This paper explores the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on labour migration and mobility of young women and girls in South-East Asia and the Pacific. Building on the research report “Supporting Brighter Futures: Young Women and Girls and Labour Migration in South-East Asia and the Pacific”...

The impacts of climate change (like droughts, storms and sea-level rise) endanger lives, devastate infrastructure and can undermine the livelihoods of the poorest. Human mobility, i.e. migration, displacement or planned relocation, can be a response to these developments.

The Global Programme Human...

MHub works on behalf of the North Africa Mixed Migration Task Force consisting of DRC, IOM, OHCHR, RMMS, Save the Children, UNHCR, UNICEF and UNODC. It promotes a human rights-based approach to ensuring the protection of people moving in mixed and complex flows to, through and from North Africa...

This report provides essential data and information on educational challenges faced by nearly 50 million uprooted children around the world. It notes that some of these children and their families migrate in pursuit of better education or job opportunities, while others are forced from their homes...

Portal with updated data on remittances, including a collection of data on migration published by the World Bank in collaboration with various organizations.

This flagship report demonstrates how social security institutions worldwide are innovating to adapt to the digital economy and new forms of work, tackle demographic changes, extending coverage and meeting growing public expectations. The last chapter is focused on the protection of migrant workers.

Convention concerning Migrations in Abusive Conditions and the Promotion of Equality of Opportunity and Treatment of Migrant Workers (Entry into force: 09 Dec 1978)

IOM’s close collaboration with African Member States builds on African Union landmark policy frameworks that shape continental guidance on governing human mobility in all its dimensions. Following on from the launch of the Pan-African Forum on Migration, IOM’s 2020–2024 Continental Strategy on...

Over the last decade, the global number of displaced persons has nearly doubled, whereas the number of people displaced by crises and conflicts or natural disasters within their country (IDPs) has increased even more. But they often leave their homes for more than just one reason. In addition to...

The Network Global communications strategy outlines five main objectives and several activities to be carried out between now and 2023. To help us implement it collectively and effectively, this document focuses on our priority objectives for the next three months and provides an implementation...

This is the Network's Global Communications Strategy - 2021 - 2023

This quantitative analysis intends to inform a further qualitative research that will be undertaken by OHCHR to provide additional in-depth human rights analysis of the socio-economic impacts on the human rights of migrants in the Agadez region in Niger. The overall aim of both assessments is to...

This snapshot seeks to understand the impact of COVID-19 on refugee and migrant women in Tunisia and provides recommendations for how to reduce this impact. It draws from 2,523 surveys with refugees and migrants conducted between July 2020 and January 2021.

This snapshot offers an analysis of the needs and challenges of refugees and migrants in northern Italy (Piedmont and Liguria regions). It is based on 51 interviews conducted in five different locations between January and February 2021. The first section of the report covers both refugees and...

This snapshot offers an analysis on how the trends in assistance needed and received among Venezuelan refugees and migrants in Colombia and Peru have changed since the COVID-19 crisis began. It aims to contribute towards a solid evidence base to inform targeted responses on the ground, as well as...

This snapshot offers an analysis on how the impact of the COVID-19 crisis among refugees and migrants in Guatemala and Mexico has changed between July and November of 2020. It is based on 4Mi interviews with refugees and migrants and a few key informant interviews in Guatemala City and Tapachula. It...

This document, prepared by the United Nations Statistics Division/UN Expert Group on Migration Statistics, provides useful resources on concepts and definitions related to international migration. The report represents a substantial revision of 1998 Recommendations on Statistics of International...

This report provides an overview of the opportunities, limitations, and risks of using call detail record (CDR) data for monitoring human mobility and displacement. CDR presents a potentially valuable opportunity for humanitarian actors and stakeholders interested in the pursuit of mobility and...

The West and Central Africa Mobility Mapping report is a compilation of maps showing various mobility trends and mobility factors for movements to and from the West and central Africa region (forced displacement, transhumance, labour movements, etc.). This work is based on multiple data collection...

In 2019, the IOM Regional Data Hub (RDH) for the East and Horn of Africa (EHoA) launched a multistage research project aimed at better understanding the experiences, decision-making, perceptions and expectations of young Ethiopians along the Eastern Route regarding their migration projects. The...