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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.

Following the declaration of a pandemic by COVID-19 by the World Health Organization (WHO) on March 11, 2020, several countries in the Central American region implemented a series of measures,in which the closure of land borders and alterations in border management policies as a public health…

Report: Humanitarian Response at Migrant Reception Centers…

Thematic Area: Operations and emergencies
Language: Spanish
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COVID-19 leaves few lives and places untouched. But its impact is harshest for those groups who were already in vulnerable situations before the crisis.

Policy Brief: COVID-19 and People on the Move

Thematic Area: Migration Health
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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This publication presents a synthesis of international standards on return; the programs identified in the region, the institutions in charge of them, the beneficiary populations, the steps to request support and contact information.

This document is available in Spanish.

Guide to assistance and voluntary return programmes for…

Thematic Area: Migrant protection and assistance
Language: Spanish
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The number of extraregional migrants in the Americas, both those who use regular means of entry and those who use irregular forms of migration, has been increasing in recent years.

Extraregional Migration in The Americas: Profiles,…

Thematic Area: Migration Data
Language: English, Spanish
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Illustrated children's book that recounts the migratory journey of the raggae band Talawa.

The Tale of the Lion and the Coyote

Thematic Area: Migrant protection and assistance
Language: English, Spanish
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The guide explains the step by step activities to be carried out in the days of psychosocial care groups. It is a supplementary document to the "Handbook for facilitators of psychosocial care groups to promote the reintegration of returnees at the community level".

Guide to activities and dynamics for psychosocial care…

Thematic Area: Migrant protection and assistance, Migration Health
Language: Spanish
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