The IOM’s Humanitarian Border Management in the West African Ebola Crisis (2014–2016)

Crisis and Change at IOM

“…101 Since the organization lacked a healthrelated framework for operation at the time, IOM started projects under its recently established 'Humanitarian Border Management' (HBM) framework, which intends to prepare governments and border authorities for crisis-induced mass movements and displacement. 102 IOM joined a cluster of IOs responding to the EVD crisis, which included the World Health Organization (WHO) and was coordinated at headquarters' level by the UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER). 103 Contrary to IOM's previous crisis responses, it is worth noting that the organization did not jump on the opportunity to enter uncharted territory in the case of the Ebola epidemic.…”