Governments could provide much-needed relief to remittance service providers (RSPs) and migrant workers by focusing on a number of key interventions. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting economic and health crisis, the call to action to governments across the globe is loud. These include...

The African Institute of Remittances develops the capacity of Member States of the African Union, remittance senders and recipients and other stakeholders to implement concrete strategies and operational instruments to use remittances as development tools for poverty reduction. It has been a key...

To support and address the difficult realities that remittance families are currently facing in Africa, IFAD launched National Remittances Stakeholders Networks (NRSNs) in a number of countries. Currently set up in The Gambia, Ghana and Senegal, and upcoming in Kenya, Morocco and Uganda, the NRSNs...

The Global Fund to End Modern Slavery commissioned a study of potential technology tools that might be useful for combating commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC) in India. The resulting list of solutions provides an overview of the anti-CSEC technology landscape that is relevant in India...

This study analyses the incidence of human trafficking among people travelling along the ‘Eastern Mediterranean route’, the ‘Balkan route’ and the ‘Central Mediterranean route’; factors of resilience to human trafficking and other abuses; and factors of vulnerability to human trafficking and other...

This course addresses the definition of human trafficking and its features, as well as the difference between it and migrant smuggling and other related crimes. It also reviews the history of this crime and explains why it is important to consider the various profiles of people who are involved in...

Humanitarian crises may exacerbate pre-existing trafficking trends and give rise to new ones. IOM developed this unique e-learning course for Humanitarian Personnel which can include Government entities, UN agencies, international and local NGOs, that respond to humanitarian crises. It is designed...

The policy guides aim to provide an overview of international and regional standards for the identification and protection of victims of trafficking, drawing extensively on examples of good practices from Bali Process member countries. It targets policy makers and practitioners.

The Programme aims to strengthen capacities at global, regional and country level to adopt and implement policies, strategies or corresponding programmes that promote sustainable alternatives to migration, support family members that stay behind or enhance the positive impacts of migration for...

Achievements set by initiatives implemented under the Budapest Process translated into an EU funded project that aims at maximising the development potential of migration and mobility within the Silk Routes region and towards major labour receiving countries. The Budapest Process dialogue’s...

Under the EU funding and support the project aims to enhance management of mobility and legal migration between the EU and India, as well as to prevent and address the challenges related to irregular migratory flows. The project reinforces the continuity and sustainability of migration and mobility...

This issue brief provides an explanation of the three specific targets of the Sustainable Developments Goals (SDGs) that mention trafficking in persons as well as several other SDGs relevant to addressing trafficking in persons, and makes recommendations about what States can do to achieve them by...

This issue brief sheds lights on how trafficking in children differs from trafficking in adults, gives a data snapshot on what the scale of trafficking in children is, talks about child-specific drivers and challenges and gives recommendations.

The objective of this document is to introduce humanitarian practitioners to the issue of trafficking in persons in internal displacement contexts. The information is intended to assist in the detection, identification, referral, protection and assistance of trafficked persons who may be internally...

Thanks to the support of the Italian Agency for Cooperation and Development (AICS) and in close collaboration with the Tunisian authorities at national and regional level, civil society, and the private sector in Italy and Tunisia, IOM contributes to develop employment opportunities for the...

This guide aims to address the dual challenge of information management in complicated operating environments, and quantifying a hidden crime that is often under-reported and obscured among other human rights violations. It provides guidance on how to integrate counter-trafficking-specific data...

There is a growing body of evidence demonstrating that humanitarian crises, such as armed conflicts, natural disasters, and protracted unrest, can lead to an increase in trafficking in persons. This issue brief explains what makes crisis-affected communities and individuals vulnerable to trafficking...

How can diaspora investments be better facilitated to have a bigger impact in their home countries? In this video produced by IOM, Onyekachi Wambu (Director, Engagement and Policy of the AFFORD, UK) shares examples of good practices necessary to address drivers of migration and to foster development...

This issue brief clarifies the relationship between refugee status and trafficking in persons across a number of situations and provides recommendations on what States can do to ensure that victims of trafficking have access to international protection as refugees where they need it. 

This paper seeks to construct a common framework for aligning goals, defining and assessing progress, and building a robust and shared evidence- base of effective anti-trafficking programmes and practices. It suggests a road map for capturing and using knowledge accumulated in the sector and beyond...