The purpose of the project was to support and facilitate the return, appointment and professional reintegration of 35 judges and prosecutors in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The project aim was to provide support to the recent judicial reforms as the basis for...

The IOM project entitled “Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration of Ghanaian Child Victims of Trafficking for Labour Exploitation in Yeji Fishing Communities” was formally evaluated by the IEP Team from April to June 2005. The evaluation’s overall...

As part of the Applied Workshop in International Development at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), the International Organization of Migration (IOM) contracted a team of seven students to perform an independent evaluation...

This report summarizes the insights gained and lessons learned from the downsizing of the armed forces in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the wake of Dayton Peace Accords of December 1995.

The Children First Programme is focused on training officials and other actors on efficient and safe procedures concerning the reception, interviews, status determination and post-decision measures. Creating and strengthening national and international...

In 1996-2001 the International Organization for Migration (IOM) executed a project ”Reconstruction, Capacity Building and Development through the Return of Qualified Nationals to Bosnia and Herzegovina.” This evaluation has two overall objectives: Assess...

The programme Return and Counselling Assistance of Asylum Seekers from the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Romania currently living in Belgium, Finland and The Netherlands has been implemented by the International Organisation for Migration in seven countries...

On the initiative of the Zepa-Srebrenica Prisoners of War Association, the Domovini project was started on October 1998. The project was supported by the European Union and planned by the IOM with Finnish and Bosnian partners. It was a pilot project with the...

The overall objectives of RQAN, as stated in the phase III of the programme, is to contribute to enhancing the role and utilization of highly qualified, qualified and skilled African personnel in the development of participating countries. Ethiopia was...

This summary report provides a detailed analysis of the situation of migrants who have returned home to several West African countries as a result of the conflict in Libya. This report is the full version which IOM’s Policy in Brief – Returnees from Libya: The...

The report assesses the relevant laws, policies, services and infrastructures available in Armenia for returning migrants with acute health problems and their degree of implementation. It identifies the gaps in health care system for migrants and returnees...

This report provides insight into the lived reality of voluntary returnees with chronic medical conditions who returned to Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Ghana, UNSC resolution 1244-administered Kosovo, Mongolia and Morocco. The report was developed in the...

IOM has produced a special publication Saving Lives and Building Livelihoods to chart the evolution and scope of IOM and Germany’s partnership in light of its 60th anniversary in November 2014. Covering in detail all activities between 2010 – 2013, the...

In this paper, the IOM and SRC propose the following main initiatives for the future management of public return assistance programmes: (a) opening up of return and reintegration assistance programmes to a wider group of migrants; (b) introducing inovative...

This summary provides an overview of the research on the main challenges and opportunities of implementing the IOM assisted voluntary return and reintegration (AVRR) projects in Morocco using the community-based approach. The main focus of the study is on how...

At its very core, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) is grounded in the movement of people. Through 68 years of field experience, the Organization has identified best practices from millions of migrant movements around the globe, informing the...

This Annual Report on the project the Implementation of Assisted Voluntary Returns including Reintegration Measures (AVRR), covering the period from May 2017 to June 2018, is the second publication following the first annual report of the project (May 2016...

The goals of the evaluation are to measure the impact and relevance of the Returns and Reintegration Fund in Afghanistan through an assessment of the implementation strategies and process of the assistance programs.

The International Organization for Migration (IOM), together with the Asia Foundation Mongolia (TAF) developed passport inserts against human trafficking in 2007. These passport Inserts have been distributed since March 2008 at Mongolian border posts. This...

The aim of this report is to provide some independent insight on IOM’s Regional Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration (AVRR) Programme for Stranded Migrants in Libya and Morocco (LiMo), so as to contribute to facilitating decision-making in the planning...