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Climate change, environmental degradation and disasters are reshaping migration patterns and contributing to increased displacement globally. The situation of populations trapped or immobile in degraded areas, exposed to environmental shocks and facing further...
IOM’s Approach to Protection reflects shared thinking and common understanding of the Organization’s approach to protection across operational contexts. This document articulates IOM’s approach to protection and is intended to support a consistent, coherent...
This document provides guidance to support the design and implementation of effective counter-trafficking projects that fit within a cohesive approach to thematic programming across the Organization focusing on what works and what we do best to achieve greater...
The Return Counselling Toolkit is a capacity-building instrument aimed at providing a harmonized and coherent approach to return counselling, based on key migrant-centred principles while protecting migrants’ rights. Mindful of the specific needs and rights...
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Third country nationals from Uzbekistan await onward transportation in a transit centre in Mlyny, Poland | © Alissa Everett 2022
The Return Counselling Toolkit builds upon IOM standards and the Organization’s longstanding experience in providing return and reintegration counselling to thousands of migrants every year, in a multiplicity of countries and operational contexts.
The Return Counselling Toolkit is a capacity-building instrument aimed at providing a harmonized and coherent approach to return counselling based on key migrant-centred principles. Accompanied by operational tools that can facilitate the work of return...
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...
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights affirms that all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights, encompassing the protection of LGBTI individuals from discrimination, violence, and torture. Despite this, widespread human rights violations...
This publication is an adaptation of the e-course, " Impact Evaluations for Return and Reintegration Programmes", produced for IOM's e-Campus online training platform. The e-course has been converted into document format for accessibility, and for convenient...
Climate change, environmental degradation, and disasters adversely impact the well-being and rights of migrants and their communities. They often act as drivers of displacement, erode access to basic rights and increase protection risks. They may also leave...
This Technical Note lays out ways in which national child protection systems can be enhanced to include children in the context of migration. This effort is a product of the IOM-UNICEF Strategic Collaboration Framework (2022-2023), aiming to protect the rights...
The Global Youth Consultation on Ending Child Immigration Detention, organised by the Migration Youth & Children's Platform in collaboration with UNICEF, IDC, UNHCR, and UNNM, brought together over 80 young participants from around the world to discuss and...
Freedom of association and collective bargaining (FACB) are fundamental rights of universal scope that should apply to all workers – including migrant workers. The ILO Report on Migrant Workers’ Rights to Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining...
The Protection Risks: Explanatory note provides guidance on the use of the 15 protection risks monitored by the Global Protection Cluster. The document contains the standard definitions developed by the Global Protection Cluster and AoRs, illustrating: What...
The Global Protection Cluster Annual Report presents the work carried out by the GPC in 2023 to protect and improve the lives of tens of millions of people in need of protection. It highlights the year’s achievements, as well as challenges faced by the cluster...
Return migration has emerged as a critical policy concern for both destination and origin countries. While policy attention in destination countries has been focused on assisted voluntary return and reintegration (AVRR) programs, particularly for migrants with...
These Guidelines are intended mainly for individual, non-clinical case managers providing direct support and assistance to migrants with protection and assistance needs, including children. Recognizing that case management for children requires specialized...
The Compendium of Good Practices in Enabling Access to Legal Identity for Undocumented Migrants is a tool developed by IOM to guide Member States in establishing legal identity to uphold the rights of migrants and of their children, without putting them at...
A guide to principles and practice as applied to refugees and migrants provides​ guidance on relevant legal provisions, on practical procedures to ensure the prompt disembarkation of rescued persons, and on measures to meet their specific needs, particularly...
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...