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A New Hope: The role of the Platform Economy in facilitating migrants into the Swedish labour market

This study begins by taking a political and historical look at the evolution of migration in Sweden as well as the development of the Platform Economy. It then goes on to highlight the need for low-skilled and high-skilled labour before underlining how the Platform Economy can support migrants’...

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24 March 2021

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Free Trade Europa

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Diaspora Inclusion: Harnessing the potential of the African diasporain sustainable development

Diaspora engagement has generated increasing political interest in recent years. It has been explicitly included in the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration in Objective 19: “Create conditions for migrants and diasporas to fully contribute to sustainable development in all...

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09 March 2021

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Covid-19 and the socioeconomic situation of migrants in Niger: Analysis of 4Mi data collected in Niger between July and September 2020

This quantitative analysis intends to inform a further qualitative research that will be undertaken by OHCHR to provide additional in-depth human rights analysis of the socio-economic impacts on the human rights of migrants in the Agadez region in Niger. The overall aim of both assessments is to...

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04 February 2021

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4Mi snapshot: Trends in the impact of COVID-19 on refugees and migrants in Guatemala and Mexico

This snapshot offers an analysis on how the impact of the COVID-19 crisis among refugees and migrants in Guatemala and Mexico has changed between July and November of 2020. It is based on 4Mi interviews with refugees and migrants and a few key informant interviews in Guatemala City and Tapachula. It...

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01 February 2021

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4Mi snapshot: Humanitarian assistance for Venezuelan refugees and migrants during the pandemic: what has changed over time?

This snapshot offers an analysis on how the trends in assistance needed and received among Venezuelan refugees and migrants in Colombia and Peru have changed since the COVID-19 crisis began. It aims to contribute towards a solid evidence base to inform targeted responses on the ground, as well as...

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25 January 2021

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United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA)

SDG Indicator 10.7.2 Data Booklet

This data booklet highlights current migration policies and measures to inform SDG indicator 10.7.2 “Number of countries with migration policies to facilitate orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration and mobility of people”. The Population Division of the United Nations Department of...

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01 January 2021

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Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)

Integration and Development: Need for Dialogue

This PRIO Paper examines how the integration experiences of migrants and their descendants in settlement countries affect development processes in countries of origin. Eight specific conduits for diaspora contributions to development are reviewed, including remittance-sending, voting and activism...

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31 December 2020

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Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

Conflict, migration and food security: The role of agriculture and rural development

This brief makes the connection between food security, conflict and migration.

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18 December 2020

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Platform on Disaster Displacement

Working Together Better to Prevent, Address and Find Durable Solutions to Internal Displacement: GP20 Compilation of National Practices

This compilation is the key output of the three-year multi-stakeholder consultative process to implement the GP20 Plan of Action for Advancing Prevention, Protection and Solutions for Internally Displaced Persons. The initiative focused on how the Guiding Principles and other international standards...

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18 December 2020

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A Sharper Lens on Vulnerability (North Africa) A statistical analysis of the determinants of vulnerability to protection incidents among refugees and migrants in Libya

The journeys of people engaged in mixed migration to and through Libya tend to be long and perilous. To identify the demographic, social, and economic determinants of vulnerability to protection incidents – advanced statistical modelling was applied to a unique dataset of more than 5,000 refugees...

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01 December 2020

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Human Mobility in the context of Environmental and Climate Change: Assessing current and recommended practices for analysis within DTM

The objective of this document is to provide the readers with a better understanding of how DTM (Displacement Tracking Matrix) can contribute to data gathering and analysis on human mobility in the context of environmental degradation, climate change and disasters, and help address relevant policy...

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26 November 2020

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Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS)

Fear and lying in the EU: Fighting disinformation on migration with alternative narratives

Migration remains a salient political issue and a major topic of disinformation. This paper identifies and analyses misleading and hostile narratives on migration in Europe and formulate concrete recommendations on how to tackle them.

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26 November 2020

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United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

Issue Paper on Interlinkages between Trafficking in Persons and Marriage

The present issue paper explores the extent and circumstances under which different forms of marriage may fall within the scope of the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children. It combines research methodology and legal analysis to arrive at...

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07 October 2020

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Mentoring Returnees: Study on Reintegration Outcomes Through a Comparative Lens

This study – a collaboration between the International Organization for Migration, Samuel Hall and the University of Sussex – builds on previous research on the reintegration of returning migrants to analyse outcomes of reintegration in three fieldwork countries (Guinea, Morocco and Senegal), and an...

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01 October 2020

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Proyecto de inclusión económica: estudio de inclusión financiera de refugiados y migrantes venezolanos y población local en las ciudades de Lima (Perú), Quito y Guayaquil (Ecuador)

El presente Estudio de Inclusión Financiera se realiza en el marco de la implementación del Proyecto de Inclusión Económica en Perú y Ecuador, financiado por USAID e implementado por el Consejo Mundial – WOCCU dirigido a promover el acceso a servicios financieros de población refugiada y migrante...

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22 September 2020

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USAID

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Organization of American States (OAS)

Situation of Venezuelans Who Have Returned and Are Trying to Return to Their Country in the Context of COVID-19

The report, prepared by the Office of the OAS General Secretariat for the Venezuelan migrant and refugee crisis, analyzes the way in which the difficulties faced by this group have increased significantly due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the measures adopted by the States of the region to address it...

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10 September 2020

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Time for a reset: Implications for child migration policies arising from COVID-19

This paper is part of a series of short “think pieces” by IOM’s Migration Research High Level Advisers on the potential changes, impacts and implications for migration and mobility arising from COVID-19. Designed to spark thinking on policy and programmatic responses to COVID-19 as the impacts...

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01 August 2020

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West And Central Africa — Regional Mobility Mapping (June 2020)

The West and Central Africa Mobility Mapping report is a compilation of maps showing various mobility trends and mobility factors for movements to and from the West and central Africa region (forced displacement, transhumance, labour movements, etc.). This work is based on multiple data collection...

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30 June 2020

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Nepal: COVID-19 & The Return Of Migrants

Many migrant workers, most of them from Nepal, lost their employment when the Indian government imposed a strict lockdown on 25 March 2020 to contain the spread of COVID-19. In March alone, around 500,000 people crossed the border from India without any screening or other measures applied. This...

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12 June 2020

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ACAPS

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