The integrated project is a tripartite Agreement signed in September 2015 between the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the Universal Postal Union (UPU) and Burundi Post. It seeks to utilize different components of the postal sector in Burundi to achieve lasting socio-economic development for the rural population as well as for the Burundian diaspora.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) have begun construction of a Migration Consultation Centre (MCC) in Sunyani. The construction is part of a larger information campaign to promote safe and legal migration under IOM’s Ghana Integrated Migration Management Approach (GIMMA) project, funded by the European Union (EU). The MCC aims to facilitate and empower migrants to travel in a legal, voluntary, orderly and protected way.
For the first time since independence in 1957, the Government of Ghana has formulated a National Migration Policy (NMP) to help manage its internal and international migration flows in the context of national development as well as sub-regional, regional and global interests. The Government of Ghana formally approved it in April 2015, policy which was developed with support from IOM Ghana and the IOM Development Fund (IDF).
In 2012, Ghana adopted the Act 848 which amends the Immigration Act, 2000 (Act 573) to provide for the offence of migrant smuggling. This act defines what migrant smuggling is and the penalties incurring for people engaged in migrant smuggling.
Implemented in the Sila region, the project by reinforcing top-down mechanisms with bottom-up solutions, addresses the multiple and interrelated challenges faced by the communities in the region. More specifically, the project aims to:
The project’s goal was to address the needs of refugees and vulnerable host populations in Gabon. Through inter-agency collaboration, combined with top-down and bottom-up strategies, the project aimed to: (i) improve livelihoods through agricultural development and income generating activities; (ii) ensure access to basic health care services for refugees and vulnerable host populations; (iii) provide support to victims of sexual and gender-based violence; and (iv) promote education and skills training for groups at risk.
The Government of Nigeria has formally adopted a National Policy on Migration and its Implementation Plan in 2015, with support from IOM and the European Union (EU). The policy and its implementation plan provide an appropriate legal framework for monitoring and regulating internal and international migration, and proper collection and dissemination of migration data.
Zambia has hosted refugees from the region since the 1960s. The country currently hosts over 53,000 people of concern mainly from Angola, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, and Somalia, with the majority residing in the two settlements (in Mayukwayukwa near Kaoma and Meheba near Solwezi) , while the rest are in urban areas or self-settled.
The Inter-ministerial Ad hoc Committee to manage emergency situations concerning refugees in Cameroon was created by President Paul Biya on March 2014 as a response to the massive influx of refugees and displaced people escaping from the sectarian fighting in the Central African Republic as well as those escaping from the armed fighting between Boko Haram and army of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Statistics on the refugee situation in the country put the total number at above 110,000.
Local settlements have been used in Africa, especially Uganda, Tanzania and Sudan, as a response to protracted refugee situations and as an alternative to keeping refugees in camps. In Belize, Uganda and Tanzania, the governments saw refugees as a means to develop underutilized land, and pursued this by allocating land to the refugees. In Tanzania in the 1970s, each family was given a minimum of ten acres of land for farming.