Migration General

The global economic crisis and migration: where do we go from here?

Date: 29/04/2011 - 16:34

The recent economic crisis, the worst in several decades, had wide implications for future migration and its management, going far beyond remittance flows.
The unprecedented speed and spread of its contagion effect led to significant changes in world labour markets and the pattern of global migration.

Abuse, Poverty and Migration: Investigating migrants' motivations to leave home in Burma

Date: 21/03/2011 - 14:28

International reporting of the large-scale migration of those leaving Burma in search of work abroad has highlighted the perils for migrants during travel and in host countries. However, there has been a lack of research about the root causes of this migration. Identifying the root causes of migration has important implications for the assistance and protection of these migrants.

Flawed policies expose migrants abuse

Date: 13/12/2010 - 06:50

Many governments' immigration policies and protection gaps expose migrants to abuse, Human Rights Watch said in a report today in advance of International Migrants Day, December 18, 2010. The abuses include labor exploitation, violence, trafficking, mistreatment in detention, and killings, yet the nations involved offer limited recourse to seek justice, Human Rights Watch said.

IOM: Invest now for tomorrow's generation

Date: 01/12/2010 - 06:44

The world will be taken by surprise by the relentless pace of migration unless States, international organizations and civil society make a concerted effort to invest in how they respond to it, says the World Migration Report (WMR) 2010 launched today by the International Organization for Migration (IOM).

Voice after Exit: Diaspora Advocacy

Date: 03/12/2010 - 10:38

Today’s diaspora organizations, communities, and individuals increasingly seek to influence government, media, private sectors, and other prominent groups in their countries of origin and of settlement – but despite their growing voice, success requires smart policy.

Paper on Migrant Workers

Date: 26/11/2010 - 10:21

In this policy paper, the SEANF doles out recommendations as well as the position of the body on the ASEAN Instrument to protect the rights of migrant workers and the work of the ASEAN Committee on the Implementation of the ASEAN Declaration on the Protection and Promotion of Rights of Migrant Workers (ACMW). It further urges the ACMW and the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) to avail of the expertise of SEANF on human rights issues.

National recommendations for each SEANF member are also provided in this paper.

Les nouveaux migrants sont des femmes et sont diplômés

Date: 18/11/2010 - 12:21

De plus en plus de femmes viennent en Belgique chercher un meilleur avenir et un partenaire, selon une analyse de l’immigration récente effectuée par le « Centrum voor Migratie en Interculturele Studies » de l’université d’Anvers.

Selon les chiffres les plus récents relayés par De Morgen, en 2007 la moitié (49 %) des arrivants était des femmes, un chiffre qui montait à 54 % pour les immigrés provenant de pays hors Union européenne et selon le Centrum voor Migratie en Interculturele Studies (CeMIs), ce chiffre continue d’augmenter.

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GFMD: The battle for world public opinion

Date: 15/11/2010 - 08:22

Internationally, migration stands out as one of the most heated issues of the times. Across the world, restictionist measures increasingly shape public discourse. On November 10 and 11, representatives of 146 governments met in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, where they discussed how public perceptions of migrants figure in the contemporary global political landscape.

América: Recordatorio virtual de los 72 inmigrantes asesinados en masa

Date: 02/11/2010 - 11:51

Al comienzo de su carrera Alma Guillermoprieto ganó un amplio reconocimiento como periodista en lo que fuera la primera investigación de la masacre de 1981 en El Mozote, El Salvador, donde cerca de ochocientos campesinos fueron asesinados por el ejército salvadoreño durante la guerra civil en esta nación.

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Migration and the economic crisis in the EU

Date: 27/10/2010 - 10:08

Study on Migration and the Economic Crisis: Implications for Policy in the European Union provides a synthesis and analysis of the latest available evidence in order to assess the impact of the global economic crisis on migrants and migration policy in the European Union. The findings presented in the report are based primarily on a survey conducted by IOM offices in the 27 EU Member States and Croatia, Norway and Turkey, the findings of seven commissioned country case studies (Czech Republic, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Spain and the UK) as well as desk research.