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Addressing the Urgent Needs of Vulnerable Myanmar Nationals and Other Vulnerable Populations Affected by the Myanmar Crisis in Thailand The multi-dimensional crisis in Myanmar is gravely exacerbating human insecurity in the country, leading to amplified mobility of the affected population. In addition to the humanitarian crisis and human security elements driving migration from Myanmar, regional issues such as the recent trend of human trafficking for the purposes of forced criminality and increasing mobility of Rohingya refugees in the region are contributing to the complexity of human mobility. 
 
In response, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Thailand aims to enhance access to humanitarian assistance and build resilience of Myanmar nationals and other vulnerable groups in Thailand that are affected by the situation in Myanmar. This is being carried out through a two-pronged approach: securing access for Myanmar nationals and other vulnerable groups to humanitarian and specialized protection assistance and basic services to meet their immediate needs; and enhancing the resilience of Myanmar nationals through access to decent work and community-led services.
Leaving No One Behind: Improving the Skills and the Economic Opportunities for the Bangladeshi Community and Rohingya Women and Youth in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh This project seeks to support efforts towards the economic empowerment of the Bangladeshi host community and the Rohingya refugees in Cox's Bazar district. The project will focus on gender-sensitive market-related skills development linked to self-reliance activities in the camps by improving the technical skills of the Rohingya refugees, especially women and youth, and employment and self-employment in growth sectors for the host communities.
GEFMES IV - Support to the Spanish Authorities in the Management of the Migratory Flows to Spain The objective of the project is to support the Spanish Ministry of the Interior, in the management of irregular migratory flows to Spain by providing guidance and information to migrants who have arrived irregularly to the Spanish coasts and lack information about their administrative status and its legal implications. The actions will be carried out by a team of cultural mediators based on the points of entry at the Island of Gran Canaria, Almeria and Malaga, with ad-hoc visits to other landing/entry points in the country.
Ensuring Safe Migration by Institutionalizing a Migration Support Centre in Bangalore, India Migration for survival and migration for sustenance, which pushed a large segment of the population to move towards urban areas, have failed to ensure better livelihood opportunities and a better future for migrants. Migrant workers encounter challenges such as a lack of suitable accommodation, sub-standard living conditions, low wages, and inaccessibility to social security schemes and services due to lack of required identity cards and other necessary documents. With the aforementioned challenges in mind, IOM India will partner with Shahi Exports, one of India’s largest apparel manufacturers, to strengthen functioning modalities of the Shahi Exports supported Migrant Support Centre (MSC) in Bangalore, India.  It is envisaged that the partnership will help catering to the needs of the migrant workers and facilitate support for accommodation, counselling services, identity documentation services, linking with healthcare services, networking with employers, grievance redressal, and other key services relevant for migrants.
Pre-departure Medical Services for Canada-bound refugees Through this project, IOM's Migration Health Division will ensure that refugees accepted for resettlement to Canada by the Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) will receive pre-departure medical services such as immigration medical examinations, vaccinations, treatment of conditions of public health importance, pre-embarkation checks and medical assistance for movements. IOM will also provide outbreak management. The costs of the pre-departure medical services are covered by the Interim Federal Health Program (IFHP) based on a “fee for service” model though Medavie Blue Cross, a Canadian non-profit company, which administers funds for governmental and non-governmental agencies and serves as the claims administrator under contract with IRCC.
Emergency Assistance to Flood Affected Populations in Burundi Burundi continues to be affected by climate-induced hazards which exacerbate existing socioeconomic vulnerabilities and heighten humanitarian needs. It is also located in an earthquake-prone geographic zone of the African Great Lakes, increasing exposure to catastrophic events. In recent years, disasters from frequent floods and storms have provoked massive displacement of persons, and at an increasing rate; dangerous storms involving violent winds and torrential rains have also caused severe damage to property and populations. This project is supporting the efforts of the Government of Burundi through a multisectoral approach response to internal displacement triggered by natural hazards by ensuring that affected populations have improved living conditions through shelter, non-food items, water, sanitation and hygiene and health assistance; and affected and vulnerable populations have improved protection and mental health and psychosocial wellbeing through evidence-based humanitarian assistance.
Supporting Internally Displaced Persons and Vulnerable Mobile Populations in Cameroon's Centre and East Regions Through Assessments and Access to Legal Identity Solutions The project will be implemented in the Centre and East regions of Cameroon with the following global objective. The needs of internally displaced persons and vulnerable mobile populations in Cameroon’s Centre and East regions are further supported, through support for the provision of legal identity documents, as well as further assessments of the needs and dynamics of mobility to facilitate further support from other actors.
