Policy and Legislation

The Recommended Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights and Human Trafficking, which are included as an addendum to a report to the Economic and Social Council (E/2002/68/Add.1), have been developed in order to provide practical, rights-based policy guidance on the prevention of trafficking and the protection of victims of trafficking. Their purpose is to...

In the New York Declaration, Member States reaffirmed that all migrants are rights holders, regardless of status (para. 5), and committed to improve the integration and inclusion of all migrants, with particular attention to access to education, health care, justice and language training.

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...

Defining ‘protection’ under international law, and responding to the protection needs of migrants under international human rights law.

This publication offers a rich resource for policymakers in Governments, national human rights institutions, civil society, lawyers, judges andmigrants themselves to understand the scope and content of the humanrights of migrants in an irregular situation. Through a specific focuson economic, social and cultural rights.

The current thesis seeks to analyse if rejected asylum seekers, who return from Norway to Russia, do have possibilities for successful reintegration in their home region and if their return is sustainable. Research also aims to reveal main obstacles for successful reintegration as well as internal and external factors, which facilitate or complicate the...

The objective of this study is to increase understandings of reintegration, including an examination of the processes of reintegration, and how different return migrants reintegrate. The primary research question guiding the study is: How, and to what extent, do different return migrants reintegrate upon return?

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 is part of the project “Nordic-Baltic Partnership with Passenger Ferry Companies to Encounter Trafficking in Human Beings on the Baltic Sea”. The project, launched in October 2015, is coordinated by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), and is supported financially by the Nordic Council of Ministers and its programme against...

This document builds on a discussion paper developed by the Inter-Agency Coordination Group against Trafficking in Persons (ICAT) on the current state of evaluation practice in the field of trafficking in persons (TIP). The ICAT discussion paper and consultation process concluded that the field lacked appropriate tools and resources with which to capture...

This report examines the right to effective remedies for victims of trafficking in persons under international law, the scope of its application, and the challenges that arise. It concludes by providing practical recommendations for improving access to remedies for victims of trafficking in persons.

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...

Assisted Voluntary Return (AVR) is a central component of European Union (EU) member states migration management policies and has grown in popularity over the past two decades. At present, all EU member states have active AVR programmes, however, despite the growing prevalence of these programmes there has been a dearth of research and evaluation on AVR. In...

In 2015 the International Organization for Migration (IOM) identified almost 1,200 trafficked migrants working in slave-like conditions on fishing boats in East Indonesia. The IOM helped the migrants and offered to cover the cost of repatriation to their countries of citizenship. The Indonesian government appreciated the financial support, not least because the...

Using data from the Statistics on Income and living conditions of families with migrants carried out by ISTAT in 2009, we empirically examine the effect of micro level determinants on Moroccans’ return migration intentions. Although Moroccans living in Italy do not have a clear aspiration to return, the socio‐economic and work conditions in Italy determine...

This article analyses international policy discussions on migration and development (M&D) and contrasts these with the actual M&D policies and practices of 11 European countries who were among the main proponents of this international discourse. Desk research of public documents and accompanying information sought from these 11 governments as well as in the...

El manual Migración y Poblaciones Lesbianas, Gais, Bisexuales, Trans e Intersexuales (LGBTI), busca promover una reflexión, desde las instituciones del Estado, organizaciones y/o colectivos sociales y activistas LGBTI, sobre los procesos migratorios de la población LGBTI de la región mesoamericana.El manual es una herramienta útil para problematizar la...

El Protocolo de Detección, Asistencia y Referencia de Niñas, Niños y Adolescentes Víctimas de Trata de Personas forma parte de las actividades establecidas en el Plan Nacional de Acción contra la Trata de Personas y el Tráfico Ilícito de Migrantes (2009-2014) elaborado por la Comisión Interinstitucional de Combate a la Trata de Personas y el Tráfico Ilícito...

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...