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This document presents an analysis of interviews conducted with all individuals assisted in their voluntary return by IOM between 2017 and 2019 (94,608) to one of the 23 countries covered by the West and Central Africa region (WCA). The analysis combines...

This study – conducted by UNICEF The Netherlands – explores the Dutch approach, policies, and practices relating to children who do not have a legal right to remain in the Netherlands. The research involved a review of relevant Dutch laws and regulations, and...

This report is based on 56 in-depth interviews with former Afghan migrants and refugees who have returned from Iran, Pakistan and Europe. The research reveals returnees’ aspirations and hopes for their future, including psychosocial challenges when...

This Report is focused on the specific issue of the lack of a formal Best Interests Determination procedure for separated children and the practice of return of separated children to return houses in countries of origin. Wider issues regarding return in...

The objective of the General Comment is to draw attention to the particularly vulnerable situation of unaccompanied and separated children; to outline the multifaceted challenges faced by States and other actors in ensuring that such children are able to...

The present report is the first to be submitted to the Human Rights Council by the new mandate holder, Felipe González Morales, who assumed his functions on 1 August 2017. In the report, the Special Rapporteur summarizes the activities undertaken since taking...

The report assesses the progress in the implementation of the legal and policy framework for the reintegration of persons repatriated to Kosovo. It covers the period 2014 – 2015 and notes the improved performance of municipal institutions following the process...

The report provides an overview of the current status of voluntary returns in Kosovo, including internally displaced persons and persons displaced in the region. It covers the period from January 2015 to December 2018 and provides updates to the OSCE 2014...

The aim of this study is to review the AVR programmes carried out in Lithuania in 2004-2009, to assess the need for such programmes, as well as to provide an overview of the migrants' motives and emerging obstacles to the use of the AVR programmes. This study...

The evaluation of the CBSA’s pilot program was identified in the CBSA Five-Year Evaluation Plan (2013-2018), approved by the Executive Evaluation Committee in July 2013. The purpose of the evaluation was to assess the relevance and performance of the pilot...

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) commissioned this study to share smart practices from the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and other partners and to ensure that all National Societies have the...

It is almost four years since the signing of the Helsinki peace agreement that brought an end to almost 30 years of conflict in Aceh. The consolidation of this peace is a long and continuous process that will require various interventions from provincial...

The overall purpose of this evaluation was to review the effectiveness and efficiency of the project, assess its outcome and impact, and consider prospects for sustainability, as well as to identify and document lessons learned and best practices in view of...

The armed conflict that broke out, in 2012 in Mali, had led to a complicated humanitarian situation with the massive influx of tens of thousands of Malian refugees and their livestock to settle in southeastern Mauritania. In this area, the majority of the...

In recent years, Sudan has experienced increased attention as a country of origin, transit and destination of mixed migration flows from Africa to Europe and the Middle East. Refugees and other migrants from the Horn of Africa, particularly Eritreans and...

ReDSS, under the leadership of the government and the UN Resident Coordinator office and in collaboration with humanitarian and development actors have developed district based Solutions analyses for displacement affected communities in Somalia. ReDSS has...

This document was prepared based on the results of the workshop “Regional Workshop on Policies, Practices and Conclusions for the Return, Reintegration and Integration of Migrants”, (September, 2013), in San Jose, Costa Rica within the framework of the...

This study examines internal mobility in The Gambia and provides socio-economic profiles of migrants who move from rural to urban settings. Migrants' places of origin and destination, drivers of migration and travel intentions were analysed to further develop...

The Global Migration Indicators 2018 report is a snapshot of what we know about migration today. The data is organized along 17 key migration themes and based largely on data taken from Global Migration Data Portal – IOM’s one-stop-shop for international...

Return migration has in recent decades emerged as a critical element of many governments' migration policy - an integral part of effective migration management, alongside strong border management and timely and fair asylum processes. It is seen by many as the...