility takes place, with a focus on internal displacement and… Read More

As already manifesting in many parts of Southern Africa, for instance, severe droughts, windstorms, land degradation, heavy rainfall and snowstorms are adversely affecting agriculture production in Lesotho. Besides climate and environmental change impact on agricultural productivity, the decline in… Read More

La transhumance transfrontalière est une occupation courante en Afrique de l'Ouest et du Centre : elle est constatée à des degrés divers dans tous les pays de la région, et contribue de manière significative aux moyens de subsistance dans la région ainsi qu’au maintien des écosystèmes, avec au… Read More

There is a growing understanding that conflict and displacement increases vulnerability to forms of slavery-related abuse, including forced labour, forced recruitment into armed groups and armed forces, forced marriage and human trafficking. In recent years, this issue has received increased… Read More

A Region on the Move report series for the East and Horn of Africa has been the regional flagship publication since 2017. Over the years, the report series have illustrated the main humanitarian situations, with a focus on internal displacement and mixed migration flows along the major migration… Read More

This report highlights the methodologies, results and lessons learned from the project Enhancing Natural Disaster Preparedness and Response Capacity in at-Risk Communities in Burundi, funded by the IOM Development Fund and implemented by IOM Burundi between September 2019 and August 2021.

Egypt has been an observer State to IOM since 1974, becoming a full-fledged member in 1991 when IOM established its mission in the country, with its office in Cairo. Soon after entering into an agreement with the Government of Egypt, IOM has established excellent working relations with migration-… Read More

L’Afrique de l’Ouest a une longue tradition de mobilité humaine liée aux changements environnementaux. La majorité des mouvements est interne et intrarégionale et se fait principalement entre pays voisins. L’Afrique de l’Ouest est également l’une des régions les plus vulnérables du monde en ce qui… Read More

Este informe resume las principales conclusiones del proyecto de investigación cualitativa realizado entre abril de 2019 y marzo de 2021 por el Proyecto Migrantes Desaparecidos de la OIM sobre los desafíos y las experiencias de las familias de personas migrantes desaparecidas en Etiopía, el Reino… Read More

West Africa carries a long history of human mobility in relation to environmental changes, and intraregional mobility still represents the most significant feature of migration in the region. Besides being among the most highly affected by climate change in the future, the West Africa region needs… Read More

This report synthesizes the main findings of qualitative research conducted between April 2019 and March 2021 by IOM’s Missing Migrants Project about the challenges and experiences of families of missing migrants in Ethiopia, the United Kingdom, Spain and Zimbabwe. Across the four countries, 76… Read More

Le chômage, le manque de ressources essentielles et les changements environnementaux font partie des principaux facteurs de migration à Madagascar, ce qui engendre des tendances migratoires complexes tant au niveau interne que transnational. Depuis le début du XXe siècle, la migration interne… Read More

This research report contributes to the body of knowledge on the experiences of families of missing migrants in Zimbabwe as they search for their relatives and deal with the impacts of the loss. The disappearance of a migrant relative has deep impacts on the emotional, economic, social and legal… Read More

The IOM Regional Strategy for Southern Africa aims to support governments, in line with national and regional priorities and leveraging the potential of migration through a whole-of-government approach to achieve sustainable development outcomes for all. It realizes the scope for forced… Read More

The IOM Regional Strategy for West and Central Africa aims at bolstering positive migration dynamics in the region by pursuing the strategic objectives of resilience, mobility and governance, as defined in the IOM Strategic Vision. Taking into account the versatile socioeconomic and geopolitical… Read More

This summary brief in Swahili accompanies the English-language publication Assessing the Evidence: Migration, Environment and Climate Change in the United Republic of Tanzania and is intended for use by policymakers and practitioners.

The IOM Regional Strategy for East and Horn of Africa aims to leverage migration for sustainable development and ensure that “no one is left behind”. It is centred around the human rights of migrants, the Sustainable Development Goals, Agenda 2063 of the African Union, and the strategic priorities… Read More

The IOM Regional Strategy for East and Horn of Africa aims to leverage migration for sustainable development and ensure that “no one is left behind”. It is centred around the human rights of migrants, the Sustainable Development Goals, Agenda 2063 of the African Union, and the strategic priorities… Read More

The publication Assessing the Evidence: Migration, Environment and Climate Change in the United Republic of Tanzania attempts to comprehensively address climate change impacts in the United Republic of Tanzania, current mobility patterns and trends, and the possible linkages between them. The… Read More

Unemployment, lack of basic resources, and environmental changes are some of the main drivers of migration in Madagascar, resulting in complex migration trends both internally and transnationally. Since the beginning of the twentieth century, internal migration has been a key livelihood strategy… Read More

Le présent chapitre expose les conclusions de trois études complètes menées par le Centre mondial d’analyse des données sur la migration de l’OIM sur les effets et l’efficacité des campagnes d’information sur les risques de la migration irrégulière.

