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 including 13 States and 85 global and regional IGOs and NGOs
  • More than 440 field locations
  • More than 7,300 staff working on more than 2,900 projects
  • More than US$ 1.4 billion expenditures in 2010

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Activities

As the leading international organization for migration, IOM works with migrants and governments to provide humane responses to the growing migration challenges of today. IOM Activities By Category | By Region | Infosheets

By Category

IOM's activities also cover a wide range of categories:

Migration and Development
Migration Health
Facilitating Migration
Movement, Emergency and Post- Conflict Migration Management
Regulating Migration
Reparation Programmes
General Programmes
Migration, Climate Change and the Environment

By Region

IOM's activities are implemented in the following regions:

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