Project 6 of Enhancing Human and Operational Capacities of Somalia's Immigration Authorities In order to improve security at its porous and vast borders, the Federal Government of Somalia (FGoS) is aiming at strengthening the capacity of the Immigration and Naturalisation Directorate (IND) in line with the National Development Plan. The programme, started in 2013, focuses on enhancing service delivery and migration functions of Somalia’s immigration authorities through improved human and operational capacities. Similar to its 2020-2021 predecessor, the proposed intervention aims to contribute to achieving advancing well-being of society and migrants through stronger migration governance and development. This project aims to achieve this by continuing to foster an integrated approach that focuses on the active engagement of diasporic actors to transfer knowledge and competencies to the IND. Furthermore, it will contribute to the construction of the new IND Kismayo (Branch 2). It will focus organizational and human capacity building at the centralized level of the FGoS in Mogadishu and its Regional Branch in Kismayo.
Responding to Urgent Needs of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Yemen with Shelter and Cash Assistance In line with the overall allocation strategy to improve living conditions and local integration for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Yemen who do not wish to relocate, IOM is providing transitional shelter, shelter rehabilitation support, and multipurpose cash assistance (MPCA) under this intervention.
Enhancing Diasporas’ Operations and Coordination in Humanitarian Assistance for Increased Impact within a Framework for Diaspora Engagement in Humanitarian Assistance – Phase III Over the last few years, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and other key humanitarian actors, such as the Danish Refugee Council through the Diaspora Emergency Action & Coordination (DEMAC), have progressed significantly towards further strengthening diasporas’ engagement in humanitarian assistance as well as identifying and testing entry points and pathways to promote more effective communication, coordination, and cooperation between Diaspora Organizations (DOs) and other institutional humanitarian actors in real crisis settings, and in line with the guidance provided by IOM’s Framework for Diaspora’s Engagement in Humanitarian Assistance. 
 
This project sustains and is advancing this work by further exploring concrete examples and evidence of the impact of diasporas’ humanitarian interventions, especially as enhanced by internal and external coordination, and or while promoting additional applications of the framework and compatible coordination systems in current and emerging crises, including those affected by climate change. IOM and DEMAC continue to increase engagement and visibility for DOs in the humanitarian system through provision of learning, research, exchange, and accompaniment. Also, the scaling-up of diaspora engagement is being promoted through support and encouragement of emerging diaspora leaders in humanitarianism, more systematic initiatives of peer-to-peer support, continued capacity building, and interface with other institutional humanitarian actors.
Promoting Rights-Based Solutions for Vulnerable Migrants Through a Migrant Resource and Response Mechanism (MRRM) in the South of Libya The risky and complex journeys undertaken by migrants, reaching Libya and beyond, expose them as well as host communities to multiple health risks. Due to the continuous and prolonged instability the health system is fragmented, ineffective and lacks the ability to respond to health needs of migrants and the Libyan population. The objective of this project is to contribute to advancing rights-based solutions to address the needs of vulnerable migrants in Libya through the migrant resource and response mechanism. IOM continues its critical interventions to directly support migrants, including to persons who have experienced distress, multiple displacement or challenges in accessing essential services. Migrants living in urban areas in and around Ghat as well as vulnerable cases from host communities are benefitting from a comprehensive approach that brings together a wide range of services and needs based assistance in one mechanism. Beneficiaries are receiving primary health care services, non-food items and hygiene kits, protection services and referral to various more specialized types of assistance. Simultaneously, IOM is disseminating information materials about the risks of irregular migration and is working towards increased acceptance of migrants by the local community through the implementation of a community cohesion initiative.
Enhancing Paraguay's Border Management Capacity The project contributes to effective and efficient evidence-based border management in Paraguay by developing the capacity of the Government of Paraguay and Paraguay's General Directorate of Migration (DGM) to sustainably operate and expand the IOM-developed border management information system known as MIDAS. Operational in Paraguay since 2016 at 10 border crossing points accounting for 90% of all international movement, the project expands to at least four additional border crossing points. In addition, the project allows for the reinforcement of MIDAS equipment at the existing border crossing points and provides related capacity developing initiatives for strengthening analytical and procedural understandings of border officers to facilitate and secure cross-border movements while preventing terrorist travel and transnational crime. Lastly, the project focus on strengthening the sustainability of the system and providing tools to contribute to the Government Paraguay's ownership of the system in the long-term.
COMPASS Migration Partnership Funding The aim of these partnerships is protecting human rights, reducing irregular migration, preventing human trafficking and people smuggling, ensuring better border controls and encouraging the return and reintegration of migrants.
