IOM, the UN Migration Agency, launched the MigrantApp (MigApp) in 2017, the first pilot of an IOM global initiative to provide information to facilitate regular, safe, and orderly migration using mobile devices.

The MigApp provides reliable, rapid, and free information in three languages on governmental, private, and civil society services for migrants. The MigApp facilitates access to information on more than 1,500 georeferenced centers where migrants can receive assistance or information. The application also offers tips on regular and orderly migration, alerts on risks related to irregular migration and the option to answer mini surveys safely, thus fostering migrant empowerment. The MigApp provides information on health centers, consulates, and embassies, migration offices, human rights protection centers, as well as centers that offer shelter. It also includes information regarding training and employment, specific assistance for vulnerable groups of people such as women, children, and victims of trafficking in persons, as well as assistance programmes for migrants.