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

invitation to the launch event of the Rights of Migrants in Action

Federico Fadiga uploaded a new Document | 16 September 2014

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Rights of migrants in action is a 42 month project, co-funded by the European Union with a global scope, to be implemented in selected countries worldwide. The main target groups of the Action will be the civil society organisations and actors, in particular local NGOs dealing with the promotion...

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Group: Public Group on Migration & Asylum
Planned Relocations, Disasters and Climate Change : Consolidating Good Practices and Preparing for the Future

Marine Franck posted Information | 16 September 2014

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the Brookings-LSE Project on Internal Displacement and Georgetown University’s Institute for the Study of International Migration organized an expert consultation on Planned Relocation, Disasters and Climate Change: Consolidating Good Practices and...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
REPORT Planned Relocations, Disasters and Climate Change : Consolidating Good Practices and Preparing for the Future

Marine Franck uploaded a new Document | 16 September 2014

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The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the Brookings-LSE Project on Internal Displacement and Georgetown University’s Institute for the Study of International Migration organized an expert consultation on Planned Relocation, Disasters and Climate Change: Consolidating Good Practices and...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
BACKGROUND DOCUMENT Planned relocations, disasters and climate change: Consolidating good practices and preparing for the future

Marine Franck uploaded a new Document | 16 September 2014

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This background paper has been prepared to underpin discussions at the Sanremo consultation on planned relocations, disasters and climate change: Consolidating good practices and preparing for the future, to be held from 12-14 March 2014. This UNHCR-Brookings-Georgetown consultation, supported with...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Workshop on "Migration Statistics in Ecuador: Reality, potential and prospects" in Ecuador

Coordination team EU-LAC project created a new event | 13 July 2014

04 Jun

From 4 June 2014 to 6 June 2014
in (Ecuador)

Organised by IOM in close cooperation with its partner, FIIAPP

The *National Institute of Statistics and Census *(INEC), the *Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility *and the *Ministry of Interior *with the support of the *IOM *and the *European Union in Ecuador*, organised the **workshop "Migration Statistics in Ecuador: Reality, potential and...

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Project: Strengthening Dialogue & Cooperation between EU-LAC to Establish Management Models on Migration
Project presentation at the 1st National Conference on Migration and Refugee (COMIGRAR) in São Paulo

Coordination team EU-LAC project created a new event | 3 July 2014

30 May

From 30 May 2014 to 1 June 2014
in (Brazil)

Organised by IOM in close cooperation with its partner, FIIAPP

On the occasion of the *1st National Conference on Migration and Refugee* (COMIGRAR) in São Paulo, Brazil, from 30 May to 1 June 2014, FIIAPP presented the EU-LAC Project. The objective was to *bring together different sectors and actors* (academic, public officials at regional, national and state...

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Project: Strengthening Dialogue & Cooperation between EU-LAC to Establish Management Models on Migration
Forced Displacement Caused by Organized Crime in Central America and Mexico (David James Cantor 2014)

Camille Nussbaum uploaded a new Document | 17 June 2014

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Group: Protection in humanitarian action
Short Film: Climate Change and Migration in Bangladesh

Laura Giappichelli posted Information | 16 June 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
Workshop “How to incorporate remittances and diaspora involvement into development policies” in Saint Lucia

Coordination team EU-LAC project created a new event | 16 April 2014

23 Apr

From 23 April 2014 to 24 April 2014
in Saint Lucia (Saint Lucia)

Organised by IOM in close cooperation with its partner, FIIAPP

One of the main components of the *EU-LAC project [1]* is to strengthen the link between remittances and development, composed of different training activities and internships (SWOT analysis, manual, workshops and pilot projects). In this context, it was designed a *Programme of three Workshops on...

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Project: Strengthening Dialogue & Cooperation between EU-LAC to Establish Management Models on Migration
Internship on “Exchange of experiences on labour migration management” in Bogota, Colombia

Coordination team EU-LAC project created a new event | 2 April 2014

05 May

From 5 May 2014 to 9 May 2014
in Bogota (Colombia)

Organised by IOM in close cooperation with its partner, FIIAPP

FIIAPP, with the collaboration of the *Programme "Colombia Nos Une"* of the Ministry of Foreign Relations of Colombia, organised his *fourth and last activity [1]* of the *internship programme on migration and employment [2]* that took place in Bogota, *Colombia* from 5 to 9 May 2014. Civil...

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