The Migration Dialogue for West Africa or MIDWA was designed as a platform to encourage the Member States of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to discuss in a regional context such common migration issues and concerns for which immediate solutions may not be forthcoming we have...

The Migration Dialogue for Southern Africa (MIDSA) creates a framework for a regular migration dialogue among the Member States of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), to enhance inter-state cooperation in an effort to improve migration governance through:

• Discussion of migration...

The Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women (GAATW) is an Alliance of  more than 80 non-governmental organisations from Africa, Asia, Europe, LAC and North America. The GAATW International Secretariat is based in Bangkok, Thailand and co-ordinates the activities of the Alliance, collects and...

FM4 Paso Libre (Dignity and Justice on the AC road) is a non-profit organization dedicated to the defense and promotion of human rights of migrants and refugees through comprehensive humanitarian assistance, advocacy and research in the western Mexico

This database provides independent scientific evidence for EU policymaking in migration and demography related fields. It includes a section on international migration drivers.

MIEUX is a joint global initiative funded by the European Union (EU) and implemented by the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD). MIEUX+ fosters and advances international cooperation through peer-to-peer capacity development by providing support to regional organisations...

Regional consultative processes on migration (RCPs) are state-led, ongoing, regional information-sharing and policy dialogues dedicated to discussing specific migration issue (s) in a cooperative manner among States from an agreed (usually geographical) region, and may either be officially...

Migration dialogues are successful tools to foster governmental discussions, enhance inter-state dialogue in the current debate on migration policy issues and contribute to the reinforcement of international migration cooperation. ICMPD is tasked with support and secretariat functions for several...

This site contains detailed information on the various initiatives undertaken in the context of ADMin4ALL, a program implemented between 2018-2020 with the aim to increase the capacity of local governments in promoting socio-economic inclusion of migrants. Key reports from the site include the...

The Integrating Cities process is a partnership between EUROCITIES and the European Commission to promote local level implementation of the Common Basic Principles on Integration. To date, 39 cities have signed the Charter on Integrating Cities. The current project (2020-2022) CONNECTION –...

The ILO (International Labour Organization) global “Fair Recruitment Initiative” (FRI) aims at: helping prevent human trafficking; protecting the rights of workers, including migrant workers, from abusive and fraudulent practices during the recruitment and placement process; reducing the cost of...

The International Labour Organization and the World Bank, as co-custodians of SDG Indicator 10.7.1, have produced guidelines and an operational manual to support National statistical offices to collect and analyses statistics needed for the SDG Indicator 10.7.1. These Guidelines have been prepared...

This website offers employment termination legislation as well as links to quantitative indicators of employment protection legislation. Yet, migrant workers are not classified as a separate “theme”.

This website offers legal texts that identify occupational safety and health (OSH) requirements in national law and can be used to compare the legislation of countries/regions by subject. 

This is an inter-agency operational website hosted and maintained by the Regional Inter-Agency Coordination Platform for Refugees and Migrants from Venezuela, co-led by IOM and UNHCR. The website aims to be a single web-based entry point to facilitate communication, enhance coordinated operations in...

UNHCR data on dead and missing at sea along the Central, Eastern and Western Mediterranean routes since 2013.

The Migrant Files database contains a list of deaths between 2000 and June 2016 that occurred along routes to Europe.  

The Red Cross Red Crescent’s Trace the Face project is a photo gallery of people looking for their lost relatives. Since 2013, this Red Cross Red Crescent online tool has helped thousands of people try to locate missing relatives: husband, mother, father, sister, brother, cousins, etc. The project...

The UNITED Network has been monitoring the fatal consequences of migration policies since 1993, compiled in its ‘List of Deaths’. The campaign aims to raise public attention and denounce exclusionist policies.

The Forensic Missing Migrant Initiative page, hosted by the Stichting Humanitarian Platform for Transnational Forensic Assistance, provides information about the definitions of a ‘missing migrant,’ identification processes linked to this issue, and policy recommendations for action to reduce migrant...