Health and Psychosocial Support

Through a broad and inclusive consultative process held in 2015-2016, the MICIC Initiative developed Guidelines to Protect Migrants in Countries Experiencing Conflict or Natural Disaster (The Guidelines). The Guidelines apply to situations in which migrants are present in a country experiencing a conflict or natural disaster. They provide concrete and...

The present research was conducted as part of the Project “Monitoring the situation of children returned from EU Member States” – co-funded by the European Union’s Return Fund – aiming to document, analyze and improve the situation of children that have been returned from European Union (‘EU’) Member States to six South-East European (‘SEE’) countries, by...

According to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, States have an obligation to promote social re(integration) of any child victim of abuse and violence. This document describes “re(integration)” according to Tdh, presents the positioning of the organisation, elaborates on the various services needed and finally gives some indication on how they can...

This report was commissioned by the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and considers international experiences with assisted return of rejected asylum seekers from selected northern European countries. It documents lessons learned and best practices from comparable contexts and provides necessary background information for policy discussions. The...

This Agenda is a plan of action for people, planet and prosperity. It also seeks to strengthen universal peace in larger freedom. We recognise that eradicating poverty in all its forms and dimensions, including extreme poverty, is the greatest global challenge and an indispensable requirement for sustainable development. The universal agenda has 17...

We are in the midst of a profound ‘returns-first’ shift in the global politics of child displacement. In response to soaring numbers of displaced worldwide –68.5 million, of which more than half are children – governments around the world are increasingly pursuing strategies that promote returns over other alternatives such as resettlement and local...

OHCHR, as co-chair of the GMG Working Group on Migration, Human Rights and Gender, has led the development of a set of principles and guidelines on the human rights protection of migrants in vulnerable situations. Migrants who fall outside the specific legal category of "refugee" may find themselves in vulnerable situations because of the reasons for leaving...

This thesis takes a transnational and multidimensional approach in order to overcome the dichotomies, generalizations and empirical shortcomings that surround the understanding of return migration within the migration–development–peace-building nexus. It uses the concept of multidimensional embeddedness, which provides an encompassing perspective on...

Migrating children is not a new phenomenon: children have fled their homes for centuries to reach safe havens away from poverty, conflict, and disaster. With increased globalization, escalated global warming, and transitioning economies, we are likely to see greater flows of Children on the Move in the future. While there are existing policies and frameworks...

This report assesses the impact on children of being returned from Europe to Afghanistan. Through interviews with individual children, their parents or guardians, and with governmental and non-governmental actors, it builds a picture of children’s material, physical, legal and psychosocial safety during the returns process. Returns processes implemented by...

The purpose of this study is to provide an updated overview of children and youth as specific (albeit non-homogenous) groups in mixed migration flows within, through and from the Horn of Africa. The report does not purport to be exhaustive, but rather to act as a preliminary study which identifies some of the key trends, characteristics, issues and response...

Este módulo de capacitación busca ser una herramienta para promover la reflexión, discusión y sensibilización sobre los temas de migración y juventud en Centroamerica y el sur de México, con énfasis en el Triángulo Norte (El Salavdor, Guatemala y Honduras) que, como veremos, es la parte de la región donde se da más movimiento de personas y también donde se...

This document contains the Final Evaluation Report of the “Prevention and Reintegration for Adolescents and Youth in conflict with the law in The North Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region (RACCN) of Nicaragua” Pilot Project. The objective of this evaluation is to measure the results achieved in the Pilot Project based on the proposed indicators, challenges...

La presente Guía para la atención psicosocial a personas migrantes en Mesoamérica ofrece herramientas teórico-prácticas con el objetivo de fortalecer las competencias de atención psicosocial de quienes atienden a la población migrante en tránsito. Permite intervenir sobre las áreas que se ven impactadas en todas las etapas de la migración, afectando el...

Up-to-date report on IOM Morocco activities and partnerships in Morocco, which is both a sending and a receiving country for AVRR.

This publication is meant to guide policymakers and practitioners’ in the design and implementation of assisted voluntary return and reintegration (AVRR)-related policies and programmes. Based on IOM’s long-standing experience on AVRR since 1979, the framework lays out a vision for dignified voluntary returns and sustainable reintegration, 7 principles to be...

El presente estudio es un esfuerzo por contribuir a la mejora del conocimiento a nivel nacional sobre el perfil de salud de las poblaciones migrantes. La investigación de carácter exploratorio aporta elementos de interés sobre morbilidad y migración, ITS/VIH-Sida, salud y autocuido, apropiación de la oferta existente de servicios de salud, percepción de...

En este módulo temático se desarrollan los aspectos conceptuales básicos del delito de la trata de personas, así como la definición del perfil diferenciado que permita la identificación de víctimas en el contexto de los flujos migratorios para su derivación hacia los respectivos servicios de protección y asistencia.

El “Curso introductorio sobre protección de derechos de poblaciones migrantes en condición de vulnerabilidad” busca una comprensión sensible de las características y necesidades de estas poblaciones y contribuir al desarrollo de capacidades para generar respuestas orientadas hacia una adecuada gestión de la migración desde la perspectiva de protección de...