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The IOM-run Migration Response Center in Hargeisa plays a role in the new MMTF strategy by providing help and support to migrants
  • News article

On 22February, the Mixed Migration Taskforce (MMTF) in Somaliland launched its extensive strategy for the next 3 years (2022-2025), with the aim at improving migration management and enhancing the coordination among stakeholders to respond to migration flows.

  • 2 min read
Region and Country
  • Horn of Africa
  • Somalia
Thematic
  • Improved migration management
Partner
  • GIZ
À Djibouti, les migrants campent souvent à Fanta Heru où ils peuvent trouver de l’eau douce et se poser avant la poursuite de leur voyage vers la péninsule arabique ©GIZ/Omar Saad
  • News article

S’il est l’un des plus petits États d’Afrique, Djibouti est aussi un pays de transit clé pour les flux migratoires traversant le golfe d’Aden et la mer Rouge dans les deux sens.

  • 4 min read
Region and Country
  • Horn of Africa
  • Djibouti
Thematic
  • Improved migration management
Partner
  • GIZ
EU IOM JI Arzouma's story
  • News article

Arzouma returned from Algeria four years ago.

  • 1 min read
Region and Country
  • Uganda
  • Ethiopia
  • Eritrea
  • Djibouti
  • Kenya
  • Sudan
  • Tanzania
  • Somalia
  • South Sudan
  • Libya
  • Guinée
  • Ghana
  • Côte d'Ivoire
  • Senegal
  • Tchad
  • The Gambia
  • Mali
  • Mauritanie
  • Burkina Faso
  • Cameroun
  • Nigeria
  • Niger
Thematic
  • Improved migration management
Partner
  • International Organization for Migration
  • United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
EU-IOM JI 5 years anniversary_Daouda story
  • News article

15 December 2021— Daouda is one of the 166 Nigerien migrants who returned from Tripoli to Niamey on a charter flight organised by the EU-IOM Joint Initiative for Migrant Protection and Reintegration in February 2020.

  • 3 min read
Region and Country
  • Uganda
  • Ethiopia
  • Eritrea
  • Djibouti
  • Kenya
  • Sudan
  • Tanzania
  • Somalia
  • South Sudan
  • Libya
  • Guinée
  • Ghana
  • Côte d'Ivoire
  • Senegal
  • Tchad
  • The Gambia
  • Mali
  • Mauritanie
  • Burkina Faso
  • Cameroun
  • Nigeria
  • Niger
Thematic
  • Improved migration management
Partner
  • International Organization for Migration
Lucy Daxbacher, IGAD Migration Programme’s Free Movement project officer
  • News article

The eight countries in Eastern Africa that form the IGAD region have embarked on a journey to improve regional integration and development by facilitating the free movement of persons in the region.

  • 3 min read
Region and Country
  • Horn of Africa
Thematic
  • Greater economic and employment opportunities
Partner
  • OIT - ILO - Organisation Internationale du Travail - International Labour Organization
  • Intergovernmental Authority on Development
EU-IOM Joint Initiative: Habi story
  • News article

Habi thought that she could easily earn money working as a maid in Libya and come back to Nigeria to take care of her children with some savings.

  • 1 min read
Region and Country
  • Uganda
  • Ethiopia
  • Eritrea
  • Djibouti
  • Kenya
  • Sudan
  • Tanzania
  • Somalia
  • South Sudan
  • Guinée
  • Ghana
  • Côte d'Ivoire
  • Senegal
  • Tchad
  • The Gambia
  • Mali
  • Mauritanie
  • Burkina Faso
  • Cameroun
  • Nigeria
  • Niger
Thematic
  • Improved migration management
Partner
  • International Organization for Migration
  • United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
REG-REG-04_EU-IOM_GH_Faustina success story
  • News article

Faustina decided to leave Ghana for Libya to look for greener pastures.

  • 1 min read
Region and Country
  • Uganda
  • Ethiopia
  • Eritrea
  • Djibouti
  • Kenya
  • Sudan
  • Tanzania
  • Somalia
  • South Sudan
  • Libya
  • Guinée
  • Ghana
  • Côte d'Ivoire
  • Senegal
  • Tchad
  • The Gambia
  • Mali
  • Mauritanie
  • Burkina Faso
  • Cameroun
  • Nigeria
  • Niger
Thematic
  • Improved migration management
Partner
  • International Organization for Migration
  • United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Every year, tens of thousands of migrants and refugees including many children in need of protection travel to and through the Somaliland for economic and safety-related reasons
  • News article

Approximately 450,000 children are on the move in Somaliland each year.

  • 3 min read
Region and Country
  • Horn of Africa
  • Somalia
Thematic
  • Improved migration management
Partner
  • GIZ