Regulating Migration
IOM’s work in the area of regulating migration and migrant assistance is aimed at preventing the abuse and exploitation of migrants, particularly at points of transit and destination where they are often most vulnerable; protecting and empowering migrants who have been trafficked or who may otherwise have experienced abuse or exploitation; providing assisted voluntary return and sustainable reintegration assistance; undertaking data collection and research activities; and building the capacity of states and civil society institutions to respond to the needs of vulnerable migrants.
IOM in Hungary focuses its work on the following areas:
- Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration (AVRR)
- Counter-trafficking of Human Beings (THB)
- Unaccompanied Migrant Children (UMC)
- Immigration and Border Management (IBM)
- Data Collection and Management
- Movements Support
- Distribution of Non-Food Items
Counter-trafficking of Human Beings Projects
Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration Projects
- Hungarian Voluntary Return, Reintegration and Information Programme (2018-2020)
- Complex Reintegration Assistance for Assisted Voluntary Returnees (2017 - 2018)
- Evaluation of Reintegration Assistance Provided to Returnees to Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) (2015)
- Hungarian Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration Programme for Migrants (2014 - 2015)
- Complex Reintegration Assistance for Assisted Voluntary Returnees to Kosovo (UNSCR1244) (2014 - 2015)
- Hungarian Information Project for Migrants on Assisted Voluntary Return (2014 - 2015)
- Canadian Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration (2012 - 2015)
- Improving Reintegration Assistance for Beneficiaries Returning to Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) (2014)
- Measures to Enhance the Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration of Migrants with a Chronic Medical Condition Residing in the EU (AVRR-MC) (2014)
- Hungarian Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration Programme (HAVRR) (2013 - 2014)
- Reintegration Assistance for Assisted Voluntary Returnees to Kosovo (UNSCR1244) (2013 - 2014)
- Awareness Raising Information Campaign on Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration (2013)
- Creation of a Voluntary Return European Network (VREN) (2012 - 2013)
- Country Information Gathering Mission to Kosovo under UNSCR 1244 (2011)
- Enhancing Mechanisms and Harmonizing Standards in the Field of Voluntary Return of Irregular Migrants in EU Central European Member States (2006 - 2010)
- Assessment of AVR (2009)
- Capacity Building for AVR Practitioners (2009)
- Capacity Building of AVR Practitioners - Study Tour Germany (2009)
- Hungarian Voluntary Return and Information Programme (HARIP) (2004 - 2007)
- Hungarian Voluntary Return Programme (HARP) (1993 - 2007)
- Coping with Return (ERF Community Actions 2004) (2005 - 2006)
- Development of a Common Return Best Practice Handbook for the EU and Candidate Countries (ARGO 2003) (2004 - 2005)
Counter-trafficking of Human Beings Projects
- Safe and Adequate Return, Fair Treatment and Early Identification of Victims of Trafficking from Third Countries outside the EU (SAFE) (2017-2018)
- Awareness Raising Campaign on Trafficking in Human Beings (2017 - 2018)
- Piloting Comprehensive Return and Reintegration Assistance for Hungarian Victims of Trafficking (2015 - 2017)
- Swiss-Hungarian Transnational Cooperation on the Referreal of Victims of Trafficking (2017)
- Foster and Improve Integration of Trafficked Persons (FIIT) (2012 - 2013)
- Preventing and Combating Trafficking in Human Beings and Enhancing Victims Protection through Operational Networking and Co-operation and Joint Multi-Disciplinary Trainings for Counter-Trafficking Specialists in EU Member States, Candidate and Neighbouring Countries (AGIS 2006) (2008 - 2009)
- Counter-trafficking in Minors in South-East Europe (2007 - 2008)
- National Counter-Trafficking Pilot Project (2006 - 2007)
- Operational Networking and Co-operation and Joint Multidisciplinary Training Process for Judicial, Law Enforcement, NGOs and International Organizations Specialists, in Fighting Trafficking in Human Beings (NETWORK III) (2006 - 2008)
- In-Depth Applied Research to Better Understand the Demand Side of Trafficking in Persons (AGIS 2005) (2005 - 2006)
- Strengthening of the Operational Network and Cooperation Mechanisms through Joint Multidisciplinary Training for Operational Law Enforcement Officers, NGOs and IOs in Fighting Human Trafficking into the EU Member States from EU Accession Countries and Countries Bordering the EU after Enlargement (AGIS 2005) (2006)
- CARDS: Development of Reliable and Functioning Policing Systems to Combat Main Criminal Activities and Enhance Police Cooperation (CARPO) (2004 - 2006)
- Training for Border Guards and Border Police Officials in Identifying of and Providing Assistance to Victims of Trafficking (AGIS 2004) (2005 - 2006)
- Prevention and Awareness Raising Campaign on Trafficking in BiH, Croatia, Bulgaria and Hungary (2005 - 2006)
- Mental Health Victims of Trafficking in Human Beings: Development of Minimum Standards of Care plus Regional Training of Trainers Workshop (2003 - 2004)
- Government and NGOs Capacity Building to Prevent and Respond to Trafficking in Persons (2003 - 2004)
- Migration Information Centre for the Prevention of Irregular Migration and the Trafficking of Human Beings (2003 - 2004)
- Non-Governmental Organizations’ Capacity Building to Prevent and Respond to Trafficking In Persons (2003 - 2004)
- Regional Conference on Public Health Concerns, Services, Assistance and Prevention with Emphasis on the Needs of Victims of Trafficking (2002 - 2003)
Non-Food Items Project
Data Collection and Management Projects
- Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) in Hungary (2017 - 2018)
- Establishment of an early warning information sharing network along the migration route from Greece to Hungary and Croatia (2015 - 2016)
- Black Sea Consultative Process on Migration Management (2007 - 2008)
- Migration Profiles for the Western Balkans and Turkey (2007)
Unaccompanied Migrant Children Projects
- Protecting children in the context of the refugee and migrant crisis in Europe (2016 - 2018)
- Enhancing capacities in EU Member States and third countries to promote durable solutions for unaccompanied minors (2013 - 2014)
- Improving the Quality of Unaccompanied Minor Asylum Seekers' Guardianship and Care in Central European Countries (2011 - 2012)
- Best Practices for a Coordinated Approach to Assist UAM (ERF Community Actions 2009) (2010 - 2011)