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...

This issue paper highlights that access to remedies for trafficking victims should be a core component of efforts to address human trafficking and provides illustrative examples of effective remedies and limitations that currently exist in different jurisdictions. Effective access to remedies is...

The Financial Times observed in an editorial in January 2015 that “(T)the Libyan diaspora, a repository of enormous talent, remains largely untapped ”. The aim of this research is hence to shed light on this little explored community and on the current institutional framework for their engagement...

Issue brief on the difference between trafficking in persons and smuggling of migrants.

The brief is offering a snapshot of the positive contribution of migration and demonstrates how strengthening strategic diaspora engagement is key to maximising the development impact of migration, as outlined in the India-EU Common Agenda on Migration and Mobility (CAMM).

Indian migration plays an...

The purpose of this work is to help improve understanding of the complex nature of the crime of trafficking in persons, with the ultimate goal to allow for better prevention of the crime, prosecution of traffickers, protection of trafficking victims, and creation of more effective partnerships and...

The purpose of this issue paper is to clarify the key concept of exploitation in the definition of trafficking in persons contained in Article 3 of the Trafficking in Persons Protocol. 

The Diaspora Engagement Self-Assessment Tool (DESAT) has been developed to allow African Union Member States to systematically review and assess their current diaspora engagement environment. Based on a structured framework, the tool breaks diaspora engagement down into separate pillars (or...

The toolkit aims to provide both a general overview of trafficking in persons for the purpose of organ removal and specific tools to assist concerned actors with assessing the phenomenon.

This working paper contributes to the necessary process of refining the way in which projects promoting diaspora engagement are designed. Furthermore, this paper contributes to balancing the current predominant perception of migration as an element of crisis by placing the focus also on positive...

The paper characterizes key related elements of the anti-trafficking response, highlights assumed features that still require development and recommends a number of prioritized actions to bring to bear provisions and legal obligations from different bodies of law and legal instruments that are...

The Collection was developed in the framework of the Euro-African Dialogue on Migration and Development (Rabat Process) with the aim to enhance the Dialogue partner countries’ understanding of the profile of their Diasporas and identify the most innovative strategies for diaspora engagement. The...

The paper aims to provide guidance to organizations and practitioners by mapping out the dimensions of demand as it relates specifically to trafficking in persons for labour exploitation, as well as highlighting strategies that can be used to address this aspect of the problem. The paper also...

The present issue paper discusses certain questions that remained about certain aspects of the definition of trafficking in persons as defined in the Trafficking Protocol – most particularly those aspects that are not elsewhere defined in international law or commonly known to the world’s major...

This White Paper analyzes various migration and development-related policies and initiatives around the world to identify the key success factors that allow for the integration, or mainstreaming, of migration into local development planning. The brief acknowledges the central role of local and...

The present issue paper discusses certain questions that remained about certain aspects of the definition of trafficking in persons as defined in the Trafficking Protocol – most particularly those aspects that are not elsewhere defined in international law or commonly known to the world’s major...

These guidelines aim to assist local and regional authorities in enhancing their efforts to mainstream migration, into all governance areas, for enhanced policy coherence in migration and development.  These Guidelines achieve this through a set of indicators that show how migration and development...

This inter-agency document offers practical guidance to policymakers and development partners on leveraging entrepreneurship as an effective way to include migrants and refugees in local economies. It offers practical guidance to governments and development and humanitarian partners on how best...