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Apr 23, 2019 05:58 PM
Author: Migrant Forum In Asia
Publishing Date:
2019
Category: Policy
As part of the regional campaign for the ratification of ILO Convention 189 on Decent Work for Domestic Workers, MFA developed the 12 reasons to Ratify ILO C189. Please find below the full text of the publication. A PDF copy of the publication can also be downloaded below.
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Apr 21, 2020 03:14 PM
Author: International Organization for Migration
Publishing Date:
2019
Category: Information Material
This project evaluation report reviews tools and activities piloted to build the capacity of foster carers to look after Albanian, Vietnamese and other unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in the United Kingdom who are identified – or potential – victims of human trafficking and modern slavery. These include tools to inform young people about foster care in their own language, thereby reducing their vulnerability to going missing from care and being trafficked.
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Apr 21, 2020 03:10 PM
Author: International Organization for Migration
Publishing Date:
2019
Category: Information Material
Debt and indebtedness are central to the lives of migrants from South-East Asia. Indebtedness can motivate the need for migration and, conversely, migrants regularly use loans to finance costly cross-border moves. The remittances that migrants then send home are often used to repay household debt. Yet while debt is frequently linked to migration, we are only now beginning to understand the scope and impact of debt on migrants’ lives.
Debt and the Migration Experience focuses attention on the role of debt in the migration process. It explores how debt influences migration decision-making, its role in facilitating migration, the lived experiences of indebtedness among migrant workers, and, finally, how debt shapes return decision-making and experiences. It also aims to expand the understanding of how debt and financial insecurity shape the potential for sustainable return in the region. In this process, it is critical to understand how debt is taken and used across the migration experience. Indebtedness and other forms of financial insecurity that return migrants experience are often related to the specific circumstances of their migration and any debt associated with it. Through a better understanding of the relationship between migration and debt, the study aims to offer feasible recommendations on how to alleviate the burden of debt experienced by migrant workers and returnees in the region, and to suggest avenues for future research.
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Apr 16, 2020 05:15 PM
Author: International Organization for Migration
Publishing Date:
2019
Category: Policy
Migration Initiatives 2020 illustrates to Member States, governments, partners, the private sector and readers the planned interventions and global funding requirements of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) for 2020. Migration Initiatives 2020 is structured around the Migration Governance Framework, which outlines the six essential principles and objectives for facilitating orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration through planned and well-managed migration policies. Accompanying the overview of IOM’s planned actions for 2020, the publication showcases IOM’s regional- and country-level priorities and the funding needs to meet the growing operational challenges of migration, advance understanding of migration issues, encourage socioeconomic development through migration and uphold the well-being and human rights of migrants.
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Apr 20, 2020 07:17 PM
Author: International Organization for Migration
Publishing Date:
2019
Category: Information Material
Millions of men, women and children around the world move in anticipation or as a response to environmental stress every year. Disruptions such as cyclones, floods and wildfires destroy homes and assets, and contribute to the displacement of people. Slow-onset processes – such as sea-level rise changes in rainfall patterns and droughts – contribute to pressures on livelihoods, and access to food and water, that can contribute to decisions to move away in search of more tenable living conditions. Advances in meteorological and other sciences which inform about the dynamics and pace of climate change indicate that disruptions ranging from extreme weather events to large scale changes in ecosystems are occurring at a pace and intensity unlike any other known period of time on Earth. Anthropogenic climate change is expected to increasingly affect migration and other forms of people moving to manage these changing risks.
This chapter provides an up-to-date overview of environmental change and the spectrum of human mobility. It first explores different perspectives on environmental change and migration, ranging from the view that human mobility including migration is a security issue, that it is an issue of protection, and that it is a matter of adaptation and managing risks associated with environmental change. The chapter then provides examples of environmental migration from empirical research around the world. It then summarizes recent developments in the international policy sphere on the topic. The conclusion draws out the implications for research, policy and practice.
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Apr 20, 2020 03:42 PM
Author: International Organization for Migration
Publishing Date:
2019
Category: Training Material
Reintegration assistance at the community level – provides guidance on assessing community needs and engaging the community in reintegration activities. It also provides examples of community-level reintegration initiatives in the economic, social and psychosocial dimensions.
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Apr 16, 2020 02:56 PM
Author: International Organization for Migration
Publishing Date:
2019
Category: Policy
The global meeting of consultative processes on migration (known as GRCP) periodically brings together the Chairs and Secretariats of the main inter-State consultation mechanisms on migration or ISCMs – regional consultative processes on migration (RCPs), interregional forums on migration (IRFs) and global processes on migration – to foster exchanges and synergies on various migration topics and contribute to improved policy coherence at regional, intra-regional and global levels.
