Event
The event opened up a space for government representatives, partners, returnees and IOM staff to share their experiences and lessons learned from the FORAS approach.
Cameroon
Trafficking in persons constitutes a grave crime against the individual. The absence of comprehensive data presents a major issue, including in African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries. Many cases go unreported as victims are too afraid to testify...
This mixed methods study – a collaboration between the International Organization for Migration (IOM), Samuel Hall and the University of Sussex – builds on previous research on debt and reintegration by analysing returnees’ and their households’ experiences...
The Joint Initiative broke new ground in migration governance by engaging with countries on the sensitive topic of return and reintegration of returnees, setting the stage for effective voluntary return processes – even amid COVID-19 border restrictions. The...
IOM is committed to integrating gender considerations into its transition and recovery portfolio, including by promoting women’s meaningful participation and fundamental role in peacebuilding and conflict prevention efforts. As part of its support to...
ERRIN (European Return and Reintegration Network), initiative conjointe de 15 Etats membres de l’UE, propose une aide à la réinsertion pour les migrants qui retournent dans leur pays. L’initiative vise par ailleurs à ouvrir la voie à une approche européenne...
The EU-IOM Joint Initiative enables migrants who decide to return to their countries of origin to do so in a safe and dignified way, in full respect of international human rights standards. Once back in their countries, reintegration assistance helps returnees...
Irregular migration can be a dangerous, degrading process that deprives migrants of their intrinsic worth and rights as human beings. Too often, on the routes through Africa and across the Mediterranean, human smugglers, traffickers and others take advantage...
The counsellors in this project provide information on existing return and reintegration programmes and help migrants organize their return journey, assisting them in the reintegration phase. They might advise them on job opportunities in their countries of...
In Africa, international migration to the Global North is often interpreted as a means to achieve upward social mobility. This article highlights the importance of considering the socio-economic and political transformations that form migration aspirations...
This document presents an analysis of interviews conducted with all individuals assisted in their voluntary return by IOM in the first semester of 2020 (8,260) to one of the 23 countries covered by the West and Central Africa region (WCA). The analysis...
This document presents an analysis of interviews conducted with all individuals assisted in their voluntary return by IOM in 2017-2020 (109,846) to one of the 23 countries covered by the West and Central Africa region (WCA). The analysis combines datasets from...
This fourth Knowledge Bite builds on findings from the second Knowledge Bite, which found that returnees who received direct assistance had higher satisfaction levels and higher reintegration sustainability scores than those who received assistance through...
Operational in 34 countries around the world to the date, ERRIN seeks to strengthen cooperation between migration authorities, with the aim of: enabling and improving return and reintegration through joint contracting of service partners; serving as an...
This report constitutes the third thematic report on reintegration assistance under the EU-IOM Joint Initiative for Migrant Protection and Reintegration in the Sahel and Lake Chad region. The first report, published in March 2019, described the approach...
This report constitutes the second thematic report on reintegration assistance under the EU-IOM Joint Initiative for Migrant Protection and Reintegration in the Sahel and Lake Chad region. The first report, published in March 2019, described the approach...