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Teaching Immigration in European schools

The Teaching Immigration in European Schools (TIES) project develops innovative teaching modules to bring academic knowledge on migration into European classrooms. In close dialogue with teachers, students, and migrants, TIES develops best practice guidelines and ten teaching modules covering

Proyecto Frontera (Border Project)

The Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team (EAAF)’s Proyecto Frontera is aimed at creating a transnational regional system for the exchange of forensic information on missing migrants and unidentified remains along the Central America-Mexico-US migration corridor. Website in Spanish only.

Migrant Rights and Integration in Host Communities

This Thematic Working Group aims to help policymakers and other stakeholders better gauge migrant rights by generating globally comparable measures of integration.

Strengthening border management, social cohesion, and cross-border security in the Parrot's Beak area

The Joint Programme strengthened the capacities of Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone for cross-border collaboration on migration and health management in the area where the countries' borders meet. It enhanced integrated border management to better control illegal activities and health risks

KNOMAD-ILO Migration and Recruitment Costs Surveys

The KNOMAD-ILO Migration and Recruitment Costs Surveys aim to systematically document monetary and non-monetary costs incurred by migrant workers seeking jobs abroad. The project is a joint initiative by the Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development (KNOMAD), which is hosted at the

Global Action against Trafficking in Persons and the Smuggling of Migrants - Asia and the Middle East (GLO.ACT Asia and the Middle East)

The Global Action against Trafficking in Persons and the Smuggling of Migrants - Asia and the Middle East (GLO.ACT Asia and the Middle East) is a four-year (2018-2022), €12 million joint initiative by the European Union (EU) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) being implemented

Trade for Decent Work Project

The project aims at improving the application of the ILO fundamental Conventions in EU trading partner countries through improved labour relations and working conditions. Since 2013, the Directorate-General for Trade and the Directorate-General for International Partnerships have funded projects on

Dealing with Human Trafficking and Human Smuggling in intra-Schengen Border Areas

Many scholars have written about the merger of concerns about crime and concerns about migration and, in doing so, on the different consequences of the blurring of boundaries between crime control and migration control for individuals in their encounters with law enforcement officials. This research

The Last Rights Project

The Last Rights Project is creating a new framework of respect for the rights of missing and dead refugees and migrants and bereaved family members. It advocates with refugee and migrant-led organisations and promotes self-advocacy, to transform research and legal principles into deliverable, real

The asylum seeker perspective: Access to information and effective remedies

This project investigated asylum seekers’ views on their experience with the asylum procedure in EU Member States. The project, which ran from 2009 to 2010, delivered two thematic reports and fact sheets on 27 countries.

Evidence-based migration policy planning and discourse in North Macedonia

The project aims to support policy makers in North Macedonia to effectively manage demographic and migration dynamics through development of evidence-based migration policies based on improved systemic data collection and analysis and enhanced inter-institutional data exchange; and improve the

Global Action to Improve the Recruitment Framework of Labour Migration (REFRAME)

The REFRAME project is a European Union-funded global action aiming at preventing and reducing abusive and fraudulent recruitment practices, and maximizing the protection of migrant workers in the recruitment process and their contribution to development. The project seeks to support the

Global Action Plan to End Statelessness: 2014 – 2024

The Global Action Plan to End Statelessness: 2014-2024 was developed in consultation with States and other stakeholders to establish 10 actions that can lead to the eradication of statelessness within 10 years.

Safer Migration Project (SaMi)

The Safer Migration Project (SaMi) is a bilateral initiative of the Governments of Nepal (GoN) and Switzerland, with technical assistance from Helvetas. In its current third phase (2018-2022), SaMi is working in 39 districts with high rates of labour migration. The overall goal of the project is

Observatorio de Legislación Y Política Migratoria (Observatory on Migration Laws and Policies )

A Spanish-language project that collects information on migration policy, laws and human rights in the United States-Mexico-Central American region. El Observatorio de Legislación y Política Migratoria es un sistema de información enfocado a recopilar, revisar y analizar información sobre política

Modern Slavery Map

The Interactive Map for Business of Anti-Human Trafficking Organisations and the accompanying report is a resource for companies to navigate emerging partners and resources; for all anti-trafficking organisations; and the general public to improve coordination on the eradication of modern slavery

Protection of Migrants: Justice, Human Rights and Migrant smuggling

PROMIS is a joint initiative between the West Africa Regional Office of UN Human Rights and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). It aims to strengthen the fight against migrant smuggling in Western Africa, from a human rights-based approach.

Capacity building of local governments in Santiago (Chile) and Mexico City to strengthen the socioeconomic integration of migrants and refugees through access to decent work, sustainable livelihoods, and social dialogue

This joint project seeks to improve migrant workers and refugees’ access to decent work and sustainable livelihoods by ensuring their employability, and access to employment opportunities and social protection programs implemented in Mexico City and Santiago. To that end, the project will design and

Children and migration: Rights, advocacy and resilience

This research programme, which explores the vulnerabilities of children on the move, includes several interlinked projects on child migrants which will be completed in 2021.

The Decent Work Regulation Project

The Project on Decent Work Regulation (DWR) responds to UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 8, which promotes inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment and decent work for all. To achieve these objectives, effective labour regulation is crucial. Strong labour laws are a vital component

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