The Report summarizes the discussions and key outcomes of GRCP 8 “Advancing a common understanding of migration governance across regions” held on 5 April 2019 in Geneva. Organized on the eve of a new decade, GRCP 8 revisited ISCMs’ achievements and their continued relevance in the evolving migration governance setting.
In anticipation of GRCP 8, IOM pursued an Assessment of ISCMs. GRCP 8 proceedings were organized around the Assessments themes: (i) contribution to migration governance; (ii) structures and sustainability: and (iii) synergies and partnerships. This Summary Report illustrates the extensive contributions by ISCMs to migration governance at all levels, considering patterns in the various structures, the commonalities and differences, as well as existing synergies and partnerships and potential for more; and looks at the interconnections between the different discussions on migration governance and how these can lead to better results.
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Apr 16, 2020 02:55 PM
Author: International Organization for Migration
Publishing Date:
2019
Category: Policy
This Migration Governance Indicators (MGI) profile presents a summary of well-developed areas of migration governance in Timor Leste as well as areas with potential for further development, as assessed through the MGI. The MGI is a standard set of approximately 90 indicators to assist countries in assessing their migration policies and advance the conversation on what well-governed migration might look like in practice.
The incorporation of Sustainable Development Goal Target 10.7 into the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development created the need to define “planned and well-managed migration policies”. In 2015, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) developed the Migration Governance Framework (MiGOF). The Framework offers a concise view of an ideal approach that allows a State to determine what it might need to govern migration well and in a way that suits its circumstances. In an effort to operationalize the MiGOF, IOM worked with The Economist Intelligence Unit to develop the MGI.
The MGI helps countries identify good practices as well as areas with potential for further development and can offer insights into the policy levers that countries can use to develop their migration governance structures. The MGI takes stock of migration-related policies in place and operates as a benchmarking framework that offers insights into policy measures that countries might want to consider as they progress towards good migration governance.
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Apr 20, 2020 09:31 PM
Author: International Organization for Migration
Publishing Date:
2019
Category: Information Material
At a time when discussions on migration and migrants are often negatively skewed, it is important to reflect on the contributions that migrants have made, both to their communities of origin and destination. Chapter 5 begins by describing the key concepts related to contributions, while providing an analytical framework in the context of a rich body of academic and policy work on the topic.
The chapter then describes and analyses migrants’ contributions globally in reference to three aspects: sociocultural, civic–political and economic. Emerging impediments to the recognition of migrants’ contributions globally are also discussed, before outlining the implications for policy deliberations and for further research.
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Apr 20, 2020 10:38 PM
Author: International Organization for Migration
Publishing Date:
2019
Category: Training Material
Acknowledging migration as a social construct, this publication explores the link between Migration and Development as a field of policy and practice in the international arena. It provides a historical overview of how the understanding of this link has changed throughout the 20th and 21st centuries. The Migration and Development nexus entails that migration affects the outcomes of sectoral policies, as much as sectoral policies affect migration dynamics. In this framework, integration is a key aspect of the Migration and Development nexus. In particular, this publication illustrates how the Italian approach to Migration and Development has recognized integration as a fundamental part in the equation, showing the benefits of adopting systemic, programmatic and policy approaches that take migration, development and integration simultaneously into consideration.
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Apr 20, 2020 10:30 PM
Author: International Organization for Migration
Publishing Date:
2019
Category: Information Material
International migration is a complex phenomenon that touches on a multiplicity of economic, social and security aspects all around the world. In this overview chapter of IOM’s flagship publication, the World Migration Report 2020, readers will be able to access key trends, data and information at a glance. More than just an executive summary of the report, the overview chapter links the strategic “bigger picture” on migration and displacement dynamics to broader global transformations occurring around the world, especially as they related to (mis)information, political change and technology.
The World Migration Report 2020 seeks to use the body of available data, research and analysis on migration to help build the evidence base on some of the most important and pressing global migration issues of our time. By their very nature, the complex dynamics of global migration can never be fully measured, understood and regulated. However, as this report shows, we do have a continuously growing and improving body of data and information that can help us “make better sense” of the basic features of migration in increasingly uncertain times. For information on migration trends and issues globally, the World Migration Report 2020 is an authoritative reference like no other.
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Apr 23, 2019 06:08 PM
Author: Migrant Forum in Asia
Publishing Date:
2019
Category: Information Material
Through our work and the work of our partners on the ground, we found that there are several lacunae in legal and institutional channels for how migrants may secure justice for themselves. In cases that require intervention either in the form of legal aid, translation (from Arabic to English for example) or financial, migrants across the Middle East often resort to means outside the established system of complaint registration and resolution.
Throughout the migration process, migrants, particularly undocumented, face injustices of a legal nature. From recruitment to repatriation, they are faced with continued dilemmas of risking arrest. The conditions to the access to justice for workers are particularly affected by employment, gender, the capacity of the country of origin and their stage of the migration process.
