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Arzouma’s successful return story
Arzouma returned from Algeria four years ago.
- Region and Country
- UgandaEthiopiaEritreaDjiboutiKenyaSudanTanzaniaSomaliaSouth SudanLibyaGuinéeGhanaCôte d'IvoireSenegalTchadThe GambiaMaliMauritanieBurkina FasoCamerounNigeriaNiger
- Thematic
- Improved migration management
- Partner
- International Organization for MigrationUnited Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

EU-IOM Joint Initiative marks five years of supporting migrants and their communities across Africa
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.
- Region and Country
- UgandaEthiopiaEritreaDjiboutiKenyaSudanTanzaniaSomaliaSouth SudanLibyaGuinéeGhanaCôte d'IvoireSenegalTchadThe GambiaMaliMauritanieBurkina FasoCamerounNigeriaNiger
- Thematic
- Improved migration management
- Partner
- International Organization for Migration

Habi’s return and reintegration story
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.
- Region and Country
- UgandaEthiopiaEritreaDjiboutiKenyaSudanTanzaniaSomaliaSouth SudanGuinéeGhanaCôte d'IvoireSenegalTchadThe GambiaMaliMauritanieBurkina FasoCamerounNigeriaNiger
- Thematic
- Improved migration management
- Partner
- International Organization for MigrationUnited Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

EUTF Success stories: Faustina
Faustina decided to leave Ghana for Libya to look for greener pastures.
- Region and Country
- UgandaEthiopiaEritreaDjiboutiKenyaSudanTanzaniaSomaliaSouth SudanLibyaGuinéeGhanaCôte d'IvoireSenegalTchadThe GambiaMaliMauritanieBurkina FasoCamerounNigeriaNiger
- Thematic
- Improved migration management
- Partner
- International Organization for MigrationUnited Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

Playground – Empowering young people in Ghana to build their dreams
On 2 July 2021, in Jamestown, Accra, the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the Delegation of the European Union to Ghana, theSports for Education and Economic Development (SEED) Projectand DUNK Grassroots, together with some 200 youth, inaugurated...
- Region and Country
- UgandaEthiopiaEritreaDjiboutiKenyaSudanTanzaniaSomaliaSouth SudanLibyaGuinéeGhanaCôte d'IvoireSenegalTchadThe GambiaMaliMauritanieBurkina FasoCamerounNigeriaNiger
- Thematic
- Improved migration management
- Partner
- International Organization for Migration

Son rêve devenu cauchemar en Libye, Zouberou reconstruit au Cameroun et se relance dans la couture
Zouberou a 34 ans et il est parti du Cameroun en 2014 en laissant sa femme et ses deux filles en quête d’une vie meilleure.
- Region and Country
- UgandaEthiopiaEritreaDjiboutiKenyaSudanTanzaniaSouth SudanLibyaGuinéeGhanaCôte d'IvoireSenegalTchadThe GambiaMaliMauritanieBurkina FasoCamerounNigeriaNiger
- Thematic
- Improved migration management
- Partner
- International Organization for Migration

- Highlighted
Roads to peace: EU supports reconnecting Eritrea and Ethiopia
Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development Neven Mimica is visiting Eritrea today, where he launches an initial €20 million project to rebuild the road connection between the Ethiopian border and Eritrean ports.
- Region and Country
- Eritrea
- Thematic
- Greater economic and employment opportunities

Voluntary Humanitarian Returns from Libya Continue as Reintegration Efforts Step Up
IOM, the UN Migration Agency, announced on 13/03 that it has assisted 10,171 migrants to return home safely from Libya with support from the European Union, African Union, and the Libyan Government since the scale up of Voluntary Humanitarian Return (VHR) from the country started on 28 November last...
- Region and Country
- EthiopiaEritreaDjiboutiKenyaSudanSomaliaSouth SudanTunisiaMoroccoLibyaEgyptAlgeriaGuinéeGhanaCôte d'IvoireSenegalTchadThe GambiaMaliMauritanieBurkina FasoCamerounNigeriaNiger
- Thematic
- Improved migration management
- Partner
- International Organization for Migration

Delivering on commitments: new programmes to protect migrants and support return and reintegration in Africa worth €150 million adopted
The European Union is adopting today three new programmes worth over €150 million under the European Union Emergency Trust Fund for Africa, directly following up on the commitments made by the Joint African Union – European Union – United Nations Task Force to address the migrant situation in Libya...
- Region and Country
- UgandaEthiopiaEritreaDjiboutiKenyaSudanTanzaniaSomaliaSouth SudanLibyaGuinéeGhanaCôte d'IvoireSenegalTchadThe GambiaMaliMauritanieBurkina FasoCamerounNigeriaNiger
- Thematic
- Improved migration management