In Sudan, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) operates Migrant Resource and Response Centres (MRRCs) in Gedaref, Kassala, Port Sudan, and Dongola.
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The Digital Identity Toolkit is designed to strengthen stakeholders’ understanding of how to establish and implement digital identity systems, with a strong emphasis on human rights, including privacy, security, and key technological considerations. The toolkit serves as a practical resource for policymakers and practitioners seeking to operationalize and...
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has launched the Digital Identity Toolkit. This toolkit, funded by the Netherlands through the COMPASS programme, helps countries understand and use digital identity systems. It focuses on privacy, security, and human rights.
In collaboration with IOM's Staff Development and Learning, the Platform brings together the diverse range of free and public online courses and training materials, produced by IOM and other entities.
The Platform has launched a new data section with renovated design and content, to provide up-to-date information on IOM's data work on migrant protection, as well as a more accessible set of resources, data sets and research.
The Human Trafficking Data Tool is the visual representation of IOM's Global Victim-Perpetrator Synthetic Dataset. It provides first-hand information on the relationships between victims and perpetrators in an accessible, concise, and comprehensive manner. The portal provides a centralized platform where policymakers, lawmakers, and other stakeholders can...
The Counter Trafficking Data Collaborative (CTDC) is the first global data hub on human trafficking, with data contributed by organizations from around the world. Historically, it has been difficult to make data on human trafficking readily accessible to analysts, academics, practitioners and policy-makers. Data on human trafficking are often highly...
IOM, in coordination with UNODC, developed a standardized assessment tool to review, in a holistic and data-driven way, the capacity of States to prevent and respond to instances of TIP.
IOM, in partnership with UNODC, has developed a common international classification, the IC-TIP, that aims to facilitate the production and dissemination of high-quality administrative data relating to various aspects of the crime of trafficking in persons. The IC-TIP conceptualizes the characteristics of the individuals, events and organizations involved in...
The purpose of this guidance manual is to support the efforts of governments and other stakeholders to improve data collection, management, sharing and use, so that eventually more high-quality data can be leveraged to inform policy and programming. While the manual will be useful for all stakeholders dealing with administrative data, it specifically targets...
This training and learning platform for guardians of unaccompanied children targets appointed or future guardians. It also supports trainers in developing training for guardians. The platform complements the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) trainers’ manual for guardians of unaccompanied children. This training is free and available in...
In recent years, the European Union (EU) has taken steps to improve child protection, yet some Member States do not have an integrated approach. The European Union Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) first produced an overview of child protection systems in the EU in 2014, and an update in 2023. The data is published in FRA’s ‘Mapping of Child Protection Systems...
The Course on Protecting the Human Rights of Migrants at Sea, and this underpinning Facilitator's Guide, has been developed for practitioners training national authorities in the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean region – and is likely to be of value to national authorities in other regions as well. Its main purpose is to strengthen the technical...
Human rights due diligence is an IOM obligation in line with the Human Rights Due Diligence Policy on United Nations Support to non-United Nations Security Forces (HRDDP) which specifically sets out the measures required to assess the human rights risk of support provided by United Nations entities to non-United Nations security forces. It aligns with IOM's...
Over the past decade, the EU funded programme “EU Regional Support to Protection-Sensitive Migration Management Systems in the Western Balkans” has played a pivotal role in strengthening migration and asylum systems across the region.
Governments along key migratory routes across North, West and Central Africa reaffirmed their commitment to enhance cooperation in combating human trafficking and strengthening protection mechanisms for victims.
This article shares a compendium of the key resources that can be useful and applicable to your daily work with returnees.
IOM developed a video that explores the protection risks migrants face along these routes and the support that IOM provides in collaboration with duty bearers.
This National Communication Strategy on Irregular Migration and Promotion of Safe Labour Migration is aimed at raising awareness about the causes and consequences associated with irregular migration and Trafficking in Persons, as well as promoting safe labour migration and alternative livelihood options. The strategy will enable the Government of Ethiopia...
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (26 March) – The Government of Ethiopia has launched its National Communication Strategy to Prevent Irregular Migration and Promote Regular Pathways (2025-2029), reaffirming its dedication to safe migration and improved migration governance. Developed with technical support from the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and...