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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.
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 relación estrecha que existe entre desarrollo económico y migración es reconocida desde hace algún tiempo. En años recientes, sin embargo, se ha producido un cambio en la forma de pensar la relación entre migración y desarrollo. Tradicionalmente, la migración era considerada como un problema con… 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
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
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
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 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.
After the dissolution of the Former Soviet Union, the area of the current 12 Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) became a widely used corridor for irregular migration and trafficking in human beings, both from within and outside the region. Lack of relevant legislation and needed… Read More
International migration has reached the top of the global political agenda. In addition to nations and regional groups, the larger international community is struggling with the question of how best to manage international migration, especially with regard to development and human rights. There is… Read More
IOM´s Caribbean Counter-Trafficking Model Legislation and Explanatory Guidelines is a resource for stakeholders in government and civil society wishing to improve domestic legislation and policy to address the crime of trafficking in persons in the Caribbean.
The migration experiences of Thai women who had been trafficked for prostitution in Japan is the subject of this book. The study was carried out to gain a deeper insight into the backgrounds and motives of these women, how arrangements were made, their positive and negative experiences, their… Read More
Governments invest increasingly in secure travel and identity documents, electronic identification and biometrics, a reliable citizen registration and other elements of their national identity infrastructure.
Very little reference material is publicly available; this gap in reference material… Read More
This volume includes five country reports that analyse the scale of illegal employment in general, and particularly focus on the irregular employment of immigrants, and the measures enforced in Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Poland, and Spain. Attention is devoted to the prevention of the irregular… Read More
Migration and Development: Within and Across Borders, is the outcome of an expert meeting organized jointly by the Social Science Resarch Council (SSRC), the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the Centre on Migration Policy and… Read More
Describe el problema de la trata de personas y sus respetivas particularidades en Colombia, Estados Unidos y República Dominicana. Además, busca establecer los desarrollos legislativos y las respuestas institucionales de cada Estado en su lucha contra este delito. Los tres países presentan… Read More
El libro Dimensiones de la Trata de Personas en Colombia es un primer esfuerzo conjunto de tres instituciones - el Programa de Prevención, Reintegración y Asistencia para las Víctimas de la Trata de Personas en Colombia de la OIM; el área contra la Trata de Personas del DAS/INTERPOL; y el Grupo… Read More
The Resource Book presents current good practices and recommendations, recognized by an international team of experts having extensive knowledge on the topic. The publication further includes innovative techniques and practical information based on inputs from national and international experts… Read More
The close relationship between economic development and migration has been recognized for some time. In recent years, however, there has been a shift in thinking about the relationship between migration and development. Traditionally, migration was seen as a problem with negative implications for… Read More
La guía tiene como propósito presentar una introducción en torno a tres ejes fundamentales al momento de abordar la problemática de la trata de personas: se presentan los valores y conceptos fundamentales de la trata de personas, así como las herramientas de comunicación para realizar… Read More
IOM MRF Budapest has published its regional strategy for Central and South-Eastern Europe for the years 2006-2007.
This publication is a compilation of technical papers from independent experts who participated in the two-day expert group meeting entitled “Female Migrants – Bridging the gaps throughout the life cycle,” in May, 2006 in New York. Jointly organized by the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) and IOM, this… Read More
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member countries are always looking for ways to improve their response to trafficking in persons. However, these efforts are being held back by a lack of relevant, reliable data on trafficking. Recognizing this problem, in 2005, the ASEAN member… Read More
The impact and costs of migration policy measures are often unknown, and performance indicators may be very rudimentary. Several studies, especially in the United States, have tried to measure the costs and benefits of immigration. However, there have been few cross-national attempts to assess how… Read More
As migration has not commonly been considered as part of the indigenous experience, the prevalent view of indigenous communities tends to portray them as static groups, deeply rooted in their territories and customs. Increasingly, however, indigenous peoples are leaving their long-held territories… Read More
This book presents the findings from selected studies published in IOM's Migration Research Series during 2005-2006. Migration for Development: Within and Beyond Frontiers has been published to coincide with the High-Level Dialogue on International Migration and Development (HLD) that will take… Read More
The relationship between migration and development is a key topic for research and policy. Earlier pessimistic perspectives focused on the threat to development of poorer countries through the loss of human resources. Recently, a more optimistic view has been advanced by northern governments and… Read More