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Initiatives
February 16, 2022

Securing Women Migration Cycle

Securing Women Migration Cycle aims to contribute to the efforts of IOM and ILO in Lebanon and Ethiopia in strengthening the tools for the protection of human rights and for the management of female migratory flows through the strengthening of the protection and assistance network for 1,500 women internal migration cycle (who mainly returned from Lebanon and...
Initiatives
February 16, 2022

Skills for Reintegration

The “Skills for Reintegration” project works with targeted pilot measures in The Gambia, Niger, Kyrgyzstan and Mexico. The project supports migrants and displaced people in making the decision to return to their home country voluntarily and reintegrate into society there. It is part of the overall approach by the German Federal Ministry for Economic...
Article (issue/policy brief, journal, blog, etc.)
28 January 2022

Return migration to Senegal and DR Congo: intention and realisation

Using life event history data collected by the MAFE project survey of migrants in Europe and return migrants in their countries of origin, this article aims to analyse, first, the initial return intentions of Senegalese and Congolese migrants to Europe, and second, the realization of those intentions. The results reveal that at the time of their arrival...
Article (issue/policy brief, journal, blog, etc.)
24 January 2022

Home, sweet home? The effect of return migration support mechanisms on reintegration

Based on 68 qualitative interviews carried out in Senegal and DR Congo with beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries of programs assisting migrants after their return to their origin country, this article investigates how these programs affect the reintegration of those migrants. It uses an original approach, combining a qualitative thematic analysis of the...
Guideline
14 January 2022

IOM’s Policy on the Full Spectrum of Return, Readmission and Reintegration

The return and readmission of migrants to their countries of origin, or third countries, and their reintegration into the societies and communities that receive them, are natural features of international mobility. More than ever, migration today is not a linear phenomenon starting with emigration and ending with permanent settlement in a new country. Rather...
Article (issue/policy brief, journal, blog, etc.)
13 January 2022

Towards a definition for returnees' reintegration processes in the context of rural Ethiopia

Although there is a substantial and growing volume of research on the return and reintegration processes of migrants, insufficient attention has been paid to the contextual meaning of reintegration, in particular for those returning to rural areas. Accordingly, based on an extensive literature review complemented with insights from forced returnees and...
Article (issue/policy brief, journal, blog, etc.)
12 January 2022

“Let Them Make It Rain and Bling”: Unveiling Community Expectations towards Returned Migrants in Cameroon

In Africa, international migration to the Global North is often interpreted as a means to achieve upward social mobility. This article highlights the importance of considering the socio-economic and political transformations that form migration aspirations, especially among African youths. Simultaneously, increasing restrictive migration regimes impacts the...
Webinar
09 December 2021

IOM Seminar: Fostering and strengthening interlinkages between sustainable development and reintegration programmes

Under the framework of the  EU-IOM Knowledge Management Hub (KMH), the seminar "Fostering and strengthening interlinkages between sustainable development and reintegration programmes" was held on 1 and 2 December, 2021. During this event key interlinkages between reintegration and development were discussed, and experiences acquired from the implementation...
Study
07 December 2021

Return and Reintegration: Women’s Participation and Gender-Responsive Interventions

The Study on Return and Reintegration: Women’s Participation and Gender-Responsive Interventions is one of the three Action Research Projects commissioned by UN Women Philippines. The Development Action for Women Network (DAWN) conducted this participatory research in 2012 in the Philippines with an aim to look into the current programs and services of DAWN...
Study
01 December 2021

Cities and Their Networks in EU-Africa Migration Policy. Are They Really Game Changers?

Around the world, the challenges posed by forced displacement and migration are mounting. Yet international cooperation in this policy area is stagnating […] Simultaneously the economic and political importance of cities is growing worldwide […] In this context, the international debate on migration policy increasingly views cities as potential game changers...
Leaflet/booklet
29 November 2021

Regional Data Hub Snapshot 2020

Established in early 2018, the Regional Data Hub (RDH) for East and Horn of Africa aims to support evidence-based, strategic and policy-level discussion on migration through a combination of initiatives. The RDH aims to enhance the availability of migration related data and promote its dissemination in the region to achieve stronger governance outcomes and...
Report
29 November 2021

A Region on the Move: Mid-year Mobility Overview. January - June 2021

The political and humanitarian landscape of the EHoA region has been highly fluid since 2018. Despite the complex mix of protracted crises and new emerging internal displacement, especially due to conflict in Ethiopia which drove the regional number of displaced persons to nearly 8 million at the end of 2018,3 the region witnessed several major positive...
Study
24 November 2021

Assessment of local authorities’ attitudes towards returned migrants and their readiness to reintegrate them

The assessment of local authorities’ attitudes towards returned migrants and their readiness to reintegrate them was implemented in the framework of the “UNDP-IOM Seed Funding to fast-track joint response to the socio-economic impact of COVID-19: Analyzing and improving evidence based social cohesion and returnee inclusion in response to COVID-19”. The main...
Study
24 November 2021

Estudio sobre reintegración: migración y ciudades. Informe regional

El presente documento constituye el informe regional del Estudio sobre reintegración: migración y ciudades realizado por la Organización Internacional para las Migraciones OIM, en los países del Triángulo Norte de Centroamérica y México. El estudio indaga sobre los procesos de reintegración de migrantes retornados originarios de Guatemala, El Salvador...
Study
24 November 2021

Estudio sobre reintegración: migración y ciudades. Informe El Salvador

Con el fin de comprender mejor los contextos de retorno y reintegración en México y el Norte de Centroamérica, la Organización Internacional para las Migraciones (OIM) ha generado una serie de estudios a nivel de la región y de cada uno de los países que la componen. El presente informe contiene los resultados del estudio realizado con personas migrantes y...
Study
24 November 2021

Estudio sobre reintegración: migración y ciudades. Informe Guatemala

Con el fin de comprender mejor los contextos de retorno y reintegración en México y el Norte de Centroamérica, la Organización Internacional para las Migraciones (OIM) ha realizado una serie de estudios a nivel país y a nivel región. El presente informe contiene los resultados del estudio realizado con personas migrantes y personal de instituciones...
Article (issue/policy brief, journal, blog, etc.)
22 November 2021

Migration, Development, and Global Governance: From Crisis toward Consolidation

International migration is inherently an issue that links countries together. But divergent goals and concerns among the world’s origin, transit, and destination countries have meant that until recently, there has been little agreement on what form international cooperation on migration should take. The Global Compact for Safe, Orderly, and Regular Migration...
Report
22 November 2021

Laying the Foundation for Regional Cooperation: Migration Policy & Institutional Capacity in Mexico and Central America

The region that stretches from Panama northward to the United States is a major corridor for unauthorized migration. In recent years, most people on the move have come from Guatemala, Honduras, and, to a lesser extent, El Salvador. But there has also been an increasing number of migrants from outside the region who pass through Central America on their way...