Knowledge Platform

Information Type:

Policy Brief: COVID-19 and People on the Move

The COVID-19 crisis presents us with an opportunity to reimagine human mobility for the benefit of all while advancing our central commitment of the 2030 Agenda to leave no one behind. In the pursuit of this objective, this Policy Brief offers four basic tenets to guide our collective response.

Date of publication:

01 July 2020

Source:

United Nations (UN)

Information Type:

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

IOM-UNHCR Framework document on developing standard operating procedures to facilitate the identification and protection of victims of trafficking

This document intends to encourage the development of standard operating procedures (SOPs) between IOM and UNHCR at field level, and suggests a procedure for cooperation to ensure that the available expertise, capacities, and potential of each organization are effectively employed and coordinated to...

Date of publication:

01 June 2020

Source:

Information Type:

International Centre for migration Policy Development (ICMPD)

Factsheets on Border Management during COVID-19

The Border Management & Security (BMS) Programme of the International Centre for Migration Policy Development chiefly supports border and migration-related agencies in institutional development and capacity-building activities.

Date of publication:

01 May 2020

Source:

Information Type:

Family Reunification for Refugee and Migrant Children: Standards and Promising Practices

This handbook focuses on family reunification with children, including unaccompanied and separated refugee and migrant children in the member states of the Council of Europe.

Date of publication:

07 April 2020

Source:

Council of Europe

Information Type:

European Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA)

Fundamental Rights of Refugees, Asylum Applicants and Migrants at the European Borders

Council of Europe (CoE) and European Union (EU) Member States have an undeniable sovereign right to control the entry of non-nationals into their territory.

Date of publication:

28 March 2020

Source:

Information Type:

Migration Policy Institute (MPI)

Towards a Global Compact for Migration: A Development Perspective

A series of issue briefs explores core issues for the Global Compact for Migration, such as legal migration pathways, return migration and reintegration policies, skills partnerships, the impact of development interventions on migration, and international migration governance.

Date of publication:

01 January 2020

Source:

Information Type:

IOM Guidance on Referral Mechanisms

The practical guidelines contained in this publication provide guidance on how to develop and implement referral mechanisms for the protection and assistance of migrants vulnerable to violence, exploitation and abuse.

Date of publication:

31 December 2019

Source:

Information Type:

World Migration Report 2020

The World Migration Report 2020, the tenth in the world migration report series, has been produced to contribute to increased understanding of migration throughout the world.

Date of publication:

29 November 2019

Source:

Information Type:

Report

MICIC Guidelines in Action - G 12: Establish Clear Referral Procedures among Stakeholders

GiA12 (developed by Migrants in Countries in Crisis (MICIC)), on establishing referral procedures among key stakeholders, lists mechanisms that have been established to identify migrants' specific needs and refer individual migrants to actors that are best placed to meet them.

Date of publication:

05 August 2019

Source:

Information Type:

Access to Justice: A Migrant's Right

The purpose of this Information Note is to provide a broad overview of the right to access justice and its specific content for migrants, regardless of their legal status, and in light of States’ obligations laid down in international instruments and relevant jurisprudence.

Date of publication:

03 June 2019

Source:

Information Type:

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)

Uniform Guidelines for the Identification and Referral of Victims of Human Trafficking within the Migrant and Refugee Reception Framework in the OSCE Region

These uniform Guidelines constitute a set of practical measures designed to enhance the identification of victims of human trafficking by front-line professionals engaged in migrant and refugee reception procedures in the OSCE region.

Date of publication:

12 March 2019

Source:

Information Type:

Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM)

The global compact for migration is the first, intergovernmentally negotiated agreement, prepared under the auspices of the United Nations, to cover all dimensions of international migration in a holistic and comprehensive manner.

Date of publication:

19 December 2018

Source:

UN General Assembly

Information Type:

Other

How to convey Child-friendly information to Children in Migration: A Handbook for Frontline Professionals

This handbook has been developed to equip professionals and volunteers who interact with migrant and refugee children to communicate in a child-friendly way about their rights and the procedures affecting them.

Date of publication:

04 December 2018

Source:

Council of Europe

Information Type:

Migration and the 2030 Agenda: A Guide for Practitioners

This guide is designed to serve government actors, both national and local, involved in any process of Sustainable Development Goal implementation, including those working specifically in migration, and those working in other sectors who are interested in integrating migration.

Date of publication:

02 October 2018

Source:

Information Type:

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)

Access to Justice for Migrant Persons: Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants

The report contains a study on effective access to justice for migrants, and analyses the obstacles faced by migrants in their access to justice, stresses the need for the establishment of “firewall” protections to safeguard this right and provides recommendations to States to ensure effective...

Date of publication:

01 September 2018

Source:

United Nations (UN)

Information Type:

Report

Principles and guidelines, supported by practical guidance, on the human rights protection of migrants in vulnerable situations

These Principles and Guidelines provide concrete and operational guidance to assist States to design, implement and monitor migration governance measures that respect and protect the human rights of migrants in vulnerable situations.

Date of publication:

01 January 2018

Source:

Information Type:

International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)

Note on migration and the principle of non refoulement

Throughout history, high numbers of persons have left, or have been forced to leave, their countries of origin. In order to protect migrants or refugees against being returned to places in which their fundamental rights are in danger, States have developed the principle of non-refoulement.

Date of publication:

01 January 2018

Source:

Information Type:

The Joint Migration and Development Initiative (JDMI)

JMDI Toolbox and E-course on Migration and Local Development

The JMDI Toolbox (and e-course) is the most comprehensive toolkit for all stakeholders working on migration and development at the local level, including local and national authorities, civil society, migrants’ associations, academia, international organizations and others.

Date of publication:

31 December 2017

Source:

Information Type: