Welcome

Centuries of international migration have played a crucial role in shaping the world we know today. Migration, both its causes and effects, is a key issue today across the broad spectrum of public concerns. Globalization has made migration even more complex as a growing number of people are migrating in search of better living conditions, employment, education, freedom, safety from persecution or violence. Migration is not a passing phenomenon, it affects the lives of all, and demands multifaceted and concerted measures, at community, national, regional and global levels.

Since its creation, the International Organization for Migrations has assisted some 13 million refugees and migrants to settle in over 125 countries. The growing international concern with migration issues is reflected in IOM’s progressively increasing member- and observership, numbering today 125 member states, 90 observers including 16 States and 74 global and regional IGOs and NGOs, and more than 400 field locations.  

Our mission

" IOM exists to help Migrants with all their needs and to assist governments in managing migration for the good of all... "

Properly managed, migration can contribute to prosperity, development and mutual understanding among people. IOM missions worldwide are committed to help international migrants, refugees and displaced persons with all their needs and to assist governments in managing migration and developing policies and migration practices for the benefit for all.

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