Submission form: Submission #2255

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Nombre del Estado o agente que presenta el compromiso (sírvase indicar el sitio web, si lo hay): ADVOCACY NETWORK AGAINST IRREGULAR MIGRATION  www.anaims.org
Pledging entity: Migrant Organisations
Is the country of the pledging entity a GCM Champion country?: {Empty}
Nombres y apellidos: Sheku Bangura
Puesto que ocupa: Founder and Executive Director
País: Sierra Leona (217)
Other country of implementation: Global (23641)
Region of implementation: {Empty}
Dirección de correo electrónico: advocacynetwork2@gmail.com
Secondary contact person: {Empty}
Secondary email: {Empty}

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Título del compromiso: MIGRANT REINTEGRATION, TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT PROJECT (MRTEP). A SUSTAINABLE MODEL OF MIGRANT REINTEGRATION
Tipo de compromiso (sírvase seleccionar): Individual (un solo Estado Miembro/ una sola parte interesada)
Is this a mirror pledge (pledge is also relevant to the Global Compact on Refugees) ?: {Empty}

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Naturaleza del compromiso (sírvase seleccionar): Material (p. ej., prestación de asistencia técnica o contribuciones en especie)

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Sírvase indicar el (los) objetivo(s) del Pacto Mundial para la Migración que este compromiso pretende promover: 2. Minimizar los factores adversos y estructurales que obligan a las personas a abandonar su país de origen ; 3. Proporcionar información exacta y oportuna en todas las etapas de la migración; 4. Velar por que todos los migrantes tengan pruebas de su identidad jurídica y documentación adecuada; 5. Aumentar la disponibilidad y flexibilidad de las vías de migración regular; 6. Facilitar la contratación equitativa y ética y salvaguardar las condiciones que garantizan el trabajo decente; 7. Abordar y reducir las vulnerabilidades en la migración; 8. Salvar vidas y emprender iniciativas internacionales coordinadas sobre los migrantes desaparecidos; 9. Reforzar la respuesta transnacional al tráfico ilícito de migrantes; 10. Prevenir, combatir y erradicar la trata de personas en el contexto de la migración internacional; 11. Gestionar las fronteras de manera integrada, segura y coordinada; 15. Proporcionar a los migrantes acceso a servicios básicos; 16. Empoderar a los migrantes y las sociedades para lograr la plena inclusión y la cohesión social; 17. Eliminar todas las formas de discriminación y promover un discurso público con base empírica para modificar las percepciones de la migración; 18. Invertir en el desarrollo de aptitudes y facilitar el reconocimiento mutuo de aptitudes, cualificaciones y competencias; 19. Crear las condiciones necesarias para que los migrantes y las diásporas puedan contribuir plenamente al desarrollo sostenible en todos los países; 20. Promover transferencias de remesas más rápidas, seguras y económicas y fomentar la inclusión financiera de los migrantes; 21. Colaborar para facilitar el regreso y la readmisión en condiciones de seguridad y dignidad, así como la reintegración sostenible; 23. Fortalecer la cooperación internacional y las alianzas mundiales para la migración segura, ordenada y regular

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Sírvase indicar qué principio(s) rector(es)1 es (son) particularmente pertinente(s) para este compromiso:
Cooperación internacional (739); Desarrollo sostenible (740); Derechos humanos (259); Perspectiva infantil (257)


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Sírvase describir el compromiso:
Sierra Leone’s labour migration policy was launched in 2018. According to the Government of Sierra Leone, the policy articulates the State’s commitment to ensure a labour migration process that adheres to the principles of good governance, rights and responsibilities enshrined in international protocols and national laws to advance opportunities for all men and women engaged in labour migration for decent and productive employment in conditions of freedom, dignity, security and equity.
There have been allegations of mistreatment and sexual abuse of Sierra Leonean women who have gone to the Middle East as domestic workers. This forced government to place a ban on the exportation of labour out of the country to address their issues. News of the horrors faced by migrants continues to filter in through various media but the movement of young people from Sierra Leone also continues on a daily basis. The tougher the economy becomes, the more young people become desperate to embark on the dangerous journey to Europe and other places of the world. 
Currently, returnee’s migrants have a reintegration program offered by IOM, but it is not enough to stop the growing trend of irregular migration in/from Sierra Leone. While there are no reliable statistics of returnees migrants who have gone back from the dangerous journey, over 90% of the current case load that received reintegration support from IOM are now broke and not economically productive. They are therefore angry, dissatisfied and pose a security threat to their communities and the country. 
The IOM Reintegration package from which the returnee’s migrants have so far benefitted includes support for the establishment of micro businesses to the tune of 1000 Euros. In the absence of the appropriate entrepreneurship skills and advice, nearly all the businesses have collapsed and the beneficiaries have found themselves as desperate and as destitute as before. The reintegration strategy has proved unsustainable and governments and NGOs have received serious back lash from desperate migrant returnees from time to time. A strategic reintegration approach is needed. 
The European Reintegration Networking defines reintegration as the “re-inclusion or re-incorporation of a person into a group or a process, example of a migrant into the society of his country of origin with the objective to enable these people to help themselves. The 2008 Global Report  by  the  MIREM  (Migration  de  Retour  au  Maghreb)  Project defines reintegration  as  a  process through  which  a  return migrant  participates  in  the social, cultural, economic and political life of the country of origin.  Based on these definitions of migrant reintegration, the current strategy cannot fully address the reintegration of the ever increasing number of return migrants.
The Lack of an effective Reintegration Coordination program at national level is a major challenge in addressing the root causes of irregular migration in Sierra Leone. 


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Sírvase señalar un plazo indicativo para el cumplimiento del compromiso: 15 Jul 2023

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