Rapport #X

JANUARY –MARCH 2018

MIGRANT RESOURCE AND RESPONSE MECHANISM

This document provides a monthly overview of the main activities implemented under the

Migrant Resource and Response Mechanism (MRRM) by IOM’s mission in Niger since 2015.

The mechanism is composed of seven pillars and aims to contribute to the promotion of a

dignified and secure migration for all, as well as to support government efforts in developing an

effective approach to migration flows.

The first page of this monthly update provides an overview of the key statistics for each pillar

while the remaining pages provides more detailed data and indicators by pillar.

DIRECT ASSISTANCE TO

MIGRANTS

6,980

OVERVIEW OF KEY STATISTICS BY PILLAR

FLOW MONITORING: Migrants transiting Niger

© International Organization for Migration (IOM)

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HUMANITARIAN RESCUE / SEARCH AND RESCUE

OPERATIONS

OUTGOING INCOMING

Migrants assisted at IOM’s

six transit centres in 20202018 2017

15,807 9,419 3,519

2019AUG 2021

1

2

PROTECTION: Vulnerable cases assisted in 2021

19*VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING

ASSISTED

235*ACCOMPANIED MINORS

ASSISTED

78*UNACCOMPANIED

MINORS ASSISTED

3 MIGRANTS ASSISTED WITH VOLUNTARY

RETURN AND REINTEGRATION

2018

16,927 16,396

2019

NON-EUTF

COUNTRIESNIGER

908

In and from Niger to Countries of Origin

MIGRANTS REINTEGRATED IN 2020 & 2021

4

CAPACITY BUILDING ON MIGRATION

MANAGEMENT TO GOVERNMENT OF NIGER

7

8MEMORANDUMS OF UNDERSTANDING &

AGREEMENTS SIGNED SINCE 2017

1

2020

5,619

9,817

2020

8,460 | 117,395

People sensitized

AWARENESS

6

5

2021

1,136 6,101

2021AUG 2021

9,085

1,292 459 1,116 8762021 2020 2021 2020

69,430

106,766

98,306

88,601

173,737202,409

147,206 132,561

6 Transit centers2020 2019

2021

10,059 20,077

139,336170,801

*These are July’s numbers

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PROTECTION # this month | # in 2021

0* | 19*Victims of trafficking assisted and

Voluntarily returned to their

country of origin

12* | 78*Unaccompanied minors assisted and

Voluntarily returned to their

country of origin

95% FEMALE | 5% MALE

DIRECT ASSISTANCE TO MIGRANTS # this month | # in 2021

1,611 | 6,980Migrants assisted at IOM’s

six transit centres

MAIN NATIONALITIES: 28% GUINEA CONAKRY | 23% MALI | 11% SIERRA LEONE | 38% OTHER

67,662 | 293,160

Meals served

22 | 190

Medical cases hospitalized

GENDER AND AGE DISTRIBUTION: 89% MALE | 4% FEMALE | 7% MINORS

IOM provides direct assistance to migrants at its six transit centres in Niger in Niamey (3), Agadez (1), Arlit (1), Dirkou (1). The

centres are open, and stay is voluntary. The assistance on-site is comprised of food, water, shelter, medical and psychosocial

assistance.

HUMANITARIAN RESCUE / SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS

1,136 | 6,101Migrants assisted through Humanitarian Rescue /

Search and Rescue Operations

# this month | # in 2021

MAIN NATIONALITIES: 32% GUINEA CONAKRY | 27% MALI | 10% SIERRA LEONE | 31% OTHER

5 | 44Operations

99%Migrants rescued who chose

to join the AVRR

programme

Since October 2016, IOM assists migrants in distress through search and rescue missions in the Agadez region.

IOM aims to ensure that the rights of migrants, displaced persons and affected local communities are protected and that their

needs are met, regardless of their nationality, age, gender, physical condition and religious affiliation.

MONTHLY RESULTS: NIGER

Arlit Agadez Dirkou Niamey

1

2

3

5,304 1,068 166 442

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The majority of migrants are registered in Arlit as this is the first centre most migrants pass through before being transferred to Agadez, IOM’s largest transit centre.

