Practices by Country

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Niger

Country:
Niger
Type of practice:

Significant mixed migratory flows transit through Niger due to its strategic geographical position. IOM and UNHCR finalized SOPs in 2016, for the referral of persons in need of international protection found in mixed flows.

Country:
Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo
Type of practice:
Early warning systems

Pursuant to Chapter IV of the 1999 protocol relating to the mechanism for conflict prevention, management, resolution, peace-keeping and security, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has established a sub-regional peace and security observation system.

Country:
Niger
Type of practice:
Assistance programs

In 2012, the World Bank’s Board approved supplemental financing of US$15 million to the Second Growth Policy Reform Credit to help Niger to cover additional financing needs caused by spillovers from the Libyan crisis and increased food insecurity in the wake of a poor harvest. 

Country:
Egypt, Ghana, Libya, Mali, Niger
Type of practice:
Assistance programs

This project provided assistance to 841 migrants from Mali, Niger and Ghana were repatriated in the context of the emergency evacuation from Libya in 2011.

Country:
Burkina Faso, Chad, Ghana, Mali, Niger, Senegal
Type of practice:
Research and reports

This policy brief looks at the situation of migrants who have returned home to several West African countries as a result of the conflict in Libya.

Country:
Chad, Egypt, Italy, Libya, Malta, Niger, Tunisia
Type of practice:
Research and reports

This report provides an overview of the first 7 months of IOM’s emergency response to the major migration crisis resulted from the conflict in Libya in 2011.