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- Title
The International Organization for Migration (IOM): Gaining Power in the Forced Migration Regime.
- Authors
BRADLEY, MEGAN
- Abstract
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) remains understudied, despite its dramatic growth in recent decades, particularly in the humanitarian sphere. In this article I examine key factors driving IOM's expansion, and implications for the forced migration regime. Despite lacking a formal protection mandate, IOM has thrived by acting as an entrepreneur, capitalizing on its malleability and reputation for efficiency, and carving out distinctive roles in activities including post-disaster camp management, data collection, and assistance for migrant workers in crises. I reflect on IOM's efforts to accrue increased authority and power, and suggest that understanding IOM's humanitarian engagements is now essential to understanding the organization itself and, increasingly, the forced migration regime.
- Subjects
INTERNATIONAL Organization for Migration; FORCED migration; CAMP management; LEGAL status of migrant labor; SERVICES for migrant labor
- Publication
Refuge (0229-5113): Canada's Journal on Refugees / Revue Canadienne sur les Réfugiés, 2017, Vol 33, Issue 1, p97
- ISSN
0229-5113
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.25071/1920-7336.40452