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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.

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
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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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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
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The purpose of the Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)is to provide quick guidance to border officials to prevent disease transmission and contamination of the working and living premises by COVID-19, as well as effectively manage suspected and/or probable COVID-19 cases.

Standard Operating Procedures for Front-line Border…

Thematic Area: Immigration and Border Governance
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:

International migration is a key element in development processes. The migratory corridor of Central America and Mexico is one of the most important in the world, through which both migrants from the countries of the area and people from other parts of the Americas and the world transit.

Information Manual: challenges and opportunities in the…

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

Between 1 and 18 November 2020, Central America, Mexico, the Caribbean and parts of South America were affected by two major natural hazards - Hurricane Eta, which reached the second highest hurricane classification of Category 4, followed by Hurricane Iota, which peaked at the highest…

DTM Regional Overview— Countries Impacted By Hurricanes Eta…

Thematic Area: Migration Data
Language: English
Date:

Shelter profiles based on the assessment of preparedness of emergency shelters on Grand Bahama and the Abaco Islands for 2020 hurricane season.

Shelter profiles: Assessment of preparedness of emergency…

Thematic Area: Operations and emergencies
Language: English
Date: