These Guidelines provide key facts and figures related to migration and development, insights into why migration should be integrated within development cooperation, and core resources to support migration mainstreaming efforts. They were developed by IOM with the support of the European Union under...

IMRF Dialogue - Missing Migrants (draft agenda)

This reports look at the outcomes and recommendations of the Consultation with Academia held in preparation for the Regional Review for Africa. Seven prominent academics and migration experts from the North Africa region gathered to discuss emerging research priorities and most updated migration...

The first in the thematic Dialogues convened by the UN Network on Migration in the build up to the International Migration Review Forum, held on 23 February 2022.

The purpose of this document is to translate UNICEF’s Agenda for Action to the local level. The recommendations are just an illustration of concrete actions that local actors can take – and are already taking – to advance the rights of every refugee, migrant and IDP child living under their...

For many uprooted children, the journey from home can be profoundly lonely and plagued by challenges that put their health, education and futures at risk. Nearly 40 per cent of the migrants and refugees aged 14–24 who participated in the poll said they received no help at all during their journey in...

Youth on the move across continents represent a unique, yet largely untapped pool of talent, ideas and entrepreneurship. Often resilient, highly motivated and with experience overcoming adversity, migrant and displaced youth have the potential to help solve some of our greatest challenges. Yet...

Age plays a critical role in a child’s migration, but how will gender mediate that experience? Which gender-specific vulnerabilities, needs, and opportunities influence the lives of girls and boys on the move?

This report reviews the existing evidence base – official statistics and quantitative and...

Today, the world is facing compounding humanitarian, environmental and economic crises that have spurred the migration and displacement of millions of children and their families. The number of internally displaced children, refugees, migrants, and asylum seekers and in some cases, returnees, has...

Education unions are defending the right to learn and to teach of newcomers. They develop advocacy to promote more inclusive schools in the context of increasingly diverse communities and in reaction to the rise of populist anti-immigration political forces. These strategies and practical actions...

Secretary-General's Report 2022 - Frequently Asked Questions

Launch of the Global Guidance on Bilateral Labour Migration Agreements authored by Thematic Working Group 4 of the Network. The Launch took place during Migration Week, 17 February 2022.

At a glance

The guidance provides governments, social partners, and other key stakeholders with practical guidance on how to develop, negotiate, implement, monitor and evaluate rights-based bilateral labour migration agreements to support safe, orderly and regular labour migration. It includes...

This document is intended to set out how the work of the United Nations Network on Migration in Argentina is related to different current regulatory and cooperation frameworks and, show how they dialogue with each other and what synergies operate among them. In this way, the cooperative work of the...

The Thematic Working Group 6 on Access to Services of the United Nations Network on Migration has produced a new document on promising practices in the provision of essential services to migrants. 

The document provides practical examples on how migrants are included in the provision of services in...

Recording of the webinar that took place during Migration Week on the launch of a paper authored by ILO and UNDP as part of the Networks' Thematic Priority 1.

Recording of the webinar convened by the leads of Thematic Priority 1 of the Network, WHO, on 15 February 2022.

15/02 Briefing to the Global Taskforce - Agenda

Agenda - Launch of the BLMA guidance taking place on Thursday, 17 February.

We hope this report will contribute to stronger analysis and more effective sectoral and cross-sectoral alliances and advocacy for the human rights of women in migration at multiple levels—in communities and cities, countries and regions, in international forums such as the International Migration...