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The impact of COVID-19 on family remittances: A lifeline cut for migrants’ families

The UN Migration Network’s policy guidance, developed under the leadership of IFAD with support from IOM, OHCHR, UNICEF, UN Women, and the World Bank, highlights measures needed for an effective response to reduced remittances flows. It recommends that the provision of remittances is declared an...
Date of publication:
13 December 2020
Source:
UN Network on Migration
Information Type:
Policy Brief

Policy brief: Enhancing Access to Services for Migrants in the Context of COVID-19 Preparedness, Prevention, Response and Beyond

At a glance This policy brief provides practical guidance to Member States and stakeholders for an improved common understanding of safe and inclusive access to services for migrants. The brief makes the case for enhanced access to services for migrants in the context of COVID-19 preparedness...
Date of publication:
30 October 2020
Source:
UN Network on Migration
Information Type:
Policy Brief

Policy Brief: The Global Compact for Migration (GCM): Well Governed Migration as an Essential Element of Effective COVID-19 Response

The present document outlines the applicability of the Global Compact in preventing and responding to COVID-19, for States, the UN system and other stakeholders, highlighting instances of promising practices as useful models to draw from.
Date of publication:
21 August 2020
Source:
UN Network on Migration
Information Type:
Policy Brief

India-EU Migration Governance: Maximizing the Development Impact of Migration and Mobility

The brief is offering a snapshot of the positive contribution of migration and demonstrates how strengthening strategic diaspora engagement is key to maximising the development impact of migration, as outlined in the India-EU Common Agenda on Migration and Mobility (CAMM). Indian migration plays an...
Date of publication:
04 August 2020
Source:
Information Type:
Policy Brief

Cross Border Human Mobility Amid and After COVID-19

The paper sets out initial findings and scenarios regarding the future of cross-border human mobility, including measures that will be needed to ensure that no person, or country, is left behind.
Date of publication:
21 July 2020
Source:
International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Information Type:
Policy Brief

Countering Xenophobia and Stigma to foster Social Cohesion in the COVID-19 Response and Recovery

This serves as an issue brief on how to tackle potentially xenophobia and stigma. It proposes potential solutions for states and relevant actors to tackle potential xenophobia and stigma, ranging from measures aimed at strengthening legal and policy responses to xenophobia and racism, to community...
Date of publication:
14 July 2020
Source:
International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Information Type:
Policy Brief

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:
Policy Brief

Social Protection Spotlight COVID-19: Social protection for migrant workers: A necessary response to the COVID-19 crisis (2020)

The COVID-19 pandemic represents a major public health challenge and is having serious economic and social impacts on origin, transit and destination countries, as well as on migrant workers and their families and on businesses and their operations. This informative note presents policy options in...
Date of publication:
24 June 2020
Source:
International Labour Organization (ILO)
Information Type:
Policy Brief

No Social Exclusion in 'Social' Distancing: Leaving no Migrants Behind in the COVID-19 Response

This issue explores the multi-dimensional risks of social exclusion caused by inequities faced by different migrant groups in the COVID-19 response. While measures to combat the virus apply to all, not all migrant groups have the same set of resources and capacities to comply with the rules. As such...
Date of publication:
13 June 2020
Source:
International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Information Type:
Policy Brief

Missing Migrants and their Families - The ICRC's Recommendations to Policy-Makers

This policy paper outlines key recommendations for policy-makers on ways to prevent migrants from going missing and, when they do, how to respond to the problem.
Date of publication:
13 June 2020
Source:
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
Information Type:
Policy Brief

Migrant women and remittances: Exploring the data from selected countries

A growing body of work has analysed the relationship between gender and remittances, but very little is known about the comparative value of the remittances sent by migrant women and men. This policy brief is unique in its analysis of data from 11 national household surveys, which contain...
Date of publication:
02 June 2020
Source:
UN Women
Information Type:
Policy Brief

COVID-19 Emerging Immigration, Consular and Visa Needs And Recommendations

Supporting governments with digitalizing solutions for integrated border management and ID management is an IOM priority. These Briefs present the most recent findings and recommendations from the ongoing Identification and Monitoring of Emerging Immigration, Consular and Visa Needs initiative...
Date of publication:
15 May 2020
Source:
International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Information Type:
Policy Brief

Challenges Faced By Remittance Service Providers And Initiatives Taken

Global remittance volumes are on the decline. As the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps across the globe, remittance service providers (RSPs) have undoubtedly felt its impact. In a recently conducted survey by the International Association of Money Transfer Network (IAMTN) in collaboration with the United...
Date of publication:
02 May 2020
Source:
UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF)
Information Type:
Policy Brief

The Impact Of COVID-19 On Migrants And Their Families

The financial and health vulnerabilities of migrants and their families have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 crisis. The economic and health impacts of COVID-19 are unprecedented. Migrant workers and their families have not been spared from the dire consequences of rising infection rates, lockdowns...
Date of publication:
01 May 2020
Source:
UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF)
Information Type:
Policy Brief

Light Guidance on Collective Outcomes

This light guidance was developed by WHO and UNHCR on behalf of the IASC Results Group 4 on Humanitarian-Development Collaboration and in consultation with the UN Joint Steering Committee to Advance Humanitarian and Development Collaboration (JSC). It is to be a live document meant to ensure a...
Date of publication:
01 May 2020
Source:
Inter-Agency Standing Committee
Information Type:
Policy Brief

Expectations By Remittance Service Providers Of Policymakers And Regulators

Governments could provide much-needed relief to remittance service providers (RSPs) and migrant workers by focusing on a number of key interventions. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting economic and health crisis, the call to action to governments across the globe is loud. These include...
Date of publication:
01 May 2020
Source:
UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF)
Information Type:
Policy Brief

The Impact of COVID-19 on Women

This policy brief from the United Nations explores how the lives of women and girls have changed in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic and suggests priority measures for both immediate and long-term recovery efforts.
Date of publication:
09 April 2020
Source:
United Nations (UN)
Information Type:
Policy Brief

Policy Brief: COVID-19 & Immigration Detention: What can governments and other stakeholders do?

This policy brief provides practical guidance to Member States and stakeholders on preventing and responding to COVID-19 in the context of immigration detention, highlighting instances of promising practices to draw from.
Date of publication:
01 April 2020
Source:
Working Group on Alternatives to Immigration Detention
Information Type:
Policy Brief

Implementing case management based: Alternatives to detention in Europe

Case management is a structured social work approach to migration management centred on individuals’ engagement with migration procedures. This briefing provides guidance for governments and civil society organisations interested in seizing the opportunity to develop pilot case management-based...
Date of publication:
01 April 2020
Source:
Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
Information Type:
Policy Brief

SMUGGLING IN THE TIME OF COVID-19: The impact of the pandemic on human-smuggling dynamics and migrant-protection risks

Efforts to counter the COVID-19 pandemic have seen unprecedented restrictions on movement being imposed in many countries, both at borders and within countries. Some communities and policymakers have adopted increasingly hostile attitudes towards migrants, whom they perceive as contagion risks...
Date of publication:
01 April 2020
Source:
Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
Information Type:
Policy Brief

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