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.
IOM Mali is actively supporting the Malian government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, drawing on its experience from the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) crisis. A key element of this response involves assessing needs and capacities at 13 border crossings, six...
This reintegration evaluation of the EU-IOM Joint Initiative provides an assessment of reintegration outcomes after three years of program implementation, on the eve of the COVID 19 pandemic. It finds that the intervention has been both relevant and effective...
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...
Tras una década de crisis económica en España, son muchos los inmigrantes que se enfrentan a condiciones de vida muy precarias. La respuesta institucional pasa por incentivar el retorno asistido, sin lograr captar ni apoyar la pluralidad de estrategias de...
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...
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Spain, with the collaboration and funding of the Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration, Government of the Kingdom of Spain, has launched a productive voluntary return project for Mali aimed...
La migration de retour est un phénomène qui a pris de l’ampleur au Mali avec l’insécurité croissante de la région, la dangerosité des routes migratoires caractérisées par la traversée de la mer Méditerranée ou du désert du Sahara, le renforcement des contrôles...
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...
FORAS, meaning “opportunities” in Arabic, is a project that aims at strengthening the sustainable reintegration of migrants returning from Morocco to eight target countries of origin (Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Guinea...
FORAS, meaning “opportunities” in Arabic, is a project that aims at strengthening the sustainable reintegration of migrants returning from Morocco to eight target countries of origin (Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Guinea...
Why do some return migrants reintegrate back home better than others? Why do patterns of reintegration vary so much? To what extent does gender impact on reintegration? Which factors shape the ability of some migrants to transfer their skills and social rights...
Through various interventions, IOM in Mali has, so far, developed returning migrants’ capacities and competencies and thus improved employment and self-employment opportunities for more than 1,000 Malian returnees. These interventions include job counselling...
Launched in December 2016 with the support of the EUTF for Africa, the EU-IOM Joint Initiative is the first comprehensive programme bringing together African countries, IOM and the EU around the shared aim of ensuring that migration is safer, more informed and better governed for both migrants and their communities.
Le projet FORAS a pour objectif d’apporter aux migrants désireux de re-tourner volontairement dans leur pays d’origine et qui sont originaires des huit pays cibles (Burkina Faso, Cameroun, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinée, Mali, la République démocratique du Congo (RDC)...