Migration Detention and Alternatives to Detention

The International Organization for Migration’s (IOM) Immigration and Border Management (IBM) Division’s work in the field of immigration detention focuses on the promotion of alternatives to detention, providing governments with related policy support, as well as improving migrants’ living conditions in detention centres according to international standards and best practices. IOM’s activities, which strictly exclude any participation in the running or managing of detention facilities, uphold IOM’s strategy of enhancing a humane management of migration. While the use of detention centres is the State’s prerogative, IOM’s interventions on immigration detention aim to ensure migrants’ human rights are fully upheld.