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Jun 22, 2017 10:49 AM
Author: Eliza Marks
Publishing Date:
2017
Category: Research
International migration is a major driver of social and economic change in the contemporary Asia-Pacific region. In 2013, of the estimated 231.5 million migrants in the world, over 59 million were found in countries of this region, an increase of almost 7 million compared to 1990. Over 95 million migrants came from countries in Asia or the Pacific, an almost 50 per cent increase compared to 1990.
As the economies of the region further develop and the demographic transition continues at varying speeds, people are increasingly likely to migrate as both the demand for migrant labour and the supply of people willing and able to migrate will grow. Migration is therefore a structural reality in the Asia-Pacific region, both today and in the years to come. To manage this growing migratory trend in such a way as to ensure that it brings positive benefits to all concerned, countries in the Asia-Pacific region need to establish policies grounded in principles of respect for human rights, decent work and social protection for all, migrants and nationals alike.
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Jun 21, 2017 01:27 PM
Author: International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Publishing Date:
2017
Category: Information Material
Despite the growing recognition of the importance that migration health plays in advancing global health and sustainable development goals, there is a paucity of technical guidance and “lessons learned” documents to guide Member States, international organizations, academia, civil society and other stakeholders seeking to develop effective migration health policies and interventions using evidence-based approaches. Governments today are faced with the challenge of integrating health needs of migrants into national plans, policies and strategies as outlined in the 61st World Health Assembly Resolution on Health of Migrants. Studying the health of migrants residing within and crossing national borders, across diverse linguistic and cultural gradients and with differing legal status pose challenges in evidence generation. The International Organization for Migration’s migration health research series aims at sharing high-yield scientific papers and analytical commentaries aimed at advancing migration health policy and practice at national, regional and global levels. The first book of the series is a two-part volume profiling the development of the National Migration Health Policy and intervention framework in Sri Lanka, which to a large extent was driven by an evidence-informed, multisectoral approach.
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Jun 21, 2017 01:21 PM
Author: Anette Brunovskis
Publishing Date:
2017
Category: Information Material
In recent years, the flow of migrants and refugees through the Balkans has significantly increased. To date, there has been limited empirical evidence of when, why and how vulnerability to human trafficking arises in mass movements of migrants and refugees. New patterns of vulnerability and exploitation challenge established procedures for identification of and assistance to trafficking victims. This paper presents different experiences of trafficked migrants and refugees who have moved to and through Serbia over the past two years, and explores challenges and barriers to their formal identification and assistance as victims of human trafficking. The paper concludes with specific recommendations on how government and civil society stakeholders may begin to work more effectively on this issue to and to better identify and assist trafficked migrants/refugees.
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Jun 21, 2017 01:15 PM
Author: International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Publishing Date:
2017
Category: Information Material
The International Organization for Migration’s (IOM) Regional Strategy for the Middle East and North Africa sets out key objectives to guide IOM’s operations, strategic positioning and policy and advocacy work for the period from 2017 to 2020. While not a summary of the full breadth of IOM programming in the region, the objectives represent priority areas for action to improve the conditions and impacts of migration for individuals and societies, address acute and structural challenges in migration governance, and contribute to meeting international commitments and standards. The strategy aligns with the principles and objectives of the Migration Governance Framework, which was endorsed by IOM Member States in 2015. It also outlines subregional priorities for North Africa, the Mashreq and the Gulf countries and specifies cross-cutting issues and institutional principles that IOM adheres to throughout its work to maximize organizational effectiveness.
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Jun 21, 2017 01:10 PM
Author: International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Publishing Date:
2017
Category: Information Material
This publication contains the report and complementary materials of the two workshops held in 2016 under the overarching theme “Follow-up and Review of Migration in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)” within the framework of the International Dialogue on Migration (IDM), IOM’s principal forum for migration policy dialogue. The two workshops were held in New York on 29 February and 1 March, and respectively in Geneva on 11 and 12 October 2016.
The first workshop addressed the implications of migration being included in the Sustainable Development Goals, it discussed tools and mechanisms that could help Member States to measure progress on achieving relevant migration-related SDG targets, as well as it looked, inter alia, at options for “thematic review” of migration-related SDG targets and at the role of International Organizations in achieving the migration targets.
Building on the conclusions of the first workshop, the second workshop assessed progress in the implementation of the migration-related SDGs. It discussed the state of migration policies one year after the adoption of the 2030 Agenda from the perspective of States and other stakeholders in the migration area, presented best practices in countries making progress on the migration-related SDGs, and looked at how can the institutional capacity of States to measure and report on progress on achieving the migration-related targets be improved.
