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Returnees in the midst of plastering a building being rebuilt Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire. © IOM 2021/Mohamed Aly DIABATÉ
This call for applications primarily targets French-speaking reintegration practitioners working in the field of reintegration in in the Northern Africa, Sahel and Lake Chad, the Horn of Africa and Bangladesh
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IOM worker in a conversation with a migrant woman. IOM/Muse Mohammed
Mapping and desk review of existing research, tools, practices and guidelines, within and outside IOM, on the inclusion of migrants with diverse SOGIESC and a research study on the protection needs and vulnerabilities of migrants with diverse SOGIESC
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Migrants staying at the transit centres are regularly sensitized about COVID-19 prevention measures. ©IOM / Daniel Kisito Kouawo
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the EU-IOM Joint Initiative for Migrant Protection and Reintegration has been at the forefront of prevention and response efforts, adapting its programmes to continue delivering assistance and protecting vulnerable...
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Returnee woman who received IOM Mauritania assistance for her reintegration project. Sibylle Desjardins / © International Organization for Migration
The  Cooperation on Migration and Partnerships to Achieve Sustainable Solutions (COMPASS) programme, funded by the Dutch Government, was designed to provide direct protection and assistance services to vulnerable migrants whilst developing long-term...
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Fifteen Hondurans depart Belize on 30 June 2020. Credit: IOM
The widespread impact of COVID-19 on global human mobility due to travel restrictions, border closures and lockdown measures to curb the spread of the virus left millions of migrants stranded across the world. In a September 2020 report on COVID-19’s Impact on...
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Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development (KNOMAD) banner
KNOMAD is seeking a consultant to elaborate a methodology for a comprehensive longitudinal study on reintegration outcomes of returnees in selected regions and countries. This methodology will be made available for stakeholders interested in carrying out or...
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Diverse children holding IOM flags. Alexander Bee/IOM
A Knowledge Management Hub (KMH) has been established by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in 2017 under the EU-funded Pilot Action on Voluntary Return and Sustainable, Community-Based Reintegration.
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Collection of IOM portraits displayed as phone calls for virtual counselling
In 2019, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has introduced the Virtual Counselling project. Funded by the German Federal Office for Migration and Refugees, this project allows migrants living in Germany to contact IOM staff via social media and...
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Man sitting down to fill out a form
A Knowledge Management Hub (KMH) has been established by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in 2017 under the EU-funded Pilot Action on Voluntary Return and Sustainable, Community-Based Reintegration. The KMH aims at assisting the...
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Participants from the training of trainers organized in São Paulo, Brazil. October 21-22, 2019
IOM Portugal started in 2019 the implementation of the project Joint Complementary Mechanism for Sustainable Reintegration in Brazil (SURE).
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Omar, an eight-year-old who in 2016 left with his father for Libya in an attempt to reach Italy, accompanied by his mother Mali. Photo: IOM/Miko Alazas
Read here this story of return published by IOM on Medium! The story was written by Miko Alazas, IOM’s Communications Officer in The Gambia.
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Portrays of people involved in the EU-IOM Joint Initiative
Read here the stories of return and reintegration from the EU-IOM Joint Initiative!
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Hardi Namiq, a 35 year old man who returned to Taqtaq in Erbil Governorate and received IOM's support to open his own barber shop
Read here the successful story of Hardi, part of the " IOM - The Storyteller" series!
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Abdulqadir, a 32 year old man who started his beekeeping business in Baghdad with the support from the IOM, handling honeycombs
Read here this successful return and reintegration story, part of the " IOM - The Storyteller" series.