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Date Shared:
Monday, 27 January 2014
The new Law on Foreigners and International Protection established a new Migration Advisory Board with a mandate of assessing the effects of regional and international migration policy developments on Turkey. The Board will thus be regularly...
Countries and areas:
Turkey
2030 Agenda migration-relevant and related target Labels:
Goal 17: Partnerships for the goals
GCM Thematic Cluster Areas:
Objective 5: Enhance availability and flexibility of pathways for regular migration
Objective 7: Address and reduce vulnerabilities in migration
Objective 15: Provide access to basic services for migrants
Date Shared:
Monday, 27 January 2014
The Joint Information and Services Bureaus (JISBs) has been introduced in rural areas of Moldova to offer women, as well as potential or returned migrants, better access to quality information and services. The JISBs operates like a “one-stop-shop”...
Countries and areas:
Republic of Moldova
2030 Agenda migration-relevant and related target Labels:
Goal 10: Reduced inequalities
Targets on vulnerability and protection
GCM Thematic Cluster Areas:
Objective 3: Provide accurate and timely information at all stages of migration
Date Shared:
Monday, 27 January 2014
Sweden has entered into social security agreements with 11 countries that mainly cover retirement, disability and survivors pensions and contain coordination and aggregation rules in addition to regulating the portability of benefits.
Countries and areas:
Sweden
2030 Agenda migration-relevant and related target Labels:
Targets on vulnerability and protection
GCM Thematic Cluster Areas:
Objective 22: Establish mechanisms for the portability of social security entitlements and earned benefits
Date Shared:
Monday, 27 January 2014
The Federation of St Kitts and Nevis has a Returning Nationals Secretariat, which offers assistance and services to returnees such as help finding jobs, locating housing and getting access to other social services. They also offer guidance and...
Countries and areas:
Saint Kitts and Nevis
2030 Agenda migration-relevant and related target Labels:
Goal 10: Reduced inequalities
Targets that could benefit from the potential of migration and migrants
GCM Thematic Cluster Areas:
Objective 3: Provide accurate and timely information at all stages of migration
Objective 21: Cooperate in facilitating safe and dignified return and readmission, as well as sustainable reintegration
Date Shared:
Monday, 27 January 2014
The Swedish Work Environment Authority has a website in multiple languages designed to inform migrant workers in the areas of catering and contruction of their rights and entitlements in Sweden in order to minimize their risk of exploitation.
Countries and areas:
Sweden
2030 Agenda migration-relevant and related target Labels:
Goal 10: Reduced inequalities
GCM Thematic Cluster Areas:
Objective 3: Provide accurate and timely information at all stages of migration
Objective 6: Facilitate fair and ethical recruitment and safeguard conditions that ensure decent work
Date Shared:
Monday, 27 January 2014
The International Citizen Service is a “one-stop-shop” that offers services to migrant workers, job-seekers and their families. It offers help with paperwork, personal career guidance, useful information about living and working conditions in...
Countries and areas:
Denmark
2030 Agenda migration-relevant and related target Labels:
Goal 10: Reduced inequalities
GCM Thematic Cluster Areas:
Objective 3: Provide accurate and timely information at all stages of migration
Date Shared:
Monday, 27 January 2014
Local authorities provide various integration services for immigrants, including language training (SFI - Swedish for immigrants) and provide legal aid. Some local authorities also run medborgarkontor (citizen information centers) in areas with high...
Countries and areas:
Sweden
GCM Thematic Cluster Areas:
Objective 3: Provide accurate and timely information at all stages of migration
Date Shared:
Friday, 24 January 2014
The Africa Migration Project was undertaken to improve our understanding of migration and remittances in Sub-Saharan Africa, including their magnitude, causes, and impacts on poverty reduction, with a view to generating informed policy...
Countries and areas:
Africa
2030 Agenda migration-relevant and related target Labels:
Goal 17: Partnerships for the goals
GCM Thematic Cluster Areas:
Objective 20: Promote faster, safer and cheaper transfer of remittances and foster financial inclusion of migrants
Date Shared:
Thursday, 16 January 2014
For pre- departure orientation, the Bangladesh government has, with an international partner, introduced destination-specific, pocket-size handbooks containing key information about the law, culture, language, emergency contacts, remittance transfer...
Countries and areas:
Bangladesh
2030 Agenda migration-relevant and related target Labels:
Goal 10: Reduced inequalities
GCM Thematic Cluster Areas:
Objective 3: Provide accurate and timely information at all stages of migration
Date Shared:
Thursday, 16 January 2014
The UK Gangmasters Licensing Authority (GLA) was set up to protect workers from exploitation. The licensing scheme regulates businesses who provide workers to the fresh produce supply chain and horticulture industry, to make sure they meet the...
Countries and areas:
United Kingdom
2030 Agenda migration-relevant and related target Labels:
Targets on counter trafficking
Targets on vulnerability and protection
GCM Thematic Cluster Areas:
Objective 6: Facilitate fair and ethical recruitment and safeguard conditions that ensure decent work