By dedicating its major policy discussion forum to discussions on implementation, follow-up and review of migration aspects of the SDGs, IOM wished to open a space for IOM Member States and relevant key players in migration and development area, to present strategies and measures that they are putting in place to achieve the migration-related targets, including good practices, challenges, lessons learned and areas that need support and shared experiences.
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Jun 21, 2017 01:06 PM
Author: International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Publishing Date:
2017
Category: Information Material
This report follows on from the implementation of two distinct but complementary European Union-funded projects implemented by the International Organization for Migration (IOM): Coordinated Approach for the REintegration of victims of trafficking returning voluntarily to any third country (CARE project) and Transnational ACtion – Safe and sustainable return and reintegration for victims of Trafficking returning voluntarily to priority countries: Albania, Morocco and Ukraine (TACT project).
The two projects involved a total of nine European Union Member States – Austria, Cyprus, France, Greece, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom – committed to improving the return and reintegration programmes available for victims of trafficking, in order to make the process safer and more sustainable, as well as reduce the risks of re-trafficking. Bearing this objective in mind, IOM endeavoured through the implementation of both projects to develop, implement and fine-tune standard operating procedures for the return and reintegration of victims of trafficking, ensuring a continuum of care.
This joint report aims to gather and share the lessons learned through the implementation of both projects, suggesting a way forward for the establishment of transnational referral mechanisms between European Union Member States and third countries. The issue of transnational referral mechanisms is a key priority in the current European Union anti-trafficking efforts, as mentioned in the European Union Anti-trafficking Strategy for the period 2012–2016.
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Jun 21, 2017 01:01 PM
Author: International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Publishing Date:
2017
Category: Information Material
This paper has been commissioned by the International Organization for Migration to inform and assist the Organization in its role in servicing the intergovernmental negotiations towards a global compact for safe, orderly and regular migration following the adoption of the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants by the United Nations General Assembly in September 2016. Its objective is to review issues, themes and recommendations/proposals made by previous global migration initiatives and critically analyse areas of convergence and key tension points over time.
With that view, the paper provides a comparative thematic mapping structured along three main thematic clusters common to global migration initiatives:
(a) minimizing the negative aspects of migration by addressing the drivers and consequences of forced and irregular migration, and combating smuggling and trafficking; (b) acknowledging and strengthening the positive effects of migration; and (c) protecting migrants’ rights and ensuring their well-being. By then, identifying the major sub-thematic issues included in these thematic clusters, the analysis highlights that global migration initiatives converge on a substantial number of sub-thematic issues. Divergences between them either denote thematic trends that have emerged over time or more inherent tension points on which agreement is not yet achieved, that is, the opening up of more legal avenues for migration, the consideration of low-skilled labour migration outside temporary migration policies and the ratification of the 1990 International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families. It concludes on the need for more knowledge-based research on the subject and on the lack of clear objectives and action plans for these initiatives calling for more evidence-based research.
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Jun 21, 2017 12:56 PM
Author: International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Publishing Date:
2017
Category: Information Material
The primary goal of the paper is to propose a methodology to govern migration flows in an economically efficient and humane way. The proposal will introduce an alternative interpretation of economic migration flows that will allow for the classification of countries in potential departure and arrival countries, and more importantly to explain arrivals. The model will then be used – in substitution of the mechanical and unrealistic hypothesis that are presently adopted – to obtain a new procedure to jointly build labour market and demographic scenarios. The procedure will allow for the estimation of future labour needs and migration flows that will affect the European Union and countries characterized by the most significant declines in working-age population (WAP), as well as analyse the socioeconomic impacts of these migration flows. The same procedure will be done for Egypt, as a counter example of a country likely to send migrants. After discussing the extent to which migrations are the only possible solution to the structural lack of labour supply, the paper will present a detailed proposal on how to address, in a cooperative way, the mass migration that will take place from Africa to the European Union, both across the Mediterranean and increasingly through the Balkan countries.
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Jun 21, 2017 12:52 PM
Author: International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Publishing Date:
2017
Category: Information Material
Remittances that migrants send home play an important role in boosting the home country’s development as they are a steady, reliable source of investment that helps millions of individuals and households to raise living standards, improve health and education, provide capital for entrepreneurial pursuits and, in many instances, can foster financial inclusion. This is especially true for the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries, which present some of the highest remittance dependency ratios in the world. Despite multiple efforts and international commitments, challenges still remain. Costs of sending remittances are high, and there are many obstacles to access affordable formal remittance channels.
The publication ACP Countries: Key Challenges and Ways Forward presents the main challenges that ACP countries face today in relation to remittances and provides nine possible ways forward to tackle these difficulties.
