Policy and Legislation

The study aims to examine the influence of staying in immigration detention on the decision-making process of irregular migrants in immigration detention regarding leaving the country. It will do so by making an inventory of the factors and roles of immigration detention in these decision-making processes. Such an inventory makes it possible to map the...

This report deals with the issue of voluntary return of HIV-positive Africans in the Netherlands, who have been rejected for asylum or are staying in the country as irregular migrants. Dutch immigration policy stipulates that any migrant without a legal status is under the obligation to leave the Netherlands, with voluntary return being the preferred way of...

This research report is published in the framework of the projects "Randstad Return Initiative II" and "Return Initiative of Irregular Migrants". The research was conducted in the Netherlands.

This document presents a detailed evaluation of the IOM Temporary Return of Qualified Nationals Project, Phase III. The report details 26 findings grouped into four sections covering: Relevance; Outreach; Diaspora Culture and Return; and Impact.

This Handbook aimed to support migration policy makers and practitioners on matters related to the reintegration of people who return to their countries of origin.

The IOM "Glossary on Migration" is as an accessible and comprehensive collection of migration-related terminology. Designed for all persons dealing with migration issues at the international level, the glossary aims at creating a common understanding of migration terms.

The African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States are increasingly stepping up to address THB and SoM. However, they face challenges in developing the necessary holistic, long-term interventions that combine law enforcement with a rights-based, victim-centred approach and with prevention efforts that are linked to development and offer realistic...

Protection of Migrants at Sea provides guidance on applying international legal principles in protecting migrants at sea. The obligations and responsibilities that arise in different jurisdictions are dissected in the contexts of both irregular maritime migration flows and exploitation of migrants at sea. This publication urges that complex (and often...

The aim of this study are to map out of the characteristics of the current and developing smuggling networks that have Canada as a final destination and assess the vulnerabilities and exploitation that migrants are exposed to during their journeys. The study focuses on assessing migrant vulnerabilities, protection needs and exposure to exploitation before...

Resettlement is a protection tool to meet the specific needs of refugees, it’s a durable solution and a demonstration of international solidarity and responsibility-sharing. It allows many people to begin life anew who would otherwise have neither home nor country to call their own. Annually, IOM supports some 40 States to carry out resettlement, relocation...

This paper provides practical insights into the broad thematic issues surrounding integration and social cohesion in order to assist IOM Member States and partners prepare towards the negotiation phase of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM). A number of specific actions and effective practices are identified as potential...

The World Migration Report presents key data and information on migration as well as thematic chapters on highly topical migration issues, and is structured to focus on two key contributions for readers: Part I: key information on migration and migrants (including migration-related statistics); and Part II: balanced, evidence-based analysis of complex and...

In 2017, IOM invited the world’s leading migration researchers to join in sharing their expertise and knowledge in support of the 2018 global compact on safe, orderly and regular migration. We designed the Syndicate to take into account a range of factors, including the ambitious timeframe set for the global compact for migration, the wealth of expertise of...

Return migration takes place along a spectrum from voluntary to involuntary movement, with at least six identifiable points. Solicited, Voluntary, Reluctant, Pressured, Obliged, Forced.

This document provides an overview of the IOM's programmes addressing the needs of migrant children.

This study provides an overview of asylum procedure and the return of rejected asylum seekers in Austria. It focuses on asylum seekers who have already been rejected and the challenges to return rejected asylum seekers. In addition it elaborate the issues on rejected asylum seekers who cannot be removed for the time being.

This study is seeking to establish the precise needs of vulnerable migrants and capacities of state institutions and non-state entities to address these vulnerabilities and leveraging the potential for the vulnerable migrants’ successful re-integration into the local labour market. In addition, risk factors limiting chances for migrants’ re-integration and...

This study looks into the day-to-day living conditions of migrant workers and their families, at their vulnerability to exploitation, abuses and deportation. This is particularly the case of undocumented migrants; however, documented migrants may also suffer from abuses or violations, and may have safety and health concerns in their workplace.

This briefing reviews the sources and availability of data on refugee and migrant children arriving in Europe by sea. It finds that variance in policy and practice across European Union Member States results in stark differences in how and when children are recorded, including whether they are considered “accompanied” or “unaccompanied”.

This Manual is a generic training manual developed for Southern African countries that are facing challenges in the context mixed migration, as countries of transit and destination.