Every year, thousands of refugees are given the opportunity to resettle to Canada and have a fresh start to their lives. In order to prepare them for this next chapter, refugees attend a series of pre-departure orientation sessions provided by IOM worldwide. The sessions help inform refugees of what to expect when travelling to Canada and give them all of the essential information they need to start the next chapter in their lives.

The EU-IOM Knowledge Management Hub (KMH) was established in September 2017 under the European Union-funded Pilot Action on Voluntary Return and Sustainable, Community-Based Reintegration. It aims to strengthen learning across return and reintegration programmes, and support the development and harmonization of approaches, processes and tools on these topics. Among its overarching objectives it aims to showcase the importance of adopting an integrated approach to reintegration and support its implementation by highlighting its holistic and multifactorial nature. Through an audio-visual production activity run in eleven countries, materials aim to promote a more balanced narrative on return and reintegration by focusing on realistic and fact-based…

Representatives of the International Organization for Migration’s member states are meeting in Geneva for the 113th session of the council. The Council is the highest authority of the IOM. It meets in regular sessions once a year and in special sessions at the request of: one-third of its members, the Director General or the Chairman of the Council in urgent circumstances. The main functions of the Council, as set out in the provisions of the IOM Constitution, are to: determine, examine and review the policies, programmes and activities of the Organization; review the reports, approve and direct the activities of any subsidiary body; review the reports, approve and direct the activities of the Director General; review and approve the programme,…

The Second International Dialogue on Migration Session of 2022 took place on October 24-25th in Geneva, Switzerland. The session takes place in the lead-up to the 27th Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27), taking place in Egypt, and building on the successful outcomes of the first International Migration Review Forum, to strengthen action to address the complex interlinkages between climate change, food security and human mobility. IOM understands these links through the wide lens of human security and is committed to putting vulnerable people at the center of its responses. Food security, water security, environmental security and livelihood security are all affected by climate change…

In Mid-June 2022, Pakistan witnessed extreme flooding which damaged more than 1.14 million houses and over 765,000 houses have been destroyed across the country. An estimated 33 million people across the country have been impacted by the floods.

IOM and the European Union rehabilitated and upgraded 32 public infrastructure sites including water and sanitation sites, schools and health facilities, benefitting more than 650,000 people in Ma’rib and Lahj governorates in Yemen.

IOM and the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center rehabilitated or built 15 schools across Yemen to give conflict-affected children a brighter future

IOM’s response to migrants in need of assistance in Yemen.

The 2022 Global Chiefs of Missions meeting took place in Geneva featuring all of IOM's chiefs of missions, regional directors, and other visiting colleagues to a range of thematic topics and key issues.

Ethiopia has one of the world’s largest internally displaced populations, with displacement risks remaining high in 2022. IOM in Ethiopia focuses on supporting crisis-affected populations in Ethiopia, including vulnerable migrants and returnees, addressing immediate humanitarian needs, while undertaking longer-term actions to build resilience and foster sustainable peace and development.

It’s Only the End of the World is a dystopian photography exhibition that predicts a future where complacency against climate change triumphs over action. A fisherman attempts to fish in the desert. A young child sits in front of discarded lumber, grim souvenirs of a once thriving forest. A woman stands looking into the distance, as the ocean rises around her.

Photos of by IOM Georgia taken during different activities in previous years.

A compilation of visibility products for IOM's 70th Anniversary. For queries, contact avteam@iom.int

The Fall Session of the 2021 International Dialogue on Migration held in Geneva. The IDM is IOM’s principal forum for migration policy dialogue. Founded in 2001 and rooted in IOM’s Constitution and Strategy, the IDM is open to IOM Member and Observer States, as well as international and non-governmental organizations, migrants, and partners from media, academia or the private sector. The IDM provides a space to analyse current and emerging issues in migration governance and to exchange experiences, policy approaches and effective practices.

Different UN agencies working in Marka Town, Lower Shabelle Region of Somalia conducted a joint visit on June 2021 to Marka hospital, a local NGO supported by the UN, Nuurto Taliyo IDP camp, and other locations. Marka Town of Marka District was recovered from Al Shabaab (extremist group) in March 2017. Certain areas of Marka District are still under Al Shabaab control and are slowly being recovered with the government and AMISOM support. IOM continues to provide community stabilization support to Marka Town and especially newly liberated locations in Marka district and other locations within Lower Shabelle Region.

A joint UN mission was conducted in Galkayo to visit, monitor and assess two IDP camps (Deegan and Somaliweyn ) and a hospital supported by UN agencies. Increase in IDPs population over last 3 months is attributed to armed conflict and drought.

Documentation of IOM programmatic works in Nigeria in the time of COVID-19 pandemic. (Please find more information in the individual photos and videos)

When people go missing on migration journeys, their disappearance has reverberating effects on their families and communities left behind. In 2019-2020, IOM’s Global Migration Data Analysis Centre (GMDAC) and a team of independent researchers carried out a project in Ethiopia, Spain, the United Kingdom and Zimbabwe with the aim of learning how people with missing migrant relatives cope with the absence of their loved ones while actively seeking answers, and how they could be better supported in their efforts by governments and other actors.