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Jun 21, 2017 01:30 PM
Author: International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Publishing Date:
2017
Category: Research
The Socialist Republic of Viet Nam is one of the six pilot countries of the European Union-funded Migration, Environment and Climate Change: Evidence for Policy (MECLEP) project.
Drawing from an extensive number of sources, including academic papers and reports produced by the Government and national and international organizations, this assessment aims to: (i) provide an overview of the linkages between migration patterns and environmental change in Viet Nam; (ii) critically analyse national policies that address these links; and (iii) propose some related research and policy implications.
Viet Nam is particularly exposed to floods and typhoons as well as droughts and sea-level rise, which have major impacts on the country’s environment and the livelihoods of its 90.73 million people. Adverse environmental conditions clearly influence migration patterns in the country: since the 1990s, the relocation programmes implemented by the Government for communities affected by environmental degradation and the number of people internally displaced by natural hazards in recent years (more than 2 million between 2008 and 2015) are clear signs of the migration–environment nexus.
The report concludes that more detailed research should be conducted in order to fully understand the migration–environment nexus and exhaustively address the needs of relocated and displaced people in the country. The establishment of a ministry of migration could play an important role in ensuring that people migrate in the best conditions.
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Jul 04, 2017 01:28 PM
Author: Liu Minghui
Publishing Date:
2017
Category: Research
This study on domestic workers in China was conducted under the EU–China Dialogue on Migration and Mobility Support Project, a collaboration between the International Organization for Migration and the International Labour Organization, funded by the European Union. It examines the current situation of domestic workers in China with a focus on the case study of Beijing, including domestic workers’ recruitment, employment, working conditions, social security, accessibility to legal protection, and complaint mechanisms. The study identifies the gaps in the national policies and practices concerning domestic workers in China in light of international standards and good practices.
In addition, the study provides relevant policy recommendations to narrow the gaps with regard to international instruments and to promote the legitimate rights of domestic workers in China. The study is not only an illustration of the socioeconomic impact of migration on development – and urbanization in particular. It is an expression of hope that domestic work may transition from the informal to the formal economy and become a fully-fledged urban labour market in its own right in China’s near future.
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Aug 02, 2017 01:53 PM
Author: ILO-PROMOTE; JALA PRT; LBH APIK Jakarta
Publishing Date:
2017
Category: Information Material
The compendium is a compilation of domestic workers and child domestic workers cases conducted by LBH Jakarta and LBH APIK Jakarta, and Domestic Workers Union (SPDPRT) Sapulidi. They make breakthroughs in the handling of these cases.
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Aug 02, 2017 01:27 PM
Author: JALA PRT; ILO-PROMOTE
Publishing Date:
2017
Category: Information Material
This alternative education module was created to assist trainers / facilitators in facilitating the implementation of alternative education for domestic workers.
Implementation of this module highly requires participation from domestic workers to find and identify problems they face and realize solutions to solve problems. This module can be applied flexibly both time and material, meaning that training can be held in a certain time series in class or training periodically and in open space and the material can adjust to condition and requirement of domestic workers.
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Jun 23, 2017 07:25 PM
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2017
Category: Research
UNCDF research has shown that remittances are a high-volume driver for women’s financial inclusion, especially when accessed through digital channels. Although the rapid development of formal remittance markets in the Mekong region has been documented, few studies have examined informal remittance channels or disaggregated data by sex.
As a result, the relationships between international remittances and women’s financial inclusion remain little understood. This study explores both formal and informal international remittance markets in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Viet Nam and identifies innovative solutions to cross-border payments and tailored financial products that advance women’s financial inclusion. The paper generates insights from country-wide MAP-FinScope surveys and customer field interviews, and incorporates feedback from the region’s key remittance service providers through surveys and in-depth interviews.
The study finds that there is a need to formalize, digitize and customize products to better fit the needs of women recipients and form stronger linkages between international remittances and other financial services. Transitioning migrants from using informal to formal remittance products can potentially add an additional US$6–17 billion to the formal remittance market, which in turn can further unlock a more inclusive financial market. Providers identified several innovative solutions, including strengthening digital delivery channels, launching mobile wallet apps and developing remittance-linked savings, as the starting point for product bundling. Such product innovations could be accomplished within the prevailing regulations, although providers felt that clearer regulatory guidelines with regards to partnership models and non-bank institutions could further accelerate product innovation.
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Jun 02, 2017 10:18 AM
Author: AP Migration Team
Publishing Date:
2017
Category: CoP Product
May edition of the AP Migration Community Update, highlighting news, updates and resources from our network.
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