Knowledge for all (K4A): Climate Migration in Bangladesh Salinity intrusion, cyclones, and storm surges are all significant negative drivers of migration and displacement in Bangladesh's 710-kilometer-long coastal belt, which covers 19 districts. Drought and dwindling freshwater resources have forced residents to relocate in the country's north, landslides have made people homeless in the hill tracts, and riverbank and coastal erosion have displaced people all around the country. Climate-related migration will increase in Bangladesh as a result of these challenges and the more frequent and intense rapid and slow-onset disasters that are anticipated, necessitating effective responses from the government and other key stakeholders.To address these challenges, this project will develop the first ever Migration, Environment and Climate Change profile for Bangladesh, which will capture the current national-level climate change dynamics in the country and serve as a comprehensive and holistic tool for policymakers and other stakeholders to use when considering issues related to climate migration. The project will also create a locally tailored online climate migration capacity strengthening package and will support capacity development among key policymakers at the national, district and upazila (sub-district) levels. Together, these interventions will begin to fill the gaps in data and capacities of the Government of Bangladesh, equipping them to better respond to the adverse effects of climate change on human mobility in the country.
EEM South Africa The European Union intends to send an Electoral Expert Mission (EEM) to South Africa to collect factual information concerning the electoral process (Parliamentary Elections - 29 May). IOM will select 3 Experts (1 Team Leader/Electoral expert, 1 Political Expert and 1 Legal/Human Rights Expert), who will travel to South Africa from end of April to early June 2024, to meet all relevant stakeholders and produce a report. IOM will have no visibility and will not be associated in any way to the work of the experts; we will provide administrative, logistical and security support.
Strengthening NGOs' as well as Local and Diaspora-led CSOs’ Capacities on Preparedness and Emergency Response in the Context of Mixed Migration Flows in LAC and Shelter Support for Migrants and Host Communities in Ecuador The proposed intervention aims to strengthen Non-Governmental Organizations’ (NGOs), local and diaspora-led Civil Society Organizations’ (CSOs) preparedness capacities and ability to meet critical humanitarian and protection needs of the most vulnerable migrant and refugee populations in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). The project focuses on four results: 1) institutional strengthening and development of NGOs, local and diaspora-led CSOs’ capacities to provide emergency assistance and protection across the LAC region, particularly in Chile, Peru, Ecuador Dominican Republic, and Panama; 2) in kind support to strengthen 10 selected NGOs, local and diaspora-led CSOs’ humanitarian assistance service provision in the five abovementioned countries; 3) direct life-saving assistance to migrants and refugees affected by an unforeseen crisis; and 4) improvement and/or adaptation of infrastructure for collective shelters that meet the standards required to provide shelter and protection services in addition to being environmentally sustainable. IOM and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) are collaborating with NGOs and CSOs operating in the region to provide capacity building on humanitarian and protection issues and direct material assistance.
National Campaign to Raise Awareness on the Rights and Obligations of Migrant Workers and Employers of Migrant Domestic Workers in Bahrain The campaign aims to ensure that all migrant workers are fully aware of their rights, responsibilities and services available to them and that employers of migrant domestic workers are aware of their obligations and rights, as well as provided with practical guidance on managing employer-employee relationships. The campaign will also have a focus on supporting potential victims of trafficking. To this end the overall objective of the proposed project is to contribute to reducing vulnerabilities of victims of trafficking in persons in employer-employee relationships in Bahrain by increasing their awareness and accessibility of information on rights and responsibilities of migrant workers and their employers.
Building Peace and Stability in Iraq (BPSI) To contribute to advancing DS for IDPs that remain in displacement, particularly those experiencing social cohesion-related barriers, IOM proposes a collaborative effort with the IRC. This approach will complement IRC’s FCDO-funded project contributing to building peace and stability in Iraq, structured on a social cohesion pathway (including constructive dialogue and community engagement) and on removal of barriers pathway (strengthening access to justice and legal assistance).
Emergency Assistance for Displaced People in the Lake Province As of January 2023, there were more than 255,054 displaced persons in 245 localities in the Lac province of Chad. This includes people recently displaced by the floods in August 2022 and those who have been displaced for a prolonged period of time. According to assessments conducted by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in December 2022, the floods had completed completely or partially destroyed many houses, leaving those affected homeless or forced to stay with host families. To meet the needs of displaced populations in Lac province, IOM is building emergency shelters for the most vulnerable (female-headed households, families with individuals with disabilities, large households). IOM is further contributing to the overall response through the use of biometric data to inform the Food Security Cluster and its partners of the nutritional needs of displaced persons.
