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Resource Bank on COVID-19: Ensuring Migrant Inclusion and Social Cohesion Amid a Pandemic

This resource bank compiles essential tools and practical guidance from multiple international agencies on key issues and challenges related to the impacts of the pandemic on migrant inclusion and integration.

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29 May 2020

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United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)

Social protection for migrant during the COVID-19 crisis: The right and smart choice (2020)

This blog post talks about social protection for migrants during COVID-19. Ensuring that migrants are included in policy responses can help protect this particularly vulnerable group during the crisis.

Date of publication:

28 April 2020

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World Bank Group

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Other

The Impact and Policy Responses for COVID-19 in Asia and the Pacific

This policy note summarizes the key impacts of COVID-19 in the Asia-Pacific region and suggests short- and medium-term recommendations for consideration by member States to shape responses for a sustainable future.

Date of publication:

26 March 2020

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Leaving no one behind: Access to social protection for all migrant women

Social protection is a universal human right and a key element of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. While this right unequivocally applies to migrants, irrespective of migration status, migrant women in particular often remain excluded.

Date of publication:

14 January 2020

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UN Women

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Mainstreaming the Health of Migrants in the Implementation of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration

This information sheet provides an overview of the key health-related GCM commitments and actions, as well as selected examples of IOM action in supporting Member States in implementation and capacity building for migration health programmes.

Date of publication:

02 January 2020

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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

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Healthy Migrants In Healthy Communities

This information sheet explains IOM’s mission and approach to health, and it gives an overview of the three programmatic areas of the Migration Health Division.

Date of publication:

01 January 2020

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IOM Handbook for migrants vulnerable to violence, exploitation and abuse

The Handbook is intended to support case managers, service providers, communities, humanitarian and development actors, States and other actors working to provide protection and assistance to migrants vulnerable to violence, exploitation and abuse.

Date of publication:

31 December 2019

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Project Development Manual for Migrants’ Associations: Global Development Agents

Based on a training module used in Italy, this manual provides training to support migrants’ and diaspora associations as they design and implement development projects in their countries of origin, following the project lifecycle.

Date of publication:

31 December 2019

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Universal Health Coverage “Leave No Migrant Behind"

This information sheet explains why a migrant-inclusive universal health coverage is important, how it relates to the SDGs and how IOM works together with Member States and other partners towards achieving migrant-inclusive UHC.

Date of publication:

01 December 2019

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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

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International Social Security Association

Ten global challenges for social security – 2019

This flagship report demonstrates how social security institutions worldwide are innovating to adapt to the digital economy and new forms of work, tackle demographic changes, extending coverage and meeting growing public expectations. The last chapter is focused on the protection of migrant workers.

Date of publication:

14 October 2019

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

Promising local practices for the right to health for migrants

This OHCHR study maps some promising field research-based practices in cities throughout Europe that facilitate access to health care and services for migrants (irregular and regular), as well as for other individuals and groups that fall through the cracks.

Date of publication:

02 January 2019

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Analysis

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

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UN General Assembly

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Other

Social protection for migrant workers in ASEAN: Developments, challenges, and prospects

This report provides an overview of the developments, challenges, and prospects of social protection for migrant workers in ASEAN.

Date of publication:

18 December 2018

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International Labour Organization (ILO)

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Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Aspectos de la migración nicaragüense en Costa Rica

El reporte describe la evolución histórica de la migración hacia Costa Rica, enfocándose principalmente en el flujo Nicaragua-Costa Rica que representa la mayoría del flujo migratorio a la región.

Date of publication:

02 November 2018

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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

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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

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United Nations (UN)

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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

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