Migration, as a complex phenomenon, renders the migrant, knowingly and otherwise, reliant on the legislative and enforcement institutions of the countries of destination and missions of the countries of origin in the former. Primarily, the question we and our members/partners on the field, seek to answer in our work is that of ensuring the self-reliance of the worker while protecting their rights. However, that becomes overwhelming when migrants have little to few rights (despite current changes) and face continued discriminatory attitudes from local authorities and the incapacity of their own missions to help them.
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Apr 20, 2020 03:38 PM
Author: International Organization for Migration
Publishing Date:
2019
Category: Training Material
Reintegration assistance at the structural level – proposes ways to strengthen capacities of all actors and to promote stakeholder engagement and ownership in reintegration programming. It suggests approaches for mainstreaming reintegration into existing policies and strategies.
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Apr 21, 2020 05:03 PM
Author: International Organization for Migration
Publishing Date:
2019
Category: Information Material
One of the most pressing governance challenges of our time is how to manage international migration effectively, and the related need to respect the interests and needs of migrants and their families as well as those of countries, right the way through the migration cycle (origin, transit, destination, return). Safe, orderly and regular migration is recognized as beneficial to all parties involved. Nonetheless, a significant share of international migration takes place outside regular channels, either through unlawful entry or through regular entry and irregular stay and work at destination. For high-income countries, combating irregular migration and channelling prospective migrants into regular flows is a high-priority policy challenge. This research project, led by Professor Anna Triandafyllidou from the European University Institute, examined key issues and current research on the links between regular migration pathways and irregular migration. Presented as a discussion paper to inform policy deliberations, the researchers’ findings point to the development of possible policy options and good practices that States could draw upon to improve their respective migration realities.
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Apr 21, 2020 05:02 PM
Author: International Organization for Migration
Publishing Date:
2019
Category: Information Material
This review revisits the role of inter-State consultation mechanisms on migration (ISCMs) in the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration with the aim to identify their potential contribution in attaining the global compact commitments and the potential complementarity and added value of ISCM engagement in the Global Compact for Migration, recognizing the ISCM’s mostly regional and interregional nature. The review is based on a desktop research of existing documents and ISCMs’ positions on the Global Compact for Migration, as well as survey and telephone interviews among ISCMs. While the review is not exhaustive of all ISCMs’ opinions, it nonetheless reveals a snapshot of where ISCMs see themselves in the Global Compact for Migration after its adoption. Building on the findings of the Seventh Global ISCM Meeting, this review highlights certain good practices of the surveyed ISCMs, which together cover a total membership of 160 States and include all regions of the world.
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Apr 20, 2020 09:14 PM
Author: International Organization for Migration
Publishing Date:
2019
Category: Information Material
The evidence originating from rigorous analysis and research on migration is the prime source and starting point for migration policymaking. It is also fundamental to migration practitioners, students, scholars and the public, as they examine aspects of migration and how they might be changing. A key challenge for many is how to determine the relevance and quality of an ever-growing body of migration research and analysis. It can often be overwhelming to identify what is important, and what should be afforded weight, when faced with virtual mountains of research output. This chapter is aimed in particular at those who would benefit from some broad guidance on this topic. It provides an overview of research and analysis on migration being undertaken and published by a range of actors – such as academics, governments, and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations – by building on the foundational chapter of the same name in the World Migration Report 2018.
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Apr 20, 2020 04:35 PM
Author: International Organization for Migration
Publishing Date:
2019
Category: Information Material
The World Migration Report (WMR) 2020 InfoSheets provide a succinct overview of each of the 11 chapters in the Report. They provide an easy and quick way to get a sense of the topics and issues examined in WMR 2020.
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Apr 16, 2020 04:12 PM
Author: International Organization for Migration
Publishing Date:
2019
Category: Information Material
Increased competition for qualified and highly qualified human resources in both developed and rapidly developing countries; the perception of educational migration as a factor in increasing the competitiveness of countries and increasing human capital are global trends in today’s migration processes. These trends apply to all Central Asian countries and largely determine the pace and nature of their development as well as the development of the entire region as a whole. In this context, a growing problem for Central Asian countries is the increasing migration of young people who want to obtain an education or work in other countries.
The purpose of the study is to provide an in-depth analysis based on qualitative and quantitative methods of youth migration in Central Asian countries as well as to develop recommendations to minimize risks and migration-related issues.
The regional field study was conducted by a group of national experts and researchers from Central Asian countries with the support of the mission of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Kazakhstan—the Subregional Coordination Office for Central Asia. Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan provided overall guidance and coordination for the project. This study was made possible as part of the IOM project “Asia Regional Migration Program” funded by the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM USA).
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