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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.

The different stages of the migration process bring specific risk factors that can generate psychosocial vulnerabilities that, when combined with other elements of risk such as pre-existing psychological, emotional and social vulnerabilities, can affect the well-being of migrants, their families…

Guide for psychosocial care for migrants in Mesoamerica

Thematic Area: Migration Health
Language: English, Spanish
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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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(Only available in Spanish) The idea of returning is present in the minds of many of the migrants during their stay in the United States. For some it becomes reality and for many others it is postponed indefinitely.

Going Back Home Manual. A guide that will help you plan a…

Thematic Area: Migrant protection and assistance
Language: Spanish, English
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A step-by-step guide to applying Communication for Development (C4D) to counter-trafficking activities. Material made by IOMX. 

 

 

IOMX C4D TOOLKIT

Thematic Area: Migrant protection and assistance, Media and Communications
Language: English
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The Trainer’s Manual provides a practical and comprehensive methodology for trainers and migration experts to impart to law enforcement officers knowledge of fighting human trafficking that is specific to the contexts of Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago, yet…

Investigating Human Trafficking Cases Using a Victim-…

Thematic Area: Policy, governance and liaison, and legal
Language: English
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This paper aims to brief policymakers on the nexus of migration, displacement, disasters and environmental change in Central and North America, as well as on normative and policy responses, specifically focusing on cross-border movements within the region.

Central and North America: Migration and displacement in…

Thematic Area: Migration, environment, and climate change, Policy, governance and liaison, and legal
Language: English
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