143 | 1,009Individual consultations with a

psychologist

2,481 | 17,372Individuals who participated in

psychological and recreational

activities

5% FEMALE | 95% MALE

65% NIGERIA | 7% BENIN | 5% NIGER

| 4% LIBERIA | 3% IVORY COAST |

16% OTHER

24% MALI | 21% IVORY COAST |

21% GUINEA CONAKRY | 13% CAMEROON |

10% NIGERIA | 11% OTHER

*These are July’s numbers

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ASSISTED VOLUNTARY RETURN AND REINTEGRATION (AVRR) # this month | # in 2021

86%Migrants assisted in transit centers

with no identification papers

NIGER

Nigerien returnees

from Libya and Algeria(Humanitarian Voluntary

Return - HVR)

Nigerien returnees

from Europe and

the Middle East

Returns to

countries of origin TYPES OF

RETURN

MIGRANTS ASSISTED WITH VOLUNTARY RETURN FROM NIGER TO COMMUNITIES OF ORIGIN

NIGERIEN RETURNEES TO NIGER

RETURNS FROM NIGER TO COMMUNITIES OF ORIGIN : 2019 - 2021

TOTAL

0 | 0Nigerien returnees welcomed from Libya

0 | 0Nigerien returnees welcomed from other countries

IOM assists all migrants, both national and international, who wish to return home. The implementation of the assisted

voluntary return and reintegration programme relies on the cooperation and participation of a significant number of actors such

as governments in countries of origin, consulates and embassies.

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MAIN NATIONALITIES IN 2021

0 | 0Nigerien returnees welcomed from Algeria

Nigeriens 0 17 549 1,419 634 301

Other nationalities 5,619 9,068 16,378 14,977 6,461 4,788

5,619 9,085 16,927 16,396 7,095 5,089

1250

14221174

983

1418

10511517

15571422

1930

2072

1112

17532043

1441

304382

538140

343339

720

1082

267 406 472 5281114

1308

616908

1714

1320

696533

354 227 170 150 130 121 79 34 30 19 10 8 8 7 7 1 1

REINTEGRATION ASSISTANCE

TRAININGS FOR MIGRANTS IN TRANSIT

156 | 1,116

Migrants assisted with reintegration

in West Africa

IOM’s mission in Niger supports the collective and

individual reintegration assistance in countries not funded

by the EUTF. In countries under the EU-IOM joint

initiative, the reintegration assistance is funded by the IOM

mission in the country of origin.

# this month | # in 2020 | # in 2021

0 | 656Migrants who have received trainings

in business management

0 | 372Migrants who have received trainings

in agriculture

NON-EUTF COUNTRIESNIGER

60 | 1,292Migrants assisted with reintegration in

Niger

6 | 290Collective Reintegration

54 | 684Individual Reintegration

0 | 318Community Reintegration

IOM’s reintegration assistance seeks to enable returnees to reach levels of economic self-sufficiency, social stability within their

communities and psychosocial well-being that allow them to cope with (re)migration drivers. Success in reaching sustainable

reintegration will enable returnees to make migration decisions a matter of choice, rather than of necessity.

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459Migrants assisted with

reintegration in Niger

in 2020

876In 2020

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CONTACTS: nigermigrationresponse.org / Facebook / Twitter / aisy@iom.int

AWARENESS # this month | # in 2020 | # in 2021

IOM implements regular outreach activities through its four orientation offices (BEO) in Agadez, Arlit, Dirkou and Niamey, and its

over 50 community mobilizers (MobComs). Through these regular discussions, MobComs sensitize migrants and local communities

about irregular migration and its alternatives.

MAIN NATIONALITIES: 68% NIGER | 8% NIGERIA | 6% MALI | 4% GUINEA CONAKRY | 14% OTHER

GENDER AND AGE DISTRIBUTION: 65% MALE | 19% FEMALE | 16% MINORS

87%Migrants sensitized who

decided to join IOM’s transit

center and AVRR

programme after visiting a

BEO

92%Migrants welcomed in the

centers who have heard about

IOM through a community

mobilizer

MAIN TYPES OF INFORMATION

REQUESTED

Conditions

for entering the

transit centre

Information about

migration roadsIOM’s mandate

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223,240PERSONS SENSITIZED

IN 2020

469,683PERSONS SENSITIZED

SINCE 2016

117,395PERSONS SENSITIZED

IN 2021