Le présent chapitre montre en quoi l’Afrique du Nord et l’Afrique de l’Ouest sont fortement exposées au changement climatique et menacées par la chaleur extrême et des pénuries de nourriture et d’eau. Ces facteurs climatiques, alliés à des facteurs politiques et socioéconomiques, vont faire peser… Read More

Le présent chapitre examine les interactions entre les migrants et ceux qui facilitent leur voyage. Il fait valoir que les préoccupations centrées sur l’Union européenne concernant la migration irrégulière, qui attribuent le trafic illicite aux seuls réseaux criminels organisés, ont conduit à des… Read More

le présent chapitre a pour but de mieux faire comprendre les profils des passeurs, les caractéristiques de leurs réseaux, la manière dont ils accompagnent ou facilitent les voyages des migrants, ainsi que le rôle qu’ils jouent dans les incidents touchant à la protection de ces derniers. Les données… Read More

Dans ce chapitre, nous examinons l’évolution du rôle joué par les forces de sécurité italiennes et européennes, les organisations non gouvernementales (ONG) ainsi que la garde côtière et la marine libyennes dans la conduite d’opérations de recherche et de sauvetage (SAR) et de contrôle aux… Read More

Le présent chapitre se penche sur la difficulté d’estimer l’ampleur et la répartition des risques en matière de protection en Libye, en analysant un ensemble de données établi à partir de 5 659 entretiens menés auprès de réfugiés et de migrants ayant gagné la Libye au départ de pays d’Afrique de l’… Read More

Le présent chapitre fournit une vue d’ensemble des principaux risques et vulnérabilités auxquels ont été exposés les migrants qui bénéficient d’une aide dans les centres de transit de l’OIM au Niger en vue d’un retour dans leur pays d’origine, ainsi que de l’évolution de ces risques observée au… Read More

Le présent chapitre traite des risques que courent les migrants lorsqu'ils traversent le Sahara. Alors que les sources de données sur les expériences vécues par les migrants dans le Sahara sont rares, cette analyse s'appuie sur des données provenant de l'OIM et du Mixed Migration Centre. Il ressort… Read More

Ce chapitre examine les difficultés que rencontrent les migrants lorsqu’ils voyagent en Afrique centrale et de l’Ouest sur les routes qui recoupent les routes de la Méditerranée centrale vers l’Europe, et les facteurs de risque qui les rendent vulnérables. On constate que les difficultés les plus… Read More

This chapter examines the challenges that migrants face while travelling within West and Central Africa on those routes intersecting with the Central Mediterranean Routes to Europe, and the risk factors that make them vulnerable. The findings show that the most frequently reported challenges were… Read More

Le présent chapitre étudie l’utilisation des mégadonnées pour évaluer les « facteurs de répulsion » mensuels des migrations liées à l’asile à l’échelle nationale. Il s’intéresse en outre à la question de savoir s’il existe une corrélation entre, d’une part, les estimations de ces facteurs dans les… Read More

This report explores the challenges and needs of Ethiopian families who have relatives who went missing or died in the context of international migration, against the backdrop of the legal, policy and institutional frameworks applicable to issues of missing migrants in Ethiopia.

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 Koç University and published and distributed by Wiley. The… Read More

This publication covers implementation of IOM’s project on rapid assessment of the opportunities for decent employment for youth facing long-term exclusion from the labour market in Kazakhstan and Tajikistan from May–December 2020

People across Peru are vulnerable and exposed to a wide range of hazards, and studies demonstrate that these hazards are key drivers of migration in the country. Hydrometeorological hazards resulting in excessive amounts of water (in such forms as torrential rainfalls and floods) – or the lack… Read More

Ce rapport donne un aperçu global des flux migratoires au Niger entre 2016 et 2019, une période au cours de laquelle les flux ont évolué de manière significative. Elle explique comment différents événements et diverses évolutions ont affecté les mouvements migratoires dans le pays, et s’efforce à… Read More

This report provides an overview of migration flows in the Niger between 2016 and 2019, a period during which flows changed significantly. It explains how different events and developments have affected migration patterns in the country, and seeks to present a broad picture of migration from, to… Read More

IOM’s close collaboration with African Member States builds on African Union landmark policy frameworks that shape continental guidance on governing human mobility in all its dimensions. Following on from the launch of the Pan-African Forum on Migration, IOM’s 2020–2024. Continental Strategy on… Read More

The Africa Migration Report takes a distinctly regional approach to inform knowledge on migration in Africa. This first edition, titled Challenging the Narrative, aims to deconstruct negative perceptions of migration in Africa by addressing contextual realities and bringing to light practical… Read More

The development of this training manual represents a major step towards standardizing the response to trafficking and strengthening protection services for identified victims of trafficking within the Zimbabwean context. Victims of trafficking have various needs, including repatriation, medical,… Read More

This study delves into the prevalence of the trafficking phenomenon in Ghana, its characteristics and the associated push and pull factors. The study aims to build a baseline for evidence‐based prevention and protection action plans. It characterizes the phenomenon qualitatively and quantitatively… Read More

 The protection abuses and human rights violations faced by refugees and migrants along the journey to Libya and within the country are well documented by NGOs, human rights organizations and news outlets. Yet, little is understood about why certain people on the move are exposed to protection… Read More

This chapter provides an overview of the main vulnerabilities and risks faced by migrants assisted in the IOM transit centres in the Niger en route back to their countries of origin, and of changes to such risks observed over the past three years. These are also presented through migrants’ personal… Read More

This chapter explores the use of big data to estimate monthly country-level “push factors” of asylum-related migration. It also looks at whether estimates of push factors in countries of origin correlate with traditional data on irregular migration on the CentralMediterranean Route and asylum… Read More

Information campaigns are not a new policy tool, but only in recent years has evidence slowly caught up with implementation in the field of migration. This chapter outlines the learnings of three comprehensive studies completed by the IOM Global Migration Data Analysis Centre on the impact and… Read More

This contribution shows how North and West Africa are highly exposed to climate change and threatened by extreme heat, food and water shortages. These climatic factors, in combination with other political and socioeconomic factors, will add pressure in the future to African economies and… Read More

This chapter examines the interactions between migrants and the facilitators of their journeys. It argues that European Union-centric concerns over irregular migration that attribute smuggling to organized criminal networks alone have led to simplistic views of mobility facilitation processes in… Read More