This report comes at a time when global suffering has vastly increased vulnerabilities to trafficking. Extreme poverty is expected to rise for the first time in decades, with the continuing COVID-19 crisis casting a long shadow over our societies and economies. Trafficking in persons remains a...

Voluntary national report submitted by the government of Sweden on its progress on the implementation of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, ahead of the regional review for Europe and North America that took place in November 2020.

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Voluntary national report submitted by the government of Belarus on its progress on the implementation of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, ahead of the regional review for Europe and North America that took place in November 2020.

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This report presents information on levels and trends in international migration, including refugees and asylum seekers, for regions and countries of origin and destination of international migrants, and the state of international migration policies of the Member States.

This report analyses how migrant wages have evolved in 49 countries before the COVID-19 pandemic. It details the difficulties faced by migrants in receiving the same pay as nationals. It examines gender discrimination affecting women migrants and the difficulties migrants have in getting a job that...

This report explores the ways in which seven countries have organised their consular services for citizens residing or traveling abroad. The study, commissioned by the Netherlands House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer), identifies insights about how other countries have organised and implemented...

The May 2015 humanitarian crisis stemming from irregular maritime flows of Rohingya and Bengalis in the Bay of Bengal brought migrant smuggling networks into sharp focus. Long-term systematic persecution and interethnic violence in Myanmar, and a lack of livelihood opportunities in Bangladesh (where...

This second volume builds on the 2016 report, covering the following countries and regions: the Middle East; Central Asia; Russian Federation; Southern Europe; Southern Africa; Mexico; Ecuador; and Canada. 

The EU 2020 Rule of Law Report presents a synthesis of the rule of law situation in the European Union and an assessment of the situation in each EU member state in dedicated chapters.

This report recognizes the impediments to access to justice, faced by migrants and lays down the legal standards developed by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights regarding the human rights of migrants, based on the obligations of States under...

This report analyses access to justice for migrant workers in South-East Asia and provides recommendations for improving complaint mechanisms for labour rights abuses.

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...

This Report is of the Special Rapporteur, Ms. Gabriela Rodríguez Pizarro, submitted pursuant to Commission on Human Rights resolution 2004/53. The report informs on progress in the areas of investigation identified by the Special Rapporteur, in her first report to the Commission, as priorities for...

The report addresses the issue of racial discrimination in the context of laws, policies and practices concerning citizenship, nationality and immigration. It identifies and reviews contemporary racist and xenophobic ideologies, and institutionalized laws, policies and practices, which together have...

This report constitutes a first global overview of the state of national migration governance across the world. It analyses MGI data to show and discuss policy trends in a number of policy areas that relate to migration (health, education, security and economy among others). These findings are...

This report is the second part of FRA’s series on severe forms of labour exploitation and is based on accounts from 237 adult migrant workers who are victims. The analysis looks at unscrupulous practices from employers and identifies significant gaps in legal and administrative measures in terms of...

In order to promote a strong focus on the human rights of migrants in the lead-up to the 2013 High-Level Dialogue and beyond, the Secretary General tasked the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), in consultation with the Global Migration Group (GMG) and other UN...

This report explores how local authorities and civil society organisations can create effective integration models and cooperate in fostering more inclusive social services for migrants. The first section of the report focuses on the opportunities and challenges of cooperation from the perspective...

Medium and small cities and rural areas in Europe have increasingly found themselves addressing the needs of migrants and refugees and developing and implementing integration programmes for their newly arrived residents. This report explores the context in which, and the structures through which...

This paper takes stock of the broad issues involved in the labour market integration of immigrants in G20 countries, as well as of the policies at hand to free their full potential.