International Organization for Migration

Jan Klabbers

Chapter 43 in Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Migration and Asylum Law, 2025, pp 250-253 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: This entry discusses in broad outline the origins of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), its mandate, and the way it is legally structured. In addition, it enters into some of the challenges faced by the IOM, none more so perhaps than the recurring financial issues (it needs to earn its living largely on the open market for migration) and its humanitarian nature (vel non) – the latter gained prominence after the conclusion of a relationship agreement with the United Nations and in light of the thought that the IOM is sometimes implicated in the orderly management of migration by states rather than helping migrants escape from misery. The entry ends with some concluding remarks.

Keywords: Migration; International Organization for Migration; Mandate; Humanitarianism; Challenges; Financing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
ISBN: 9781802204148
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