National Strategy for Labour Reintegration for Returned Guatemalan Migrants

Date Shared:

Friday, August 9, 2019 - 14:41

Countries and areas:

Guatemala

2030 Agenda migration-relevant and related target Labels:

Goal 10: Reduced inequalities

Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth

Targets that contribute to employment or employment creation

GCM Thematic Cluster Areas:

Objective 1: Collect and utilize accurate and disaggregated data as a basis for evidence-based policies

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

Contributors:

Member States

Chairmanship:

Ecuador 2019

Geographical Relevance:

National

Tags:

Migration Profiles, Return and Reintegration, Data and Research, Decent Work

Summary:

In May 2017, the Government of Guatemala established the National Strategy for Labor Reintegration for Returned Guatemalan Migrants (Estrategia Nacional para la Reinsercion de los Migrantes Guatemaltecos Retornados) to collect returnees' sociodemographic and skill profiles, and to establis institutions and processes for facilitating skill certification.

The strategy aims to enable an environment which facilitates the labour reintegration of returned Guatemalan migrants. The straegy seeks to provide economic support and employment services for at least 10% of migrants repatriated to Guatemala each year.

Link:

https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/MPI-ReceptionR...

GFMD Source:

GFMD 2019 - Background Paper RT 3.2 "Harnessing migration for rural development"