Concrete Actions for the Territorialization of the SNIA at the Regional Level The project aims to strengthen the role and capacities of the Regional Councils of Tangier-Tetouan-Al-Hoceima and the Oriental regions in integrating migration dimensions into their regional planning. The project will also support to contribute to the Moroccan government’s efforts to territorialize the National Strategy for Immigration and Asylum (SNIA) by promoting the protection and integration of migrants at the territorial level in the context of “Advanced Regionalization”. To achieve this objective, the project will focus on two main areas: supporting the Regional Councils in developing concrete actions for effective implementation of their regional plans for the protection and integration of migrants. Secondly, the project will support the establishment of coordination mechanisms that results from the SNIA and bring together governmental and non-governmental stakeholders acting in the field of protection and integration of migrants at the regional level.
Kigoma Joint Programme Phase II (KJP II) Proposal Enhancing Resilience and Livelihood of Communities Living in Kigoma Region IOM project for utilizing the amount received from the Tanzania ‘SDG Acceleration Fund’ allocation on 6 July 2023 earmarked for the Kigoma Joint Programme II.
Supporting Lesotho in TIP Prevention and Protection This project will contribute to a strengthened response to trafficking in persons (TiP) in Lesotho with a focus on victim-centered investigation, prosecution of TiP cases and protection of victims of trafficking. The project is designed to meet a number of programming priorities namely, to systematize victim-centered investigations and protections of TiP cases by the government; to create results-driven community, sub-national, national and regional networks empowered to combat human trafficking; and to raise awareness and provide educational information on human trafficking issues and risk factors to a target population.
Kenya: Gender and Vulnerability-Sensitive Disaster Risk Reduction and Community Resilience in Turkana and Tana River Counties Kenya is prone to extreme weather conditions resulting in climate-induced disasters, such as droughts, floods and landslides. While Kenya has committed to several international agreements, policies and strategies on disaster risk reduction and management, implementation remains slow due to the pending enactment of the Disaster Risk Management (DRM) Bill and the lack of harmonized guidelines and governance, both at the national and local levels. Upon requests from the Ministry of Devolution, Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (MOD-ASALs), and certain county authorities, the objective of this project is to support the national government's migration-related capacities in disaster risk preparedness, response, and recovery in the context of natural hazards. This is achieved through the development of a draft National Shelter Strategy and assistance to county governments in strengthening their coordination mechanisms and DRM frameworks, in the context of inclusive, gender- and vulnerability-sensitive emergency preparedness, response, recovery, and return and reintegration for persons internally displaced by natural hazards. The project aims to strengthen active and inclusive coordination mechanisms between national and county government key agencies, including main humanitarian and development actors.
Strengthening the Evidence Base on Human Mobility Along the Eastern Corridor Under the Migrant Response Plan (MRP) The East and Horn of Africa is a region of origin, transit, and destination for mixed migration flows where climate change and conflict exacerbate socioeconomic challenges, pushing thousands of migrant men, women, boys and girls to leave their countries of origin to pursue livelihood opportunities abroad. In addition to movements within the Horn of Africa, which since the COVID-19 pandemic account for 52% of the flows, migration movements out of the region mainly take place along 3 main routes: the most travelled and deadly Eastern Route towards Yemen and onwards to Saudi Arabia (39%); the Southern Route through Kenya and onwards to Southern Africa (8%); and the Northern Route towards Sudan and Libya and onwards to Europe (1%). The migratory dynamics along the Eastern Route are particularly complex, with spontaneous and forced migration movements towards third countries and return movements through transit countries and eventually to the country of origin. This action aims to enhance data collection, analysis, and dissemination to strengthen migrant protection and assistance in Ethiopia, Somalia, Djibouti, and Kenya.
Sustaining the Expansion of the Overseas Health Assessment and Management of U.S. - Bound Refugees, Non-immigrant Visa Applicants and Other Migrant Populations This project aims to support Kenya and the United Republic of Tanzania to achieve consensus on documents developed to enhance cross-border public health collaboration and information sharing and pilot these at one land point of entry.
Comprehensive Monitoring Framework for Anticipatory Action Planning in Zimbabwe The impacts of the Ukraine crisis have been felt in Zimbabwe since the beginning, evidenced through price spikes, supply chain disruptions and a general deterioration of living conditions. The conflict is happening at a time when Zimbabwe is struggling to recover from the cumulative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and against the backdrop of a below-average agricultural harvest. This is threatening development gains and hindering progress towards Sustainable Development Goals. The overall objective of this project is to establish a solid monitoring and anticipatory action system that is well received and used by national stakeholders and has the potential to catalyse funding for humanitarian and development interventions in Zimbabwe.