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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.

Every year, thousands of persons leave their homes seeking a better future, which has become virtually unattainable in their countries of origin.

Searching for Missing Migrants in Central and North America…

Thematic Area: Migrant protection and assistance
Language: English
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This is a quick reference guide for IOM staff on the ground dealing with a crisis situation and should communicate with the migrant population in transit or destination countries.

Practical Guide to Communication in Migration Crisis…

Thematic Area: Operations and emergencies, Media and Communications
Language: Spanish
Date:

The Eastern Caribbean region has some of the highest emigration rates in the world, and yet is also known for maintaining strong ties with their home countries through social groups such as diaspora organizations.

Diaspora Groups of the Eastern Caribbean: Opportunities,…

Thematic Area: Labor mobility and human development
Language: English
Date:

This fifth monitoring report presents the findings from the collection and review of 45 surveys that IOM conducted from October 2020 to December 2020 to capture the experiences of participants in the IOM Assisted Voluntary Return (AVR) programs in El Salvador, Guatemala/Belize, Honduras and…

Assisted Voluntary Return Programs monitoring report…

Thematic Area: Migrant protection and assistance, Policy, governance and liaison, and legal
Language: English
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The International Organization for Migration (IOM)’s Regional Office for Central America, North America and the Caribbean presents this brief in order to highlight several key changes and trends in mobility and migration that have occurred during the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Migration Trends in Central America, North America, and the…

Thematic Area: Migration Health, Migration Data
Language: Spanish, English
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COVID-19 has emerged in a world tightly connected by local and international population movements, with more people moving for work, education and family reasons, tourism and survival than ever in the past (Skeldon, 2018).

Migrants and the COVID-19 pandemic: An initial analysis

Thematic Area: Operations and emergencies
Language: English
Date:

This guide aims to provide guidance on how to integrate counter-trafficking-specific data collection and analysis into existing information management mechanisms which are already well established in humanitarian responses.

Countertrafficking In Emergencies: Information Management…

Thematic Area: Operations and emergencies
Language: English
Date:

Every year, thousands of people leave their homes in an attempt to forge a future that has become virtually unattainable in their countries of origin.

Search for Missing Migrants in Central and North America:…

Thematic Area: Migration Data
Language: Spanish
Date: