- Region and Country
- Horn of Africa
Tanzania hosts over 300,000 refugees, with continuing arrivals coming from Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Our action aims to support integrated approaches to refugees and their hosting communities, which prevent conflict and enhance self-reliance of both groups through agricultural production and related livelihood activities or providing basic services such as water and sanitation.
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The specific objectives will be to collate, synthesize and disseminate the outcomes of existing and new research and evidence related to instability, irregular migration and forced displacement in the Horn of Africa; to communicate the outcomes of existing and new research and evidence to, and share
- Region and Country
- Horn of Africa
- Regional Horn of Africa
- Thematic
- Other
- Partner
- International Migration Institute, University of Oxford
- Sahan Research
- School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
The following three thematic objectives and one implementation effectiveness objective are identified to achieve the broader goal of peace and stability in the region:I.
- Region and Country
- Horn of Africa
- Regional Horn of Africa
- Thematic
- Improved governance and conflict prevention
- Partner
- Austrian Development Agency
- Intergovernmental Authority on Development
The specific objective is to better equip relevant country agencies to disrupt the traffickers and smugglers of human beings operating in the Greater Horn of Africa through efficient use of financial investigations and anti-money laundering approaches, including on tracing and seizing assets and...
- Region and Country
- Horn of Africa
- Regional Horn of Africa
- Thematic
- Improved governance and conflict prevention
- Partner
- Civipol
The overall objective of the action is to increase the safety and well-being of displaced populations and their host communities and reduce inequalities between these groups.
- Region and Country
- Horn of Africa
- Regional Horn of Africa
- Thematic
- Strengthening resilience of communities
- Partner
- Danish Refugee Council
- Regional Durable Solutions Secretariat
- OXFAM
- CARE
- GIZ
- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- International Rescue Committee
Cross-window projects
The specific objective is to conduct, synthesize, disseminate and make use of new and existing research on the drivers and dynamics of the root causes of instability, insecurity, irregular migration and forced displacement in West and North Africa and migration routes, and the most successful policy...
- Region and Country
- Cross-window
- Thematic
- Other
- Partner
- ICMPD
- The Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime
The overall objective is to increase the efficiency of the Trust Fund, through gender-and-rights-responsive technical assistance for the identification, formulation, evaluation, monitoring of and communication on trust fund interventions, including audits, evaluations/communication actions for this...
- Region and Country
- Cross-window
- Thematic
- Other
The overall objective of the Action is to contribute to strengthen the governance of migration in the region and provide protection and sustainable solutions for migrants and refugees along the Central Mediterranean route.
- Region and Country
- Cross-window
- Thematic
- Improved migration management
- Partner
- International Organization for Migration
- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
The overall objective of the action is to promote sustainable development and ultimately contribute to poverty reduction by increasing the availability of trained and qualified high-level professional manpower in West Africa and the Horn of Africa.
- Region and Country
- Cross-window
- Thematic
- Improved migration management
- Partner
- Directorate General for Education and Culture
News & Stories

- 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

- 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

- 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

- 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

- News article
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...
- 2 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

- News article
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.
- 4 min read
- Region and Country
- Uganda
- Ethiopia
- Eritrea
- Djibouti
- Kenya
- Sudan
- Tanzania
- 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

- News article
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...
- 2 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