When evacuated Bangladeshi migrants arrived home, the government, civil society, international organisations and the private sector cooperated to help them.
Middle East and North Africa
Within the framework of Swiss return assistance programme, some asylum seekers opting for return to their country of origin may benefit from inkind reintegration assistance. Many of them choose to use the assistance granted by the Swiss State Secretariat for...
The purpose of this report is to provide an overview of the main population movement trends that affected the East and Horn of Africa in 2018. The region continues to exhibit high mobility patterns, both internally within countries and across national...
Thus far, 2018 has been historic in many ways. Eritrea and Ethiopia signed a landmark declaration of peace and friendship on 9 July, casting aside decades of hostility in a matter of weeks. The announcement of the end to the state of war was met by widespread...
Despite the ongoing crisis that has forced millions of Iraqis flee their homes, the fact that hundreds of thousands of them are able to return to their places of origin is a sign of hope. However, while many may already back, putting an end to forced...
Questo toolkit è stato elaborato da Etimos Foundation, in collaborazione con l’Organizzazione internazionale per le Migrazioni (OIM) e l’Associazione Formazione Professionale del Patronato San Vincenzo, nell’ambito del progetto REMPLOY III, finanziato dal...
Ce guide a été élaboré dans le cadre du projet "Promotion des services psychosociaux at d'assistance aux migrants au Maroc" et financé par les fonds de l'OIM pour le développement. Depuis 2005, l'OIM Maroc a aidé des milliers de migrants à retourner et se...
Although 18 months have passed since the Iraqi government officially declared victory over the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the city of Mosul – and particularly west Mosul, which was the group’s final stronghold in Iraq – is still facing...
This report, the product of a four-month study by students at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques (IEP) in Paris, is an evaluation of the International Organization for Migration’s (IOM) ‘Integrated Project for the Return and Reintegration of 500 LRA reporters...
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...
Since 2007, IOM has been contributing to the stabilization of Iraq by improving the resilience of communities and promoting social cohesion. IOM aims to achieve this through a comprehensive approach to transition and recovery that encompasses five main outcome...
This study was carried out by Altai Consulting for the International Organization for Migration (IOM) office in Morocco. It seeks to analyze assisted voluntary return and reintegration (AVRR) through a community based approach, the projects that exist in this...
To ensure that all interventions were appropriately targeted, IOM conducted a detailed multi-sectoral profiling of all concerned communities, presented in this book. The information was gathered through key informants from local government authorities and...
This report is the result of a policy research project and summarizes findings from a literature review, analysis of case data of the vulnerable, exploited and trafficked migrant workers who are being assisted through the project, focus groups with vulnerable...
This study creates a fresh and updated understanding of the dynamics of migration flows across the Mediterranean. The study particularly focuses on two routes: the Western Mediterranean route from Morocco to Spain, and the Central Mediterranean route from...
The IOM Experience in Libya analyses the effect that the Libyan crisis has had on migrants caught in the crisis and the wider implications. The report considers the challenges and lessons learned with regard to the following in the international response to...
The present report forms part of the evaluation of the Swiss Assisted Return and Reintegration (AVRR) programmes mandated by the Federal Office for Migration (FOM) in 2012. It is to contribute to reaching the evaluation’s objectives and providing answers to...
The specific goal of this report is to make a contribution to the discussion on successful and effective AVR(R) policies and programmes for Iraqi nationals. The research underlying this report does so through the comparison of different existing AVR(R)...
This analytical report is aimed at furthering the dissemination of data analysed and collected in the framework of the MIREM Project (Return Migration to the Maghreb), or «Collective Action to Support the Reintegration of Return Migrants in their Country of...
This summary report provides a detailed analysis of the situation of migrants who have returned home to several West African countries as a result of the conflict in Libya. This report is the full version which IOM’s Policy in Brief – Returnees from Libya: The...