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IOM Haiti

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is the leading intergovernmental organization in the field of migration and works closely with governmental, intergovernmental and non-governmental partners. IOM established its operations in Haiti sin 1994, when the Organization began partnering with the Government of Haiti on migration management and capacity building programs following years of turmoil that had caused internal and international displacement, forced migration and considerable economic decline. In later years, IOM extended its work to address and mitigate the effects of natural disaster and to strengthen protection, including returning migrants. Since the eruption of the political crisis in 2021, IOM has been responding to massive displacement in the Metropolitan Area of Port-au-Prince (MAPP) caused by gang violence. Learn more about IOM in Haiti. 

IOM Global

With 175 member states, a further 8 states holding observer status and offices in over 100 countries, IOM is dedicated to promoting humane and orderly migration for the benefit of all. It does so by providing services and advice to governments and migrants. 

IOM works to help ensure the orderly and humane management of migration to promote international cooperation on migration issues, to assist in the search for practical solutions to migration problems and to provide humanitarian assistance to migrants in need, including refugees and internally displaced people. 

The IOM Constitution recognizes the link between migration and economic, social and cultural development, as well as to the right of freedom of movement. 

IOM works in the four broad areas of migration management: 

• Migration and development 

• Facilitating migration 

• Regulating migration 

• Forced migration. 

IOM activities that cut across these areas include the promotion of international migration law, policy debate and guidance, protection of migrants' rights, migration health and the gender dimension of migration.