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IOM IN YOUR COUNTRY

IOM in Kenya

In 1985, Kenya was the first country in Africa to join IOM as a Member State. Nairobi hosts the IOM Kenya Country Office (KCO) and the IOM Regional Office (RO) covering ten countries in the East and Horn of Africa region (Tanzania, Burundi, Ruanda, Uganda, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia and Kenya). Migration flows affecting Kenya can be broadly categorized as follows:

Traditional internal and cross-border migration flows linked to nomadism and pastoralism, including those induced by climate change and periodic droughts;
Forced migration flows due to man-made and natural disasters, resulting in internal (IDPs) and cross-border displacement (refugees);
Irregular migration flows due to poverty and lack of livelihood option, including human trafficking and smuggling;
Mixed migration flows along key migration routes used by various groups of migrants including economic migrants, victims of trafficking and smuggling, asylum seekers and others.

IOM currently implements the following Programmes in Kenya:

For Kenya:

Immigration and Border Management (IBM) Programme
Programme for Human Security and Stabilization (PHSS)
Counter Trafficking (CT) Programme
Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration (AVRR) Programme
Building Trust between Communities & Security Forces/Community Policing (CP) Programme
Migration Health Assistance (MHA) for Migrants & Communities
Mental Health & Psychosocial Services (MHPSS)
Migration, Environment & Climate Change: Evidence for Policy (MECLEP)
ACP-EU Migration Project

For the East Africa/Horn of Africa Region and beyond:

Better Migration Management Programme (BMM)
Mixed Migration (MM) Programme
Partnership on Health & Mobility in East & Southern Africa (PHAMESA)
Labour Migration & Human Development (LHD) Programme

For Africa & Resettlement Countries:
IOM Kenya serves as a refugee resettlement hub in Africa providing coordination and assistance for resettlement in Sub-Saharan Africa. The IOM office in Nairobi functions as interface between IOM field missions and resettlement partners including Governments in receiving countries and UNHCR.

For more information on IOM’s activities in the country, visit the IOM Kenya website at kenya.iom.int.

For more information on IOM’s activities in the region, visit the website of the IOM Regional Office for East and Horn of Africa at ronairobi.iom.int.

Last updated:
Main text: May 2017
Facts and figures: August 2014


Capital	Nairobi
Population (2015):	46.1 Million
Area:	580.368 km sq
Languages:	Kiswahili, English
Currency:	Kenya Shilling (KES)
GDP per Capita PPP (2014):	USD 2,910
HDI Rank (2014):	145 of 188
Remittances (2014 estimate):	USD 1,481 million
Net Migration Rate (2015-2020):	-0.2 migrants/1,000 population
Immigrants (2015):	2.4%
Women as a Percentage of Immigrants (2015):	50.0%
Population under 15 (2015):	41.9%
Adult HIV Prevalence (2014):	5.30%

Sources and Definitions for Country Facts and Figures

IOM Regional Office for East and Horn of Africa in Nairobi
IOM Kenya Country Office
Sri Aurobindo Avenue,
Off Mzima Spring Road. Lavington, Nairobi
Kenya

Tel: +254 20 422 10 00, +254 20 44 44 174, +254 20 445 60 50
Fax: +254 20 444 95 77
Email: RONairobi@iom.int
Regional Website: ronairobi.iom.int
Country Website: kenya.iom.int

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