IOM Today

An intergovernmental organization established in 1951, IOM is committed to the principle that humane and orderly migration benefits migrants and society.

  • 146 Members and 98 observers
  • More than 450 field locations
  • More than 7,800 staff working on more than 2,700 projects
  • More than US$ 1.3 billion expenditures in 2011

Africa & Middle East

IOM Assisting the Return of Stranded Chadian Migrants
IOM Assisting the Return of Stranded Chadian Migrants Chad

IOM, through funding from the European Commission, facilitated the return and reintegration of stranded Chadian migrants based in Libya. The Organization organized convoys of trucks that carried the migrants back to Chad.

Migrant Women and Children in Somalia
Migrant Women and Children in Somalia Somalia

Migrants and internally displaced persons (IDP) are among the poorest and most vulnerable in Bossaso, Somalia. Fleeing conflict, thousands of Somalis are displaced in IDP camps with limited access to water, food and health care.

Credit: International Organization for Migration/Celeste Hibbert, Reuters, Magda Mis

Kenya-Uganda: Sex and HIV along Transport Corridors
Kenya-Uganda: Sex and HIV along Transport Corridors Uganda-Kenya

IOM and the Kenyan government work together to raise much-needed awareness of HIV among sex workers and their clients in Busia, a border town between Kenya and Uganda.

(First published on Reuters Alertnet)
Migration and HIV in Tanzania
Migration and HIV in Tanzania

Tanzania

A series of documentary films that focus on the HIV vulnerabilities of four mobile populations in Tanzania: fishermen, seafarers, truck drivers and uniformed border staff.

A Better Life than Me: Migrants' Stories from Southern Africa
Migration and HIV in Tanzania

South Africa

Men and women from Southern Africa share their life stories, highlighting the issues and consequences of labour migration.

Reaping the Fruits of Migration and Development

Ghana

Want to know how migrants can help the development of their country? A group of Ghanaian migrants in Italy show how. English narration.

The Final Exodus
Kenya

A new life awaits Somali Bantu refugees living in camps in Kenya - on the other side of the world.
The Beitbridge Reception and Support Centre
South Africa/Zimbabwe

IOM provides humanitarian assistance at the Beitbridge Centre on the South African/Zimbabwean border to Zimbabwean irregular migrants returned across the border by South African authorities.

Reintegration and Community Stabilization
IOM: Providing Humane Responses to the Challenges of the 21st Century Sudan

Twenty years after fleeing to Darfur to escape the civil war, 450,000 Dinka from Southern Sudan have returned to the state of Northern Bahr el Ghazal. To address the impact this large-scale return has on the receiving communities and the area's available resources, IOM supports both returnees and communities by helping people rebuild their lives, promoting a peaceful reintegration.

Return to Ancestral Lands
Sudan

A group of internally displaced people in southern Sudan return to their ancestral homes in Mundri after 16 years.

IDPs Going Home: The Start of a Journey to South Sudan
Sudan

An IOM operation helps tens of thousands of internally displaced Sudanese return to their former homes in South Sudan. A civil war lasting more than two decades left more than 4 million South Sudanese displaced.