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In 2020, IOM commissioned a three-year impact evaluation (referred to as IMPACT) of the EU-IOM Joint Initiative programme in the Horn of Africa (referred to as JI-HoA), focusing on Ethiopia, Somalia and Sudan. The study had its own innovative elements, among...

Recognizing that local communities in transit locations are key stakeholders in the migration process, MMC and IOM have partnered under the 2022 Regional Migrant Response Plan for the Horn of Africa and Yemen to design and implement a mixed-methods study to...

Este Diagnóstico Regional releva cómo las diásporas de América del Sur contribuyen al desarrollo de sus países de origen y cómo éstos, de manera individual y en colaboración, pueden empoderar a las comunidades de la diáspora y así maximizar el impacto de sus...

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...

How can practitioners and policymakers effectively measure the impact of migration policy programmes? More specifically, how can ex ante baselines be measured in a context of transitory populations, developing countries, and sometimes reactive and hastily...

This Mapping Report of the Kyrgyz Diaspora, Compatriots and Migrants Abroad was commissioned by IOM within the framework of the project titled “Leveraging Diaspora Funding into Climate Action” funded by the IOM Development Fund and managed by IOM Kyrgyzstan in...

The objective of this paper is to design a methodology for a longitudinal study on reintegration outcomes for returnees. A longitudinal study involves a methodology that allows the same variables to be observed over time, thereby allowing a window into the...

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 case study presents the story of Kamala and Mohan, two people living in Dhankuta, Nepal whose lives have been affected by migration and who want to open small businesses. Mohan has just returned after years living and working abroad, and Kamala's husband...

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...

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...

The report is based on the Swedish Red Cross' follow up missions in Albania, Iraq and Kosovo in 2019 and 2020, where 28 individuals returned from Sweden and other EU countries, and were interviewed. Mainly families were among the returnees. The report...

Authored by Jeremaiah M. Opiniano, this Migration Research Series paper explores some of the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on Filipino overseas migrants and the responses and measures adopted by the Philippines in 2020. It reviews the main implications and...

SMERU’s study on return migration (2014) has established a comprehensive migrant reintegration framework for Indonesia, enabling the mapping of reintegration programs in Indonesia. Most programs direct return migrants to self-employment, creating a wide gap...

El presente trabajo examina el proceso de retorno de los inmigrantes sudamericanos en España, centrando la atención en los cuatro colectivos más numerosos: argentinos, bolivianos, colombianos y ecuatorianos. Mediante datos oficiales de España y Censos...

This study determines four main market inefficiencies – namely information asymmetry, private formal and informal recruitment sector’s monopoly of power, limited access to the formal financial sector and limited access to justice – that are affecting the...

This report focuses on the specific displacement and return dynamics of four ethnoreligious groups in Iraq – Shabak Shia, Turkmen Shia, Christian and Yazidi – and identifies the socioeconomic characteristics of returnees and internally displaced persons (IDPs)...

International labour migration has become a crucial part of the Nepali society. The number of youths leaving the country for employment is significantly high, with around half a million people taking labour permits every year. Lack of economic opportunities...

Cette étude entre dans le cadre de l’exécution de la Convention entre l’Institut Universitaire Européen (Florence Italie) et le Cendre de Recherche Appliquée pour le Développement (CREAD) portant sur le projet “Action collective de soutien à la migration de...