Organized in collaboration with the UN’s Migration Network Hub, the event aims to enhance knowledge sharing and collaboration on the topic of child trafficking.
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Multi-partner side event on Climate Mobility, hosted at the IOM Pavilion, brought together experts to discuss climate change, migration, and human trafficking at COP29.
Join IOM at CoP29 side event to understand the nexus between climate change, migration, displacement and risks to human trafficking.
Addressing gender-based violence is key as one of the protection thematic areas. Join the Call for Submissions for the duration of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence.
This toolbox has been developed to train frontline professionals who work with unaccompanied migrant children (UMC) in reception. It aims to familiarize frontline workers with the topic of Sexual and Gender-based violence and its impact on migrant children. The toolbox also includes a training...
This course is designed to support MHPSS managers and experts involved in the design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of community-based mental health and psychosocial support programs in emergency and displacement settings within humanitarian responses. Drawing from the IOM Manual on Community-Based Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in...
This online course on Mental Health, Psychosocial Support, and Migration Awareness Raising is designed to enhance understanding of the mental health challenges faced by migrants. It will equip participants with essential resources to better comprehend the psychological impacts of migration, while also focusing on strengthening interpersonal and communication...
Rediscover Yenna with its new features for the enhancement of self-learning and advocacy efforts in key areas such as gender equality, mental health, and counter-trafficking.
Debt and indebtedness are central to the lives of migrants from South-East Asia. Debt and the Migration Experience focuses attention on the role of debt in the migration process. Indebtedness and other forms of financial insecurity that return migrants experience affects the migration as well as sustainable return of migrant. This report understands the...
This Information Note is designed to serve as a resource for practitioners dealing with migration detention and non-custodial alternatives to detention (ATDs). It aims to acquaint them with the relevant international instruments and standards that States are required to uphold in this field. The purpose of this Information Note is to provide an overview of...
This qualitative study provided a platform for the victims' voices to be heard as they described their actual experiences. h focused on generating an in-depth understanding on child sex trafficking in the tourism sector in Sri Lanka. The research aimed to provide new knowledge on main research questions of (a) What are the experiences of child victims of...
This policy brief has been developed to understand the key features of the new form of trafficking for forced criminality, which has also emerged in Sri Lanka and to make recommendations to combat the crime, effectively protect/assist victims, expeditiously investigate cases and to prosecute the perpetrators. The primary observations made for the purpose of...
The risk of child trafficking exists globally, with no country immune to its impact it makes the protection of the child victims of trafficking a major concern. This Guidance aims to support States in developing and strengthening comprehensive, child-centered collaboration between anti-trafficking efforts and child protection systems. The Guidance has been...
Since April 2023, people in Sudan continue to face all forms of protection concerns and a worsening protection crisis, with women, girls, men and boys in situations of vulnerability experiencing the worst consequences. Approximately 2.3 million people have fled to neighbouring countries namely, Egypt, Libya, Chad, Central African Republic, South Sudan, and...
The Migration Youth and Children Platform (MYCP) was created in 2017 by young people, for young people, to influence the highest levels of international migration policymaking, to give a voice to youth who have experienced migration first hand, and to impact the highest levels of international migration policymaking.
The situational update highlights developments at both the national and EU levels regarding the protection of asylum applicants who are victims of human trafficking. Asylum seekers, refugees, and other forcibly displaced individuals are particularly vulnerable to trafficking due to their precarious circumstances, necessitating special attention and...
The Eastern and Horn of Africa region is one of the world’s most dynamic areas in terms of migration, driven by a complex interplay of economic, social, and security factors. Migrants and mobile populations in this region face numerous challenges in accessing essential healthcare services, including the absence of migrant-inclusive healthcare laws and...
ICAT released its 2023 Annual Report, summarizing the different activities implemented in the year and results obtained.
The 2023 Annual Report of the Inter-Agency Coordination Group against Trafficking in Persons (ICAT) highlights the significant efforts made in the global fight against human trafficking under the co-chairmanship of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against...
Send your application for the Knowledge Fair and Impact Awards @ IOM, a new initiative designed to recognize and celebrate outstanding contributions and good practices in the field of migration.