Remote (or virtual) counselling indicates all modalities of counselling delivery that do not imply the physical presence of counsellor and client in the same place. Remote counselling can be delivered through audio only (via phone or online audio calls), via audio and video (using different online...
Return and Reintegration
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As 2023 draws to a close, the Migrant Protection Platform reflects on this year’s accomplishments.
Understanding the needs of migrant workers across the labour migration life cycle, this reintegration manual offers practical guidance on designing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating reintegration assistance programmes for returning migrant workers in South Asia. The target audience for this manual are primarily policymakers, practitioners and service...
Persons with disabilities are often among the most vulnerable and disproportionately affected groups in migration and forced displacement situations. Within the population of persons on the move with disabilities, subgroups like older migrants and women and girl migrants with disabilities are particularly vulnerable. It is known that the migration and forced...
IOM commemorates International Migrants Day on December 18th, recognizing the invaluable contribution of migrants worldwide.
This Migration Research Series paper explores the impact of COVID-19 on the return migration of international and internal Indian migrants. The paper provides an overview of return migration dynamics in India and the various vulnerabilities of Indian migrants that were exacerbated during the pandemic. The paper examines the programmes and policies that...
IOM's Development Fund supports innovative initiatives tailored to local contexts. Using the principles of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly, and Regular Migration, three projects illustrate innovative approaches to migration protection.
The humanitarian situation in South Sudan remains tenuous, characterized by prolonged conflict, socio-political instability, and economic downturns. Within this context, the dynamics within the Central Equatoria region present a nuanced perspective, where climate-induced challenges, political strife, and societal shifts interact to shape the humanitarian...
La frontera norte de México ha sido durante mucho tiempo un punto crucial de interacción para diferentes flujos migratorios. En los últimos años se ha identificado un aumento de personas que huyen de la violencia y se desplazan hacia el norte, a menudo con la intención de cruzar a los Estados Unidos de América. En un contexto donde existe poca información...
The time to plan and prepare for return and reintegration support is now, as relevant policy and programming discussions are ongoing, in Ukraine, in the European Union (EU), and in hosting countries. The commitments and decisions made at policy and programme level regarding return and reintegration must be coherent, evidence-based and in support of bath...
The award-winning IMPACT study was an impact evaluation of the ‘EU-IOM Joint Initiative for Migrant Protection and Reintegration in the Horn of Africa’, a flagship programme to save lives, protect and assist migrants along key migration routes in Africa.
The United Nations Network on Migration organized the first peer learning exchange between Central American countries and Mexico on safe, dignified and rights-based return and readmission of migrants and their sustainable reintegration.
In 2021, the "K-par-Cas-2" toolkit was developed as a collaborative effort between The Ink Link, the International Organization for Migration (IOM), and with financial support from the European Union. This toolkit is designed to promote the mental health and psychosocial well-being of migrants. It...
Enter K-par-Cas 2, a groundbreaking tool designed to provide essential Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) for returning migrants.
Climate change is affecting countries around the world, but some of its most intense impacts occur in low- and middle-income countries that have limited resources to prepare and adapt. Many of these countries also welcome back significant numbers of returned migrants. Those returning to areas where climate events and environmental degradation are negatively...
During a two-day workshop in Ghana, IOM and BMZ regionally presented the research study “Gendered Reintegration Experiences and Gender Sensitive / Responsive / Transformative Approaches to Reintegration”.
On September 18 at 3.30pm (CEST) the Return and Reintegration Platform hosted the public webinar "Migration, Gender and Protection: Working Towards Transformative Approaches”. Simultaneous interpretation was available in English, French and Spanish.
Research analysing the multidimensional aspects that define the process of return and reintegration through a gender perspective continues to be very limited. Moreover, there are multiple challenges, including protection concerns, linked to the collection of gender disaggregated data. This has repercussions for policies and programmes targeting return of...
The Migration Research and Publications Division is expanding its Migration Research Partners Panel: submissions welcome unti 30 September 2023.
Selon la définition de l’Organisation Internationale du Travail, les emplois verts sont des emplois décents qui contribuent à la préservation et à la restauration de l’environnement, soit dans les secteurs traditionnels, soit dans les secteurs verts nouveaux et émergents tels que les énergies renouvelables et l’efficacité énergétique. La mission de l...