What We Do

  • Assisted Migration

    Movement and Assisted Migration

    IOM has been providing voluntary return transportation to and from Iraq and its immediate region since 1990, assisting over one million people in total.

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  • Capacity Building

    Capacity Building

    Capacity building, or enhancing the ability of an individual or organization to evaluate and address the crucial questions related to policy choices.

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    Emergency Assistance

    Over the past six years, IOM Iraq has actively distributed both food and non-food item (NFI) relief kits to vulnerable populations throughout Iraq.

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    Monitoring and Assessment

    Since 2003, IOM has assessed and monitored the movements, needs, conditions and intentions of populations throughout Iraq.

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    Sustainable Livelihoods

    These people have very particular needs, many of which are overlooked due to ongoing unrest and fierce competition for scarce resources throughout the country.

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Recent Achievements (2010/11)

In response to ongoing conflict and forced displacement across several governorates, IOM carried out needs assessments of over 7,000 families (37,000 individuals) in the past six months alone. In response to assessed needs, IOM conducted 45 emergency distributions of non-food items, including pillows, plastic sheets, plastic furniture and gas stoves to 9,844 vulnerable families.

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In the past six months, IOM has provided in kind grants for small business to almost 5,000 direct beneficiaries and 30,000 indirect beneficiaries (dependents) through its flagship Programme for Human Security and Stabilization (PHSS).

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From 2010 to 2011, IOM has assisted 3,271 voluntary returnees from 22 countries worldwide, including through information, counseling, travel and reception assistance, as well as their socio-economic reintegration in Iraq.

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IOM assisted in building the capacities of several key Iraqi Central Government and KRG Ministries in effectively addressing the needs of Iraqi and foreign migrants, and in establishing a functioning border and migration management system in Iraq.

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