Arab Expatriate Exchange is IOM’s insitutional communication with expatriate groups from the Middle East and North Africa Inside this issue : • Migration and Development in Jordan: Unraveling Complex Interconnections • Building Bridges of Understanding: One Researcher Gives Back with Knowledge, Advice, and Mentorship • Alwehdah: Helping to Rebuild Yemen from across the Ocean

This booklet provides key information on different channels of Diaspora remittances including the players in this crucial financial sector. Carefully research, focus interviews with Diaspora officials and other stakeholders were undertaken to collate and put together the booklet - the first of its kind in the country.

This paper is part of the IOM Migration Research Leaders Syndicate’s contribution toward the Global Compact for Migration. It is one of 26 papers that make up a consolidated Syndicate publication, which focuses on proposing ways to address complex and pressing issues in contemporary international migration.

“The Migration of Culinary Traditions in the Region” is a book of recipes garnered by IOM staff in Missions across South-Eastern Europe, Eastern Europe and Central Asia. The recipes give insight into the rich cultural heritage of each country and are meant to be shared as a way of celebrating the histories and stories of migration that each meal embodies. The book celebrates how food can bring people together, how sharing a meal can promote understanding and tolerance, and how cuisine evolves with human migration.

Arab Expatriate Exchange is IOM’s insitutional communication with expatriate groups from the Middle East and North Africa. Inside this issue: Preserving the past for the future: Arab American National Musuem Little Syria, NY: An immigrant Community’s Life & Legacy What is new at IOM and Announcements

Arab Expatriate Exchange is IOM’s insitutional communication with expatriate groups from the Middle East and North Africa. Inside this issue: Meet two of the expatriate athletes participating in the 2016 Rio Olympic Games!

Ironically, with more and more people livingand working further and further from theirplace of birth the world is growing smallerand the sense of need for connecting andattaching to their native homelands increases.These bonds of ethnicity represent greatplatforms for increasing the influence ofcountries abroad and for developing supportfrom their successful expatriates. The potentialfor these flows of influence, information andincome are staggering.

This study in French is the first attempt to provide an exhaustive analysis of Bukinabé diaspora. The general aim of this research is to see to what extent diaspora associations are engaged or willing to engage into cooperative or investment actions in their home countries, to determine their historical formation, their modes of structuration, types of actions led, constraints and expectations,etc... Cette étude en Francais est la premiere tentative d'analyse exhaustive de la diaspora burkinabé.

Arab Expatriate Exchange is IOM’s insitutional communication with expatriate groups from the Middle East and North Africa Inside this issue : CNIEA: Helping Iraqi immigrants build a new life in Canada Young Egyptian-American connects peers NARWI: a crowdfunding platform for Arab expatriates to support Arab entreprene

Engaging diaspora communities with their countries of origin is an important aspect of IOM’s global work. Many members of overseas diaspora communities remain connected with their country of origin. They contribute to their new country, but can also be powerful development actors. IOM’s Migration and Development projects aim to exchange knowledge and skills for the reconstruction and development of countries of origin. IOM has over 30 years of experience with programmes involving temporary assignments of overseas diaspora communities based on knowledge exchange in countries of origin.