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Date Shared:
Monday, 14 October 2019
Governments at the local level, while often lacking a voice in setting immigration policy, are responsible for many concrete aspects of migration, from the organization and use of public spaces to the development of affordable housing, and plans to...
Countries and areas:
United States
GCM Thematic Cluster Areas:
Objective 16: Empower migrants and societies to realize full inclusion and social cohesion
Objective 17: Eliminate all forms of discrimination and promote evidence-based public discourse to shape perceptions of migration
Date Shared:
Monday, 14 October 2019
The European Qualifications Passport for Refugees is a document providing an assessment of higher education qualifications designed for refugees, including those who cannot fully document their qualifications. This initiative has inspired a UNESCO...
Countries and areas:
Europe
2030 Agenda migration-relevant and related target Labels:
Goal 10: Reduced inequalities
GCM Thematic Cluster Areas:
Objective 18: Invest in skills development and facilitate mutual recognition of skills, qualifications and competences
Date Shared:
Monday, 14 October 2019
Mexico has been implementing programs to evaluate and certify middle skilled workers for migrants with relatively lower levels of formal education but who have acquired significant and complex skills through on-the-job learning. Migrants that fit...
Countries and areas:
Mexico
2030 Agenda migration-relevant and related target Labels:
Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth
Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth - 8.8 on labor rights for migrant workers
GCM Thematic Cluster Areas:
Objective 18: Invest in skills development and facilitate mutual recognition of skills, qualifications and competences
Date Shared:
Monday, 14 October 2019
The Japanese Economic Partnership Agreements with Indonesia and the Philippines established the legal framework to receive Indonesian and Filipino nurses and care workers. Japan has been receiving candidates to become nurses and care workers from...
Countries and areas:
Japan, Indonesia, Philippines
2030 Agenda migration-relevant and related target Labels:
Goal 3: Good health and well being
GCM Thematic Cluster Areas:
Objective 5: Enhance availability and flexibility of pathways for regular migration
Objective 18: Invest in skills development and facilitate mutual recognition of skills, qualifications and competences
Date Shared:
Monday, 14 October 2019
Norway has recently launched its new integration strategy 2019-2022 "Integration through knowledge", which places great emphasis on investment in education, qualification and skills. The aim of the strategy is to increase immigrants’ participation...
Countries and areas:
Norway
2030 Agenda migration-relevant and related target Labels:
Goal 10: Reduced inequalities
GCM Thematic Cluster Areas:
Objective 16: Empower migrants and societies to realize full inclusion and social cohesion
Objective 17: Eliminate all forms of discrimination and promote evidence-based public discourse to shape perceptions of migration
Objective 18: Invest in skills development and facilitate mutual recognition of skills, qualifications and competences
Date Shared:
Monday, 14 October 2019
At the city level, Amsterdam has adopted a program called “Everyone’s Police”, which encourages the reporting of crimes in the interest of more effective policing and community engagement. To reach undocumented residents, the police organizes...
Countries and areas:
Netherlands
2030 Agenda migration-relevant and related target Labels:
Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities
Targets on counter trafficking
GCM Thematic Cluster Areas:
Objective 7: Address and reduce vulnerabilities in migration
Objective 15: Provide access to basic services for migrants
Objective 16: Empower migrants and societies to realize full inclusion and social cohesion
Date Shared:
Monday, 14 October 2019
In Sweden, the law was changed in 2012 so that access to health care is now guaranteed and free for all children under 18, and for all adults in case of emergency, without any requirement to provide documents. Strong rules on confidentiality apply...
Countries and areas:
Sweden
2030 Agenda migration-relevant and related target Labels:
Targets on vulnerability and protection
GCM Thematic Cluster Areas:
Objective 7: Address and reduce vulnerabilities in migration
Objective 15: Provide access to basic services for migrants
Date Shared:
Monday, 14 October 2019
Switzerland has firewalls between immigration enforcement and service providers to guarantee access to basic services to all, including undocumented migrants. This right is based on the Swiss Federal Constitution and regulated by the Public Health...
Countries and areas:
Switzerland
2030 Agenda migration-relevant and related target Labels:
Targets on vulnerability and protection
GCM Thematic Cluster Areas:
Objective 7: Address and reduce vulnerabilities in migration
Objective 15: Provide access to basic services for migrants
Date Shared:
Monday, 14 October 2019
Numerous programs encourage links between schools and communities to foster social inclusion of children and their families. For instance, in the Netherlands for second-generation Turks and Moroccans; in Pakistan for Hazara girls; in Canada among...
Countries and areas:
Netherlands, Pakistan, Canada, United States
2030 Agenda migration-relevant and related target Labels:
Goal 4: Quality education
Targets on vulnerability and protection
GCM Thematic Cluster Areas:
Objective 15: Provide access to basic services for migrants
Objective 16: Empower migrants and societies to realize full inclusion and social cohesion
Date Shared:
Monday, 14 October 2019
Programmes promoting effective management of health workers' migration, health system capacity building, and skill/knowledge transfer from the diaspora are underway in Somalia, South Sudan, Afghanistan, Ghana. In Somalia, IOM’s "Migration for...
Countries and areas:
Somalia, South Sudan, Afghanistan, Ghana
2030 Agenda migration-relevant and related target Labels:
Goal 10: Reduced inequalities
Goal 3: Good health and well being
Targets on vulnerability and protection
Targets that contribute to employment or employment creation
GCM Thematic Cluster Areas:
Objective 5: Enhance availability and flexibility of pathways for regular migration
Objective 18: Invest in skills development and facilitate mutual recognition of skills, qualifications and competences
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