Migration & Asylum

Globalisation has lead to greater numbers of people moving across borders and there are now over 200 million migrants worldwide. Their motives for migrating are numerous and frequently not clear-cut but a mix, ranging from looking for a better future elsewhere in the face of socio-economic disparities and underdevelopment, to seeking a safe haven from conflict, violence, discrimination, violations of their human rights or fleeing from environmental disasters.

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Asylum - Human trafficking - IDPs - Integrated border management - Labour migration - Migration dialogue - Migration information systems - Migration policy - Refugees - Remittances policies - South-South migration

The two worlds of humanitarian innovation

Rahel Dette uploaded a new Document | 24 November 2014

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Excerpt : A constant challenge for humanitarian actors is how to meaningfully include and adequately consult so-called beneficiary populations. At all stages of humanitarian action, there is a tendency for solutions to be brought ‘from the outside’, with accountability channels directed primarily...

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Group: innov-aid
2013 Innovation Jam: Knowledge Map

Rahel Dette uploaded a new Document | 24 November 2014

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Excerpt : Through brainstorming and discussion exercises, participants in the Jam identified five themes that they deemed challenges in their present work and complementary to their strategic objectives for the following year. These specific themes emerged from a prioritization exercise and...

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Group: innov-aid
Light Years Ahead: Innovative technologies for better refugee protection

Rahel Dette uploaded a new Document | 24 November 2014

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Excerpt : Forced displacement continues to affect millions of people across the globe. Complex conflicts, human rights violations and natural disasters are among the causes of population displacements every year. Despite the best efforts of the UN Refugee Agency and its partners to provide life-...

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Group: innov-aid
Presentation of the Pilot Project: “Interinstitutional Strengthening for Ordered and Safe Labour Migration for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry

Coordination team EU-LAC project created a new event | 21 November 2014

29 Oct

From 29 October 2014
in (Guatemala)

Organised by IOM in close cooperation with its partner, FIIAPP

Last 29 October a workshop presenting the *Guatemala Pilot Project* [1], its *achievements and following steps*, was held in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in Guatemala City. Civil servants from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Employment and Social Welfare, as well as experts...

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Project: Strengthening Dialogue & Cooperation between EU-LAC to Establish Management Models on Migration
2nd "Remittances, financial education and the diaspora in development actions" workshop

Coordination team EU-LAC project created a new event | 21 November 2014

08 Nov

From 8 November 2014 to 9 November 2014
in (Bolivia)

Organised by IOM in close cooperation with its partner, FIIAPP

Following the *1st activity held in Roma, Italia, last September* [1], the *2nd "Remittances, financial education and the diaspora in development actions" workshop* was organised in *La Paz, Bolivia*, on 8 and 9 November. The first one aimed to train *members of the Association of the Bolivian...

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Project: Strengthening Dialogue & Cooperation between EU-LAC to Establish Management Models on Migration
Developing Europe’s Borders

Daniele Di Pillo updated the Information | 18 November 2014

What does it take to bring together Israel and Palestine, or Armenia and Turkey? Despite geopolitical conflicts, local authorities from these historical foes are among those working together on Cross-Border Cooperation projects as part of the European Neighbourhood Policy. Check out the latest...

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Group: Cross-Border Cooperation (Neighbourhood)
Developing Europe’s Borders

Capacity4dev Team posted Information | 17 November 2014

What does it take to bring together Israel and Palestine, or Armenia and Turkey? Despite geopolitical conflicts, local authorities from these historical foes are among those working together on Cross-Border Cooperation projects as part of the European Neighbourhood Policy. Check out the latest...

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Group: Cross-Border Cooperation (Neighbourhood)
Short Film: Climate Change and Migration in Bangladesh

Fannie Delavelle updated the Information | 24 October 2014

From CDKN website: Densely populated and low-lying, Bangladesh is one of the most climate-vulnerable countries in the world. How can millions of Bangladeshis protect their families and incomes from rising sea levels, erratic rainfall and temperature extremes? That’s the topic of a new film by tve:...

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Group: GCCA+ Community
Rights of Migrants in Action

Federico Fadiga posted Information | 20 October 2014

Responding adequately to the needs of migrants in today’s global economic and political context is obviously not a simple challenge. The effectiveness of activities in the domain of migration and development largely depends on the identification and establishment of strategic partnerships among...

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Group: Policy Forum on Development (PFD)
Rights of Migrants in Action

Federico Fadiga posted Information | 20 October 2014

Responding adequately to the needs of migrants in today’s global economic and political context is obviously not a simple challenge. The effectiveness of activities in the domain of migration and development largely depends on the identification and establishment of strategic partnerships among...

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Group: Public Group on Migration & Asylum

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