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.
Find out more about the EU-IOM Joint Initiative for Migrant Protection and Reintegration
Read more about the Regional Strategy for West and Central Africa here.
Banjul – The voluntary return of Gambians to their homes is averaging about 143 men and women per month since the start of 2017, the International...
N’djamena – For decades, many citizens of of Chad have sought employment in neighbouring Central African Republic (CAR) where many have lived since...
Benin City – “When I came back, my family deserted me because their hope of having a child in Europe was dashed, my friends rejected me because I...
Ouagadougou – If things had gone differently, Baby Siaka* might have been born in Spain or France. Or Mali. Or Algeria. Or even at sea.
Migrant returnees in Guinea set up an agricultural project growing pineapples and watermelons. They partnered with...
Take a look at this reintegration project in Sierra Leone for migrants returning from Niger and local community...
Monica was assisted through the EU-IOM Joint Initiative for Migrant Protection and Reintegration. Find out more on...
Deborah was assisted through the EU-IOM Joint Initiative for Migrant Protection and Reintegration. Find out more on...
Internal displacement is a way of life in South Sudan. Millions of southern Sudanese endured decades of civil war from 1955–1972 and again from...
Djibouti – An important seaport country in the Horn of Africa occupied by less than a million people, Djibouti is at the crossroads of one of the...
L’objectif de cet atelier était de réunir tous les services de l’Etat et les acteurs non étatiques qui ont un rôle à jouer dans la gestion des crises afin de présenter les recommandations et les expériences des précédentes simulations réalisées par l’OIM et également de préparer la nouvelle simulation bilatérale
Depuis le début du conflit dans le nord du Mali en 2012 et l’afflux des réfugiés, l’OIM, l'organisme des Nations Unies chargé de la migration, le HCR, les ONGs locales ainsi que le gouvernement mauritanien, travaillent ensemble au sein du camp, afin de subvenir aux besoins des réfugiés.
To improve migrant protection, voluntary return and reintegration along the Central Mediterranean route in Africa, the European Union (EU), through the Emergency Trust Fund for Africa (EUTF), and with contributions from Germany (€48 million) and Italy (€22 million) launched with the UN Migration Agency (IOM) in 2016 the Joint Initiative for Migrant Protection and Reintegration in Africa.
Yaoundé – Le 8 juin 2018, l’OIM, l’agence de Nations Unies pour les Migrations, la Délégation de l’Union européenne au Cameroun et le Ministre de la Jeunesse et de l’Education Civique, ont remis à 22 Camerounais revenus de Libye, du Niger et du Maroc, le matériel nécessaire pour commencer leurs activités de réintégration et de réinsertion socio-économique.
