IOM – International Organization for Migration

Published purpose

The International Organization for Migration's (IOM) mandate is to: ensure the orderly and humane management of migration; promote international cooperation on migration; assist in the search for practical solutions to migration problems; and, provide humanitarian assistance to targeted displaced populations. IOM's humanitarian activities include: the provision of emergency services and protection assistance to displaced and returnee households; assisting governments and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to implement third country refugee resettlement programmes; providing assistance to refugees who wish to voluntarily repatriate to their countries of origin; and, facilitating the orderly return and reintegration of internally displaced people. With Canada's support, IOM's 2013 emergency operations in Haiti, South Sudan, Sudan and Zimbabwe will provide assistance and protection to an estimated 990,000 displaced people affected by natural disaster, conflict and political instability.