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The Virtual Library on Migration facilitates access to documents and research published by different IOM missions both in the region and globally, as well as repositories related to other United Nations agencies, academia and civil society.

Evidence-based migration policies are a fundamental component of good migration governance. However, several recent studies and assessments review the multiple challenges to ensure the availability of up-to-date data and information and to understand the reality of migrations in the region.

Characteristics of the process for gathering and using…

Thematic Area: Policy, governance and liaison, and legal
Language: English
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The document makes available to professionals who provide mental health services, both to the returnees directly and to the population in which they are integrated, fundamental knowledge of the theoretical context, policy and action to be taken to contribute effectively to the reintegration of…

Inter-institutional coordination mechanisms for mental…

Thematic Area: Migrant protection and assistance
Language: Spanish
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This report provides a summary of the key takeaways from monitoring missions by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Regional Migration Capacity-Building Programs (RMCBPs) between May 2018 and July 2019.

PRM Funded Regional Migration Capacity-Building Programs -…

Thematic Area: Policy, governance and liaison, and legal
Language: English
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This document summarizes the results of the research that was carried out in El Salvador, based on an in-depth analysis of the components of labor market information systems, including the diverse vision of actors, both governments and workers' organizations and employers' organizations.

Labour market information systems: El Salvador report

Thematic Area: Labor mobility and human development
Language: Spanish
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This manual for Emergency Shelter Management in Dominica aims to equip actors with the indispensable knowledge, skills and resources to manage emergency shelters successfully.

Emergency Shelter Management Manual for Shelter Managers…

Thematic Area: Operations and emergencies
Language: English
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(Available only in SPANISH) This directory lists the houses and shelters available to assist migrants in Mexico.

Directory of Homes and Shelters for Migrants 2018

Thematic Area: Labor mobility and human development
Language: Spanish, English
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The Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) and Caribbean Community (CARICOM) regimes for free movement of  persons  and  their  implementation  fundamentally  shape how people are moving throughout the Caribbean.

Free Movement in the Caribbean: Economic and Security…

Thematic Area: Labor mobility and human development, Policy, governance and liaison, and legal
Language: English
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Conducted in January and June 2019, this study made it possible to characterize the living conditions of Nicaraguan migrants who entered Costa Rica or sought refuge from April 2018, in addition to identifying their socio-demographic profile and their main needs.

Estudio preliminar de flujos migratorios mixtos…

Thematic Area: Migration Data
Language: Spanish
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