2019 2 IOM IN UGANDA, 2019 South Sudan Moyo Koboko Lamwo Yumbe Obongi Amuru D.R. Congo Hoima/Kikuube Nakasongola Ntoroko Iganga Bundibudyo Kenya Kasese Rubirizi Rukungiri Masaka Rwanda Tanzania Districts of Kampala Hoima Kikuube Isingiro Mbarara Yumbe Moyo Kyegegwa Lamwo Koboko Amuru Kasese Kisoro Bundibugyo Ntoroko Kaabong Amudat Moroto ⦿ Iganda Masaka ⦿ Rubirizi ⦿ Rukungiri⦿ Obongi⦿ Nakasongola,⦿ and in⦿ the refugee⦿ settlements⦿ of Nakivale, ⦿ Kyangwali,⦿ Kyaka ll,⦿ Palorinya and⦿ Bidibidi. ⦿ ⦿ ⦿ ⦿ ⦿ ⦿ ⦿ ⦿ ⦿ ⦿ ⦿ 3 IOM staff pose at the end of a team-building retreat Foreword by IOM in Our Migration Policy C Partners Chief of Mission Brief and Data O 4 5 6 7 N Community Humanitarian Protection & Resettlement T Emergencies Stabilization Assistance and Movement E 11 17 21 25 N Migration Migration, Immigration Canada Visa T Health Environment & & Border Application Programmes Climate Change Management Centre S 29 39 41 44 4 FOREWORD In Kampala, we supported youths, women and refugees and migrants, thanks to the Strengthening Social Cohesion and Stability in Slum Populations (SSCoS) project, funded by the European Union Trust Fund for Africa (EUTF), as well as two other projects funded by the Government of the United States of America. Labour exportation remains a thriving business, but fraught with problems such as inadequate protection abroad, and human trafficking. The Better Migration Management Programme (BMM), funded by EUTF and the German Government, worked to improve labour externalization, prevent human trafficking and improve border management. t is my pleasure to present to you the 2019 Iannual report of the International Organization Our longstanding programmes on Resettlement for Migration in Uganda. The report gives and Movement Management, Migration Health, highlights of IOM’s work towards making and Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration migration safe, orderly, humane and regular, in (AVRR) continued, and I would like to thank the partnership with the Government, UN sister Office of the Prime Minister, UNHCR and the agencies, and other partners. partner embassies for the strong collaboration. For Uganda, among other important During the year, the Canada Visa Application developments, 2019 was the year of Ebola virus Centre moved to a larger block, which has disease (EVD), which broke out across the improved the client environment. border in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in August 2018. As the fear of EVD spreading The year also ushered in a new project on beyond DRC kept the region awake day and Migration, Environment and Climate Change night, IOM Uganda deployed its Health, Border (MECC). We hope, in the coming years, to do and Mobility Management expertise to help keep more on MECC, and on internal displacement the threat at bay. I extend our thanks to the caused by natural disasters, both important United Nations Central Emergency Response aspects of IOM’s broad mandate. Fund (CERF) and the Government of Japan for funding our EVD preparedness activities, and to Finally, I would like to pay tribute to my the Ministry of Health, WHO and other partners predecessor, Mr Ali Abdi, who led IOM Uganda for the strong collaboration. for five years and left in October. I cannot forget to thank the entire IOM Uganda staff for their In 2019, we continued to support refugees dedicated service. and migrants and host communities in refugee settlements, especially with Water, Sanitation My team and I will be grateful for any feedback and Hygiene services. This was with support on this report, which you can kindly send to of the Directorate General for European Civil [email protected]. Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (DG-ECHO) and CERF. At least four piped water systems were completed in Kyangwali, Kyaka II and Palorinya refugee settlements, while a fifth one in Kyaka II was in final stages by the Sanusi Tejan Savage end of the year. Chief of Mission April 2020 5 IOM IN BRIEF Guests pose after the launch of IOM’s CERF project on Ebola Virus Disease stablished in 1951, the International Organization IOM also operates a Migration Health Assessment Efor Migration (IOM) is committed to the principle Centre (MHAC), a Transit Centre for refugees, and that humane and orderly migration benefits both the Canada Visa Application Centre, in Kampala. migrants and society in general. As the United IOM implements a range of programmatic Nations Migration Agency, IOM works with its interventions in areas such as Resettlement and partners to assist in meeting the growing operational Movement Management; Humanitarian Emergencies; challenges of migration, advance understanding of Migration Health (Assessments and Travel migration issues, encourage social and economic Assistance, Promotion, and