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.
Bamako – Gold is Mali’s top export, accounting for at least 60 per cent of the country’s total exports in 2017 and making Mali the third gold exporter in Africa, just...
When Lamin Kanyi left The Gambia in March 2016 to pursue his dreams of finding a better life in Europe, little did he know of the dangers his dreams would...
Gwoza – On 10 March, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) reopened a rehabilitated community market in Gwoza, Nigeria.
Makeni City – Sierra Leone has been wracked by violence, civil war and Ebola in its recent history. Poverty is endemic. So is a high level of...
Over three days, radio journalists in Sierra Leone were trained in the Communication for Development (C4D) approach...
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...
Geneva – Strong partnerships are essential for the delivery of effective, principled humanitarian assistance at a time when an unprecedented 131.7...
International Women’s Day
Last month marked the official start of the UKRI GCRF South-South Migration, Inequality and Development Hub in Accra, Ghana. The five-year Hub is...
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.