Regional Office for West and Central Africa

The World Migration Report 2020 is now available here.

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"Na Bissau" is a video clip produced by artist Raul Manarte to raise awareness against child trafficking in Guinea Bissau. You can watch it here.

MigApp offers a central and user-friendly, one-stop-shop application where migrants can log on using their mobile phones. Migrants can then access readily available information and services relevant to their specific migration process as well as directly engage with IOM. Find out more here.

Environment have always been part of migration. With climate change, the complex link between migration, environment and climate change (MECC) is increasingly being recognized in the local, national, regional and global agendas. Read more.

In 2018, the Regional Office for West and Central Africa launched the Youth, Migration and Employment Strategy in West and Central Africa.

Read the bi-annual reintegration as part of the EU-IOM Joint Initiative for Migrant Protection and Reintegration here.

Read more about the Regional Strategy for West and Central Africa here.

Kojo is currently receiving support to set up an electrical shop through the EU-IOM Joint Initiative. This, he believes, will help him with the necessary funds from savings to further his education and to pursue his career goals.Read his story here.

Press Release

Cross-border communities received information about free movement as part of the FMM project, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

ECOWAS, IOM Join Forces to Improve Mobility in Wes...

Abuja – On 24 July, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) validated five new strategies to guide migration policy in a region where...

Homecoming: 109 Stranded Nigerians Return from Mal...

Lagos – On 28 July, 109 Nigerian migrants returned safely from Mali on a long-awaited charter flight organized by the International Organization for Migration...