Assistance for Crisis- development through migration, and uphold the Affected Populations); Community Stabilization wellbeing and human rights of migrants. The IOM and Durable Solutions; Labour Migration and constitution gives explicit recognition to the link Human Development; Migrant Protection and between migration and economic, social and cultural Assistance (including counter-trafficking and return development, as well as to the principle of freedom and reintegration assistance for stranded migrants); of movement of persons. IOM has 173 member Immigration and Border Management; Migration states, 8 countries holding Observer Status, and Policy and Data; as well as Migration, Environment offices in more than 100 countries. and Climate Change. IOM works in four broad areas of migration In terms of broad objectives, IOM Uganda works to: management: migration and development, facilitating migration, regulating migration, and addressing forced • Enhance capacity, knowledge and dialogue on migration. Cross-cutting activities include promotion migration, migration management, and migration of international migration law, policy debate and policy-making among relevant stakeholders. guidance, protection of migrants’ rights, migration • Promote safe and regular migration, in full health and the gender dimension of migration. respect of the human rights of all migrants, In Uganda, the IOM mission was established in 1988 with a view to improving development and has since been supporting the Government to outcomes of migration for migrants and address migration challenges, and building capacity communities. of relevant stakeholders. In 2019, besides its head office in Kampala, IOM has field sub-offices in • Build and enhance capacity for responses to Nakivale, Kyangwali, Kyaka II, Palorinya and Bidibidi migration dimensions of humanitarian crises, with refugee settlements, as well as a presence in Moroto a focus both on vulnerable mobile populations in the Karamoja sub-region. and affected communities. 6 Our Partners From the People of Japan EUROPEAN UNION European Union Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) ⦿IOM Development Fund IOM Global⦿ Assistance Fund Irish Aid⦿ (through Joint UN⦿ Programme of Support on AIDS) Ministry of Gender, Labour⦿ and Social Development ⦿ Ministry of Health Pri⦿vate Health sector (Clinics, Hospi⦿tals and laboratories) Ministry of Works and Transport Uganda⦿ AIDS Commission Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA)⦿ ⦿ ⦿ Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany Labour Recruitment agencies ⦿ ⦿ UNHCR ⦿ ⦿ Canadian High Commission ⦿ Embassy of Sweden Embassy of⦿ Denmark Embassy of the United States of Ameri⦿ca Embas⦿sy of Norway Embassy of ⦿the Netherlands Embassy of Japan Embassy⦿ of Belgium ⦿ ⦿ Country Team VFS ⦿Global Centers for Disease Control (CDC) ⦿ ⦿ ⦿ CEFORD AcTog⦿ether ALGOL Africa Limi⦿ ted Riamiriam civil soci⦿ety Network Humanitarian Assi⦿ stance and D⦿evelopment Services Uganda Youth⦿ Development Link. ⦿ ⦿ ⦿ ⦿ ⦿ ⦿ ⦿ MIGRATION POLICY AND DATA In line with Sustainable Development Goal 17 and Objective 1 of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, IOM supports Uganda in its efforts to collect and utilize accurate and disaggregated data as a basis for evidence-based policies for better management of migration. SDG 10.7 : Facilitating safe, orderly, regular and responsible migration SDG 17.18 : High-quality, timely and reliable data on migration. SDG 17.9 : Capacity building support to Government. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGS) GCM Objective 1 :Collection, analysis, utilization and dissemination of accurate, disaggregated data GCM Objective 23 :Supporting the national GCM implementation plan 8 POLICY AND DATA IOM Supports National Coordination Mechanism on Migration (NCM) Participants listen to an IOM facilitator on implementing the Global Compact for Migration (GCM) ith support from the Better discussions on policy development in WMigration Management (BMM), Uganda. During 2019, in two capacity-building trainings close partnership on migration management were As part of its capacity building efforts, IOM supported the NCM with the Office provided to members of the NCM. of the Prime BMM is funded by the European Union to undertake a benchmarking visit to Kenya. This visit provided an Minister (OPM), Emergency Trust Fund for Africa IOM contributed (EUTF) and the German Federal opportunity for both countries to share and document good practices to strengthening Ministry for Economic Cooperation inter-agency and Development (BMZ). on enhancing national coordination and cooperation on migration coordination The trainings covered the following management among national actors and whole-of- areas: Migration Data and Migration, and foster