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Date Shared:
Monday, 28 January 2019
Madagascar has created a Directorate in charge of Diaspora within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The first initiative of this directorate was to carry out a profiling of diaspora members in France, which hosts the majority of migrants from...
Countries and areas:
Madagascar
GCM Thematic Cluster Areas:
Objective 19: Create conditions for migrants and diasporas to fully contribute to sustainable development in all countries
Date Shared:
Monday, 28 January 2019
San Francisco has set up a varied legal framework in order to be a city of inclusion for migrants. Primarily, based on the principle that migrants have a right to justice regardless of their migratory stats, and that migrants should have access to...
Countries and areas:
United States
2030 Agenda migration-relevant and related target Labels:
Goal 16: Peace, justice and strong institutions
GCM Thematic Cluster Areas:
Objective 4: Ensure that all migrants have proof of legal identity and adequate documentation
Objective 16: Empower migrants and societies to realize full inclusion and social cohesion
Date Shared:
Monday, 28 January 2019
The independent, not-for-profit organization 'Permits Foundation' campaigns to improve work permit regulations in countries around the world to make it easier for partners of expatriate staff to work in their country of temporary residence...
Countries and areas:
Global
2030 Agenda migration-relevant and related target Labels:
Goal 10: Reduced inequalities
GCM Thematic Cluster Areas:
Objective 5: Enhance availability and flexibility of pathways for regular migration
Date Shared:
Monday, 28 January 2019
In 2014, Mexico updated its laws, incorporating the norms of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, directly prohibiting immigration detention of children. This step forward for children and migrants rights necessitated a need to look for ways...
Countries and areas:
Mexico
2030 Agenda migration-relevant and related target Labels:
Goal 10: Reduced inequalities
GCM Thematic Cluster Areas:
Objective 13: Use migration detention only as a measure of last resort and work towards alternatives
Date Shared:
Monday, 28 January 2019
The Somos Mexicanos ('We are Mexicans') program provides support to members of the Mexican diaspora who choose or are forced to return to Mexico. An initiative of the Mexican Ministry of the Interior beginning in 2014, the program includes support...
Countries and areas:
Mexico
2030 Agenda migration-relevant and related target Labels:
Goal 10: Reduced inequalities
GCM Thematic Cluster Areas:
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
Date Shared:
Friday, 9 November 2018
In May 2010, a joint ASEAN, Australia, and New Zealand task force developed ASEAN Qualifications Reference Framework (AQRF) as the mechanism to benchmark national qualifications frameworks into mutually comparable regional standards . Eight levels...
Countries and areas:
Australia, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam
GCM Thematic Cluster Areas:
Objective 18: Invest in skills development and facilitate mutual recognition of skills, qualifications and competences
Date Shared:
Friday, 9 November 2018
Knowledge of financial management and economic rights is important to ensuring the overall economic welfare of migrants and to maximizing the social benefits of remittances to a community. From April to November 2013, the Inter-American Dialogue...
Countries and areas:
Mexico
2030 Agenda migration-relevant and related target Labels:
Goal 10: Reduced inequalities - 10.c on remittances costs reduction
GCM Thematic Cluster Areas:
Objective 20: Promote faster, safer and cheaper transfer of remittances and foster financial inclusion of migrants
Date Shared:
Friday, 9 November 2018
The greater Toronto area receives a large number of immigrants each year, and a significant proportion of them are highly educated. The Toronto Region Immigrant Employment Council (TRIEC) is a multi-stakeholder council that brings together 70...
Countries and areas:
Canada
2030 Agenda migration-relevant and related target Labels:
Targets that contribute to employment or employment creation
GCM Thematic Cluster Areas:
Objective 16: Empower migrants and societies to realize full inclusion and social cohesion
Date Shared:
Friday, 9 November 2018
In spring 2016, the “National Initiative for the protection of refugees and migrants living in refugee centres in Germany” was launched as a joint initiative of the Federal Government and UNICEF to improve protection, care and supportive measures of...
Countries and areas:
Germany
GCM Thematic Cluster Areas:
Objective 7: Address and reduce vulnerabilities in migration
Date Shared:
Friday, 9 November 2018
Nationals of signatory States may apply for a temporary residence permit of up to two years in another country of the block, and may apply for permanent residence before expiration of the temporary residence permit. These nationals are also provided...
Countries and areas:
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay
2030 Agenda migration-relevant and related target Labels:
Goal 10: Reduced inequalities
GCM Thematic Cluster Areas:
Objective 5: Enhance availability and flexibility of pathways for regular migration