West and Central Africa

Trafficking in persons constitutes a grave crime against the individual. The absence of comprehensive data presents a major issue, including in African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries. Many cases go unreported as victims are too afraid to testify...

The manual developed by CRISIS and ACTRAV puts the emphasis on the importance of the role of trade unions in prevention and early warning and proposes measures and initiatives to be implemented by trade unions in cooperation with governments, employers and...

This second edition of IOM’s Promoting Safe Migration magazine covers learning on awareness-raising under the EU-IOM Joint Initiative. While the focus is on West and Central Africa and migration, the takeaways apply globally and across topics. The COVID-19...

The report presents key results from a rigorous impact evaluation that assessed the impact of the Migrants as Messengers (MaM) information events in Dakar, Senegal. MaM was a peer-to-peer awareness-raising campaign implemented in Senegal, Guinea and Nigeria...

Ce rapport présente les principaux résultats d'un projet de recherche réalisé dans le cadre du programme « Sécurité, Support et Solutions le long de la Route de la Méditerranée Centrale » financé par le Royaume-Uni à travers le département du développement...

This mixed methods study – a collaboration between the International Organization for Migration (IOM), Samuel Hall and the University of Sussex – builds on previous research on debt and reintegration by analysing returnees’ and their households’ experiences...

This study was the result of a collaboration between the EU-IOM Knowledge Management Hub (KMH), with the financial support of the European Union (EU), in collaboration with Samuel Hall and the African Centre for Migration and Society at the University of the...

The Joint Initiative broke new ground in migration governance by engaging with countries on the sensitive topic of return and reintegration of returnees, setting the stage for effective voluntary return processes – even amid COVID-19 border restrictions. The...

This reintegration evaluation of the EU-IOM Joint Initiative provides an assessment of reintegration outcomes after three years of program implementation, on the eve of the COVID 19 pandemic. It finds that the intervention has been both relevant and effective...

Cette recherche s’inscrit dans le programme « Sécurité, Support et Solutions le long de la Route de la Méditerranée Centrale » financé par le Royaume-Uni à travers le département du développement international (DFID) dont l’un des objectifs est d’améliorer la...

Cette étude consacrée au trafic et à la traite des migrants ivoiriens de retour le long de la route méditerranéenne centrale et occidentale a été rendue possible grâce aux données collectées et analysées dans le cadre de l’Initiative Conjointe Union Européenne...