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International Migration Policies and Programmes

( Print: March 2000 )

In all historical eras governments have attempted to act upon migratory flows, guided by different objectives and applying varying strategies. This publication, issued by the International...

In all historical eras governments have attempted to act upon migratory flows, guided by different objectives and applying varying strategies. This publication, issued by the International...


Archives of Memory

Supporting Traumatized Communities through Narration and Rememberance

Series: Psychosocial Notebook
( Print: February 2002 )

This notebook is a compilation of essays based on papers presented at the Second International Seminar on Psychological and Trauma Response in Kosovo. In the experience documented in this volume...

This notebook is a compilation of essays based on papers presented at the Second International Seminar on Psychological and Trauma Response in Kosovo. In the experience documented in this volume...


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World Migration Report 2000

Series: IOM World Migration Report
( Print: December 2000, PDF: December 2000 )

International migration has become a global phenomenon involving a wide range of sending, destination, and transit countries and a diverse group of migrants. This report, produced by the United...

International migration has become a global phenomenon involving a wide range of sending, destination, and transit countries and a diverse group of migrants. This report, produced by the United...


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The State of the World's Cities Report 2006-2007

The Millennium Development Goals and Urban Sustainability - 30 Years of Shaping the Habitat Agenda

( Print: July 2006 )

Although poverty remains a primarily rural phenomenon, urban poverty is becoming a severe, pervasive – and largely unacknowledged feature of urban life. The findings in this report show how...

Although poverty remains a primarily rural phenomenon, urban poverty is becoming a severe, pervasive – and largely unacknowledged feature of urban life. The findings in this report show how...


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State of the World's Cities 2008-2009

Harmonious Cities

( Print: October 2008 )

The 21st century is the Century of the City. Cities contain both order and chaos. How can city planners and policymakers harmonize the various interests, diversity and inherent contradictions within...

The 21st century is the Century of the City. Cities contain both order and chaos. How can city planners and policymakers harmonize the various interests, diversity and inherent contradictions within...


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State of the World's Cities 2010/2011

Bridging the Urban Divide

( Print: April 2010 )

The world's urban population now exceeds the world's rural population. What does this mean for the state of our cities, given the strain this global demographic shift is placing upon current urban...

The world's urban population now exceeds the world's rural population. What does this mean for the state of our cities, given the strain this global demographic shift is placing upon current urban...


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State of the World's Cities 2012/2013

Prosperity of Cities

( Print: November 2012, PDF: April 2013 )

What this new edition of State of the World’s Cities shows is that prosperity for all has been compromised by a narrow focus on economic growth. UN-Habitat suggests a fresh approach to prosperity...

What this new edition of State of the World’s Cities shows is that prosperity for all has been compromised by a narrow focus on economic growth. UN-Habitat suggests a fresh approach to prosperity...


Baltic Route, The

The Trafficking of Migrants through Lithuania

( Print: October 1998 )

Sharing a border with Poland and Belarus, Lithuania has become a transit zone for irregular migrants heading towards the West. Based on interviews with non-CIS migrants apprehended while transiting...

Sharing a border with Poland and Belarus, Lithuania has become a transit zone for irregular migrants heading towards the West. Based on interviews with non-CIS migrants apprehended while transiting...


Chinese Migrants in Central and Eastern Europe

The Cases of the Czech Republic, Hungary and Romania

( Print: March 1995 )

Chinese migration to Central and Eastern Europe represents a rather new pattern, distinctive from some other forms of migration to the region. This publication offers an assessment of this issue...

Chinese migration to Central and Eastern Europe represents a rather new pattern, distinctive from some other forms of migration to the region. This publication offers an assessment of this issue...


Migration and the Environment

A Two-study Package including, 'Migration and the Environment' and 'Environmentally-induced...

( Print: June 2000 )

Responding to growing international concern about the connection between migration and the environment, the two publications in this package give a broad view on the subject. Migration and the...

Responding to growing international concern about the connection between migration and the environment, the two publications in this package give a broad view on the subject. Migration and the...


Transit Migration in the Czech Republic

( Print: July 1994 )

Transit migration is increasingly turning into an issue of governmental concern. This series of reports presents further understanding of migration issues. It offers a profile of migrants and...

Transit migration is increasingly turning into an issue of governmental concern. This series of reports presents further understanding of migration issues. It offers a profile of migrants and...


Transit Migration in Bulgaria

( Print: July 1994 )

Transit migration is increasingly turning into an issue of governmental concern. This series of reports presents further understanding of migration issues. It offers a profile of migrants and...

Transit migration is increasingly turning into an issue of governmental concern. This series of reports presents further understanding of migration issues. It offers a profile of migrants and...


Transit Migration in Hungary

( Print: January 1995 )

Transit migration is increasingly turning into an issue of governmental concern. This series of reports presents further understanding of migration issues. It offers a profile of migrants and...

Transit migration is increasingly turning into an issue of governmental concern. This series of reports presents further understanding of migration issues. It offers a profile of migrants and...


Transit Migration in Poland

( Print: June 1994 )

Transit migration is increasingly turning into an issue of governmental concern. This series of reports presents further understanding of migration issues. It offers a profile of migrants and...

Transit migration is increasingly turning into an issue of governmental concern. This series of reports presents further understanding of migration issues. It offers a profile of migrants and...


Transit Migration in the Russian Federation

( Print: August 1994 )

Transit migration is increasingly turning into an issue of governmental concern. This series of reports presents further understanding of migration issues. It offers a profile of migrants and...

Transit migration is increasingly turning into an issue of governmental concern. This series of reports presents further understanding of migration issues. It offers a profile of migrants and...


Transit Migration in Turkey

( Print: March 1996 )

Transit Migration in Ukraine

( Print: September 1994 )

Transit migration is increasingly turning into an issue of governmental concern. This series of reports presents further understanding of migration issues. It offers a profile of migrants and...

Transit migration is increasingly turning into an issue of governmental concern. This series of reports presents further understanding of migration issues. It offers a profile of migrants and...


Deported Peoples of the Former Soviet Union

The Case of the Meskhetians

( Print: May 2000 )

This report is an up-to-date study of the Meskhetians, an ethnic group of Muslim background forcibly relocated from Georgia to Siberia and Central Asia during the Stalin era. Based on interviews with...

This report is an up-to-date study of the Meskhetians, an ethnic group of Muslim background forcibly relocated from Georgia to Siberia and Central Asia during the Stalin era. Based on interviews with...


Estonia's Non-Citizens

A Survey of Attitudes to Migration and Integration

( Print: May 2000 )

This survey analyzes the situation of the Russian-speaking population in Estonia and how the break-up of the Soviet Union and their becoming non-citizens has influenced their attitudes towards...

This survey analyzes the situation of the Russian-speaking population in Estonia and how the break-up of the Soviet Union and their becoming non-citizens has influenced their attitudes towards...


International Migration

Challenge for the Nineties

( Print: September 1999 )