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Policy Guide on Entrepreneurship for Migrants and Refugees

This inter-agency document offers practical guidance to policymakers and development partners on leveraging entrepreneurship as an effective way to include migrants and refugees in local economies. It offers practical guidance to governments and development and humanitarian partners on how best...
Date of publication:
06 August 2018
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
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Guidelines/Toolkits/Manuals

Communicating borders—Governments deterring asylum seekers through social media campaigns

This academic article is a case study of the Norwegian government’s ‘Stricter Asylum Regulations in Norway’ campaign on Facebook, exploring the opportunities and challenges involved in communication campaigns directed at migrants in a potentially vulnerable situation.
Date of publication:
30 July 2018
Source:
Migration Studies Journal
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Education for unaccompanied migrant children in Europe

This policy memo provides a brief overview of national and school-level approaches to the inclusion of unaccompanied migrant children in formal education systems across EU Member States. The memo also discusses wider policy responses to the integration of these children into the host societies.
Date of publication:
25 July 2018
Source:
European Platform for Investing in Children (EPIC)
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Policy Brief

Drivers of Migration: Why do People Move?

Starting from the basis of the push-pull theory, this article elaborates on an overview of macro-, meso-, and micro-factors that act together to inform the migrant’s individual decision to migrate.
Date of publication:
20 July 2018
Source:
Journal of Travel Medicine
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Journal Article

New Walled Order: How Barriers To Basic Services Turn Migration Into A Humanitarian Crisis 

Around the world, migrants, especially irregular migrants, increasingly face barriers to accessing essential services that are indispensable to their survival and basic dignity, such as health care, shelter, food and legal assistance. There are a range of factors that prevent this access, including...
Date of publication:
06 July 2018
Source:
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
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Report

Migrant Smuggling in Asia – Current Trends and Challenges, Vol.2

This report builds on Migrant Smuggling in Asia (volume I) by outlining the current patterns of migrant smuggling in Asia and the Pacific and presenting evidence-based knowledge to guide policy and strengthen international cooperation. Developed by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the...
Date of publication:
01 July 2018
Source:
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
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Report

The Global Compacts and Environmental Drivers of Migration

This policy brief outlines the ways in which the compacts address the drivers of migration and makes recommendations to enhance the compacts’ provisions on environmental mobility.
Date of publication:
01 July 2018
Source:
KNOMAD
Information Type:
Policy Brief

Economic Development in Africa Report 2018

The report assesses the evidence to identify policy pathways that harness the benefits of African migration and mitigate its negative effects. It argues that African migration can play a key role in the structural transformation of the continent’s economies. Finally, this report offers new and...
Date of publication:
01 June 2018
Source:
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
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UNODC Global Study on the Smuggling of Migrants 2018

The first UNODC Global Study on Smuggling of Migrants shows that migrant smuggling routes affect every part of the world. The study is based on an extensive review of existing data and literature. It presents detailed information about key smuggling routes, such as the magnitude, the profiles of...
Date of publication:
01 June 2018
Source:
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
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Concluding observations on the initial report of Guyana

The Committee considered the initial report of Guyana at its 381st and 382nd meetings (see CMW/C/SR.381 and 382), held on 11 and 12 April 2018. At its 395th meeting, held on 20 April 2018, it adopted the present concluding observations.
Date of publication:
23 May 2018
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
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Understanding contemporary human smuggling as a vector in migration: A field guide for migration management and humanitarian practitioners

This guide analyses in depth the dynamics and trends of the human-smuggling industry, focusing on migration from and through the Middle East, North Africa and sub-Saharan Africa to Europe. Its goal is to provide practitioners, policymakers and law-enforcement officials with detailed information to...
Date of publication:
22 May 2018
Source:
Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
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Analysis

Training materials on access to justice for migrant children

The set of training materials on access to justice for migrant children were developed as part of the FAIR (Fostering Access to Immigrant children’s Rights) project and were published by the materials on access to justice for migrant children (IJC). These training modules should help lawyers when...
Date of publication:
20 May 2018
Source:
International Commission of Jurists
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Concluding observations on Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in the absence of a report

In the absence of a report by the State party, the Committee considered the situation in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines with respect to the implementation of the Convention at its 383rd meeting (see CMW/C/SR.383), held on 12 April 2018. On the basis of information from, inter alia, other United...
Date of publication:
18 May 2018
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
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What would make Global Skills Partnerships work in practice?

This report examines why skills partnerships have not been implemented more widely and proposes measures for making them more successful on a global scale.
Date of publication:
01 May 2018
Source:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Information Type:
Report

Racial Discrimination in the Context of Laws, Policies and Practices Concerning Citizenship, Nationality and Immigration

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...
Date of publication:
25 April 2018
Source:
United Nations (UN)
Information Type:
Report

Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL): Learning Package

This tool is designed to support ILO constituents and senior government officials, among others, to establish, assess or revise system for Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL). As countries increasingly recognize the value of informal and non-formal learning, this tool seems important for member...
Date of publication:
21 April 2018
Source:
International Labour Organization (ILO)
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Guidelines/Toolkits/Manuals

Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants

The present report is the first submitted to the Human Rights Council by the mandate holder, Felipe González Morales, who assumed his functions on 1 August 2017. In the report, the Special Rapporteur summarizes the activities undertaken since taking up his functions, and includes a thematic study on...
Date of publication:
05 April 2018
Source:
UN General Assembly
Information Type:
Report

Site Planning: Guidance to Reduce the Risk of Gender-Based Violence (Third edition)

This booklet is targeted at field practitioners. It provides basic information about site planning and gender-based violence risks. It also provides practical guidance for measures which can be taken to reduce risks to affected populations in and around camps and sites.
Date of publication:
01 April 2018
Source:
Global Shelter Cluster
Information Type:
Guidelines/Toolkits/Manuals

Protecting the Human Rights of Migrants in the Context of Return

On 6 March 2018, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) organized a one-day expert meeting on the theme "The human rights of migrants in the context of return". In the course of the expert meeting participants provided a wealth of research findings, academic...
Date of publication:
06 March 2018
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
Information Type:
Other

Manual on regularisations for children, young people and families

This manual is not only useful for policy makers and policy people; it gives hope to undocumented people like us across Europe. It raises awareness around the issues for children and young people, normalises regularisations, and values the lives, hopes, ambitions and contributions of undocumented...
Date of publication:
01 March 2018
Source:
Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
Information Type:
Guidelines/Toolkits/Manuals

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