Policy Memorandum International Migration and Development 2008

Date Shared:

Monday, December 23, 2013 - 11:15

Countries and areas:

Netherlands

2030 Agenda migration-relevant and related target Labels:

Goal 10: Reduced inequalities

Goal 10: Reduced inequalities - 10.c on remittances costs reduction

Targets that could benefit from the potential of migration and migrants

GCM Thematic Cluster Areas:

Objective 10: Prevent, combat and eradicate trafficking in persons in the context of international migration

Objective 19: Create conditions for migrants and diasporas to fully contribute to sustainable development in all countries

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

Contributors:

Member States

Chairmanship:

Mexico 2010

Geographical Relevance:

National

Tags:

Migration and Health, Policy Coherence, Return and Reintegration, Trafficking and Human Smuggling, Temporary and Circular Labour Migration, Capacity Building, Data and Research, Mainstreaming Migration into Development Planning, Empowerment and Rights of Migrants, Gender

Summary:

The policy memorandum sets out the migration and development policy framework for the Government of The Netherlands, focusing on six key policy priorities aimed at areas in which the Netherlands can make a difference, such as institutional development in migration management; promoting circular migration and brain gain; strengthening the involvement of migrant organizations; strengthening the link between remittances and development and encouraging sustainable return and reintegration.

Link:

For more information:

https://www.government.nl/documents/reports/2008/10/01/policy-memorandum...

GFMD Source:

Since the policy memorandum deals with the interface between migration and development, many links to the agenda of the GFMD over the past years can be identified. All 6 priorities in the policy memorandum have been to a greater or lesser extent subject of debate during the subsequent GFMDs. For example policy coherence, circular migration, remittances, diaspora and migrants organizations and sustainable return and reintegration, are all themes addressed in the memorandum. Furthermore the GFMD is specifically referred upon in the memorandum, as an important forum for global debate and cooperation on migration and development.

Various parts of the memorandum have been used as background information to various Roundtable sessions the past years, for example for the GFMD 2010 RT 1.2 on Joint Strategies to address irregular migration: http://www.gfmd.org/files/documents/gfmd_mexico10_rt_2-1-background_paper_en.pdf.