Afrique centrale et de l’Ouest

The joint research between the François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University (FXB Centre) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) aims to examine the challenges along migration routes within and through West...

The EU-IOM Joint Initiative for Migrant Protection and Reintegration: The Gambia is part of a regional initiative covering and closely cooperating with 26 countries in North Africa, the Horn of Africa and the Sahel and Lake Chad region. It aims to facilitate...

This document presents an analysis of interviews conducted with all individuals assisted in their voluntary return by IOM in the first semester of 2020 (8,260) to one of the 23 countries covered by the West and Central Africa region (WCA). The analysis...

This document presents an analysis of interviews conducted with all individuals assisted in their voluntary return by IOM in 2017-2020 (109,846) to one of the 23 countries covered by the West and Central Africa region (WCA). The analysis combines datasets from...

This fourth Knowledge Bite builds on findings from the second Knowledge Bite, which found that returnees who received direct assistance had higher satisfaction levels and higher reintegration sustainability scores than those who received assistance through...

Under the framework of the  EU-IOM Knowledge Management Hub (KMH), the seminar "Fostering and strengthening interlinkages between sustainable development and reintegration programmes" was held on 1 and 2 December, 2021. During this event key interlinkages...

Around the world, the challenges posed by forced displacement and migration are mounting. Yet international cooperation in this policy area is stagnating […] Simultaneously the economic and political importance of cities is growing worldwide […] In this...

This fifth biannual reintegration report presents the progress of the adaptation of the Joint Initiative’s reintegration assistance in the Sahel and Lake Chad region, which has commenced in the previous reporting period. The report showcases how the Joint...

A webinar session on  “Monitoring the sustainable reintegration of child returnees: introducing a new practical tool ” was jointly organized by the European Commission's Directorate-General for International Partnerships (DG INTPA) and the International...

This leaflet aims to provide testimonies of the EU-IOM Joint Initiative for Migrant Protection and Reintegration in Ghana, which is part of a regional programme covering and closely cooperating with 26 countries in North Africa, the Horn of Africa and the...

Under this study, IOM proposes to explore the different aspects of returnees’ debt, considering both economic debts and their transformation into "social" debts. The findings of first studies (2018–2019) conducted under the DFID regional programme, including...

This document presents an analysis of interviews conducted with all individuals assisted in their voluntary return by IOM between 2017 and June 2021 (118,360) to one of the 23 countries covered by the West and Central Africa region (WCA). The analysis combines...

Cette étude a été commandée dans le cadre du Pôle de Gestion des Connaissances de l'UE-OIM dans le cadre du projet «Pilot Action on Voluntary Return and Sustainable, Community-Based Reintegration», financé par l'Union européenne et mis en œuvre par l'OIM. Les...

In 2016, over half a million Nigerians are thought to have set out across the Sahara in a bid to reach Europe, but only around 46,000 Nigerians reached the countries of the European Union, with many Nigerians dying in transit or finding themselves stuck in...

During the webinar, organized by the EU-IOM Knowledge Management Hub, the ORION project team together with mentors and Samuel Hall presented the results achieved as well as the lessons learnt and good practices that could be replicated elsewhere through this...

This chapter explores the initial impacts of the microbusiness management training offered by IOM to migrants in transit back to their countries through the Niger. Due to the increased number of migrants expelled from Algeria to the Niger since 2018, there has...

This webinar organized by the EU-IOM Knowledge Management Hub presented detailed analysis and findings from this second issue of the Sustainable Reintegration Knowledge Bites Series. Building on the findings from the first Knowledge Bite, published in October...

Since the beginning of 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has posed a global challenge and demanded stronger coordination and governance among the international development organizations, governments, civil societies, and between stakeholders within the countries...

The first Knowledge Bite, published in October 2020, gave a first indication of some of the factors that can contribute to or hamper sustainable reintegration outcomes. Notably, the results revealed that returnees benefiting from economic reintegration...