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IML Information Note on Access to Justice: A Migrant’s Right

The purpose of this Information Note is to provide a broad overview of the right to access justice and its specific content for migrants, regardless of their legal status, and in light of States’ obligations laid down in international instruments and relevant jurisprudence.
Date of publication:
01 June 2019
Source:
International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Information Type:
Guidelines/Toolkits/Manuals

General Principles and Operational Guidelines For Fair Recruitment and Definition of Recruitment Fees and Related Costs

This document brings together the ILO general principles and operational guidelines for fair recruitment (“principles and guidelines”) and the definition of recruitment fees and related costs. The principles and guidelines were developed by a Tripartite Meeting of Experts, held in September 2016.
Date of publication:
22 May 2019
Source:
International Labour Organization (ILO)
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Report

Concluding observations on the second periodic report of Tajikistan

The Committee considered the second periodic report of Tajikistan (CMW/C/TJK/2) at its 415th and 416th meetings (CMW/C/SR.415 and 416), held on 3 and 4 April 2019. At its 429th meeting, held on 12 April 2019, it adopted the present concluding observations.
Date of publication:
10 May 2019
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
Information Type:
Other

Concluding observations on the initial report of Libya

The Committee considered the initial report of Libya (CMW/C/LBY/1) at its 417th and 418th meetings (CMW/C/SR.417 and CMW/C/SR.418), held on 4 and 5 April 2019.
Date of publication:
09 May 2019
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
Information Type:
Other

Concluding observations on the second periodic report of Albania

The Committee considered the second periodic report of Albania (CMW/C/ALB/2) at its 411th and 412th meetings (CMW/C/SR.411 and CMW/C/SR.412), held on 1 and 2 April 2019. At its 429th meeting, held on 12 April 2019, it adopted the present concluding observations.
Date of publication:
09 May 2019
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
Information Type:
Other

Preventing Statelessness among Undocumented Migrants: The role of the International Organization for Migration

The article explains the relationship between statelessness and migration, talks about how IOM contributes both to providing assistance to stateless migrants and to preventing migrants from becoming stateless in the first place, and it also gives recommendations on how to prevent statelessness.
Date of publication:
08 May 2019
Source:
Information Type:
Other

Concluding observations on the second periodic report of Guatemala

The Committee considered the second periodic report of Guatemala (CMW/C/GTM/2) at its 413th and 414th meetings (CMW/C/SR.413 and CMW/C/SR.414), held on 2 and 3 April 2019. At its 429th meeting, held on 12 April 2019, it adopted the present concluding observations.
Date of publication:
03 May 2019
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
Information Type:
Other

Guidelines for the Harmonization of Migration Data Management in the ECOWAS Region

The Guidelines for the harmonization of migration data in the West Africa region is intended for different range of users of migration data, such as migration researchers, policymakers, as well as national and regional experts working on migration-related mandates.
Date of publication:
26 April 2019
Source:
International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Information Type:
Guidelines/Toolkits/Manuals

GCM Indicators: Objective 21: Cooperate in facilitating safe and dignified return and readmission, as well as sustainable reintegration

This blog post proposes six indicators, which can help assess the human rights compliant implementation of commitments under Objective 21 and streamline states’ reporting to the International Migration Review Forum, intended to discuss implementation of the GCM.
Date of publication:
16 April 2019
Source:
Refugee Law Initiative
Information Type:
Other

International Migration Law

Provides a comprehensive overview of international law that govern the movement of persons across borders and frame migration governance, including the relevant treaties and customs, from human rights law, refugee law, labour law, and criminal law, as well as the role of soft law on global migration...
Date of publication:
10 April 2019
Source:
Oxford University Press
Information Type:
Other

Establishing Fair Recruitment Processes: An ILO online training toolkit

A comprehensive modular training manual on fair recruitment to support its constituents to design, support and implement fair recruitment practices. This training course is available as an interactive (readymag) version and as individual downloadable modules (PDF).
Date of publication:
06 April 2019
Source:
International Labour Organization (ILO)
Information Type:
Training / Workshop Material

Building Partnerships for Effectively Managing Labour Migration: Lessons from Asian Countries

This report analyzes labor migration trends in Asia and emphasizes the importance of partnerships to promote effective labor migration management.
Date of publication:
02 April 2019
Source:
Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)
Information Type:
Report

Reporting on forced labour and fair recruitment: An ILO toolkit for journalists

This toolkit provides information and advice to media professionals on how to report accurately and effectively on forced labour and fair recruitment. The toolkit includes the Media-friendly glossary on migration.
Date of publication:
01 April 2019
Source:
International Labour Organization (ILO)
Information Type:
Guidelines/Toolkits/Manuals

Measuring Sustainable Reintegration

The special issue of Migration Policy Practice seeks to present challenges, opportunities, existing practices and policy implications in the field of return and reintegration.
Date of publication:
31 March 2019
Source:
International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Information Type:
Journal Article

Uniform Guidelines for the Identification and Referral of Victims of Human Trafficking within the Migrant and Refugee Reception Framework in the OSCE Region

These uniform Guidelines constitute a set of practical measures designed to enhance the identification of victims of human trafficking by front-line professionals engaged in migrant and refugee reception procedures in the OSCE region.
Date of publication:
12 March 2019
Source:
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
Information Type:
Guidelines/Toolkits/Manuals

EASO Practical guide on the best interests of the child in asylum procedures

The aim of this practical guide is to help to identify and highlight the key milestones and flashpoints for the implementation of the best interests of the child.
Date of publication:
20 February 2019
Source:
European Asylum Support Office (EASO)
Information Type:
Guidelines/Toolkits/Manuals

Access to the Labour Market for Admitted Migrant Workers in Asia and Related Corridors

This report aims to help policy makers and stakeholders develop informed strategies and programmes supporting greater flexibility and decent work for migrant workers while enhancing labour market efficiency and labour migration governance.
Date of publication:
07 February 2019
Source:
International Labour Organization (ILO)
Information Type:
Report

The Strength to Carry On - Resilience and Vulnerability to Trafficking and Other Abuses among People Travelling along Migration Routes to Europe

This study analyses the incidence of human trafficking among people travelling along the ‘Eastern Mediterranean route’, the ‘Balkan route’ and the ‘Central Mediterranean route’; factors of resilience to human trafficking and other abuses; and factors of vulnerability to human trafficking and other...
Date of publication:
01 February 2019
Source:
International Centre for migration Policy Development (ICMPD)
Information Type:
Analysis

Comparing and contrasting the war on drugs and the emerging war on migrant smugglers

There are those who seek to apply the experience of the war on drugs to the emerging war on migrant smugglers to warn that such a confrontation carries high costs, low chances of success and would likely lead to an escalation of violence against the migrants themselves.
Date of publication:
01 February 2019
Source:
Mixed Migration Centre
Information Type:
Report

UNICEF Working Paper: Alternatives to Immigration Detention of Children

This working paper sets the context of immigration detention of children, presenting its negative effects and giving recommendations on how to prevent it, affirming that it is possible, only that it requires political will and states to engage actors beyond migration and border control authorities.
Date of publication:
01 February 2019
Source:
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Information Type:
Working Paper

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