LIBRARY
In our Library, you can find publications containing our research, workguides and other materials generated by the Western Hemisphere Program and IOM. You will also find information materials about our tools and campaigns and reports on our work.
Finding Safer Ground: Planned Relocation Policies and Processes in The Caribbean
This research aims to expand the conversation about planned relocation and to focus specifically on Caribbean experiences. This report draws on good practices in order to provide tools for decision-making and to support States in addressing the needs of persons and communities that are vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. This study highlights opportunities to create more holistic and effective migration and disaster risk reduction policies and draws from interviews not only with government officials but also with community members who experienced the relocation, a critical perspective for understanding how relocations are planned and implemented.
Baseline for "Think Twice" campaign in Guatemala (2021)
The Communication for Development methodology is being implemented in Guatemala in the municipalities of Sibinal, San Marcos, San Pedro Sacatepéquez and Salcajá through "Think Twice" campaign, which seeks that young people learn to inform themselves in a safe way in order to avoid believing rumors or being victims of deception related to irregular migration and local options. This baseline provides an understanding of people's knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding irregular migration and evidence to guide the implementation of the methodology.
Baseline of "Think Twice" campaign in Honduras (2021)
The Communication for Development methodology is being implemented in Honduras in the municipalities of El Progreso and Central District (Tegucigalpa and Comayagüela), through the campaign "Think Twice", which seeks to teach young people to inform themselves in a safe way in order to avoid believing rumors or being victims of deception related to migration and local options. This baseline allows us to understand people's knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding this issue and to provide evidence that will guide the implementation of the methodology.
Baseline for "Think Twice" campaign in Panama (2021)
The Communication for Development methodology is being implemented in Panama in the community of La Chorrera, through the "Think Twice" campaign, which seeks to develop skills in the migrant population to help them recognize false offers and news for purposes of labor exploitation and human trafficking. This baseline allows us to understand people's knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding these issues and to provide evidence that will guide the implementation of the methodology.
Baseline for Haitian Migration Campaign
The objective of this communication strategy is to raise awareness among Haitian population with the intention of migrating and among people in transit countries (mainly Chile and Brazil) about the risks of irregular migration, especially in the Darién Gap in Panama, located on the border with Colombia.
Baseline for "Think Twice" campaign in Santa Ana y San Salvador
The Communication for Development methodology is being implemented in El Salvador in the municipalities of San Salvador and Santa Ana through the "Think Twice" campaign, which seeks to help young people learn to inform themselves in a safe way, avoiding believing rumors or being victims of deception related to migration and local options. This baseline allows us to understand people's knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding this issue and to provide evidence that will guide the implementation of the methodology.
Baseline of "Think Twice" campaign in Mexico
Recently, IOM implemented "Think Twice", a campaign in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras with the objective of strengthening the capacity of young people to recognize false offers and information related to human trafficking and migrant smuggling. This baseline was developed to gather evidence from the local context of Tapachula and Tijuana in order to adapt this campaign in these Mexican comunities. The main goal is to strengthen the capacity of Central American migrants residing in these communities to prevent human trafficking for labor exploitation.
"Think Twice" campaign results
The "Think Twice" campaign was implemented in coordination with local partners from eight communities in northern Central America (Ahuachapán, San Salvador, Salcajá, San Marcos, San Pedro Sacatepéquez, Cofradía, San Pedro Sula and El Progreso) between October 2020 and January 2021.
Searching for Missing Migrants in Central and North America: five good practices of civil society organizations
The disappearance of a person in the context of migration has a great emotional, social, economic and legal impact on his or her family members. Because there are hardly any governmental services for accompaniment, counseling and support to relatives of missing migrants, families face the search process on their own, often accompanied by civil society organizations that have filled the void left by the states.
If Not for Pure Necessity. Deaths and disappearances on migration journeys in North and Central America.
The report discusses the risks on routes across Central and North America, including the United States of America-Mexico border crossings, routes through Mexico, the Darien Gap and migration from and within the Caribbean.