Migration Management / Policies

Hassan El Arabi : « En Espagne, il n’existe pas de problème d’immigration mais un problème d’émigration »

Date: 24/12/2011 - 10:16

Au lendemain de la victoire de la droite aux élections législatives espagnoles, un groupement d’associations d’immigrés latino-américains, roumains et marocains ont demandé à Mariano Rajoy de mettre fin aux descentes policières à l’encontre des étrangers. Quelques jours plus tard, Rafael Hernando, le porte-parole du Partido Popular, a annoncé un durcissement de la loi sur l’immigration. Que représente l’arrivée au pouvoir du Partido Popular pour la communauté étrangère installée en Espagne ?

The potential and difficulties of recruiting international healthcare personnel in Belgium

Date: 17/12/2011 - 07:41

How is healthcare personnel recruited? How do foreign-born workers integrate in the labour market in Belgium? What impact does international recruitment have on the country of origin? For a free download of the summary click here.

Tackling the Policy Challenges of Migration

Date: 27/11/2011 - 06:27

This book contributes to the current debate on migration policy, focusing on three main elements in the standard migration policy dialogue: the regulation of flows, the integration of immigrants and the impact of labour mobility on development.

Rebooting the American Dream: The Role of Immigration in a 21st Century Economy

Date: 14/11/2011 - 08:55

There is plenty of evidence that immigration helps to fuel the U.S. economy, just as it has throughout our history. Immigrants continue to play an important role in the economy as workers, entrepreneurs, taxpayers, and consumers. However, most observers agree that our current immigration system is outdated and dysfunctional, making it more difficult for the U.S. to compete in the global marketplace.

Migration and Development Policy: What Have We Learned?

Date: 19/10/2011 - 07:52

The policy brief sums up a number of critical lessons of recent years, including that policymakers have largely discarded the once-prevailing notion that economic development is a general cure for migration; and that while labor migration is salient, migration motivations abound and migrants who move for reasons other than work also make meaningful contributions to development in their countries of origin.

Modern slavery: the plight of migrant domestic workers in the UK

Date: 19/10/2011 - 07:36

It was almost enough to give me a warm fuzzy glow about Cameron — the news he had hired a Nepalese nanny through Kalayaan, a charity helping domestic workers to escape abusive employers.

Cambodia: Overhaul Protections for Migrant Domestic Workers

Date: 18/10/2011 - 07:27

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen’s proposed ban on sending domestic workers to Malaysia should be accompanied by a major overhaul in protections for these workers, Human Rights Watch said today. On October 14, 2011, Hun Sen promised an opposition lawmaker, Mu Sochua, to halt migration in the wake of repeated complaints of abuse during recruitment in Cambodia and employment in Malaysia.

Mixed responses to mixed migration in Africa

Date: 29/09/2011 - 06:17

Abdul worked as a journalist in Somalia before death threats from Al-Shabab militia drove him to leave his native country and head for Mozambique where friends told him he would receive help at Maratane refugee camp in Nampula Province.

The boat he boarded in Mombasa had 110 other passengers - some Somalis with stories similar to his own, and others Ethiopians, either fleeing their own armed conflicts or drought or both - all crammed together in one vessel by a smuggler aiming to maximize profits.

Migrant workers as a foreign policy issue

Date: 17/09/2011 - 16:24

In a state of union address before the House of Representatives on Aug. 16, 2011, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono underlined the paramount importance of the migrant workers issue in Indonesia’s relations with other countries, in particular those receiving our migrant workers.

The President reaffirmed Indonesia’s commitment to protecting the overseas workers through diplomacy and negotiations, as well as improvement of the internal recruitment mechanisms and decisions on sending people on missions abroad.

CARJ joins call for UK government to retain migrant domestic workers visa

Date: 12/09/2011 - 13:04