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Date Shared:
Monday, 24 September 2018
International migration has been an integral part of the historical and contemporary experience of most Jamaicans and is a feature of the country’s demographic landscape. The Government of Jamaica (GoJ) has recognized that with a population of...
Countries and areas:
Jamaica
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
Date Shared:
Monday, 24 September 2018
The main push factors for Moldovans migration are of economic nature, mainly poverty, lack of employment opportunities and low salaries. The main countries of destination are Russia (over 40 per cent) and Italy (over 25 per cent). Other preferred...
Countries and areas:
Republic of Moldova
GCM Thematic Cluster Areas:
Objective 1: Collect and utilize accurate and disaggregated data as a basis for evidence-based policies
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:
Monday, 24 September 2018
In July 2007, the ASEAN Foreign Ministers established the ASEAN Committee to Implement the Declaration on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers. Part of the role of this committee has been to strengthen information services...
Countries and areas:
Asia
2030 Agenda migration-relevant and related target Labels:
Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth - 8.8 on labor rights for migrant workers
Targets on counter trafficking
GCM Thematic Cluster Areas:
Objective 3: Provide accurate and timely information at all stages of migration
Objective 10: Prevent, combat and eradicate trafficking in persons in the context of international migration
Objective 12: Strengthen certainty and predictability in migration procedures for appropriate screening, assessment and referral
Date Shared:
Monday, 24 September 2018
All residents whatever their nationalities are invited to register in the Padron, the administrative municipal census, to automatically gain the status of a “neighbour”. The Padron is managed by the local authority (Offices of Citizenship Attention...
Countries and areas:
Spain
2030 Agenda migration-relevant and related target Labels:
Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities
GCM Thematic Cluster Areas:
Objective 15: Provide access to basic services for migrants
Date Shared:
Monday, 24 September 2018
Athens has a population of approx. 660,000 (2011), with more than 15,000 immigrants (March 2016), but also nearly 400,000 youth that have emigrated from the city due to the financial crisis. Being the major economic hub of Greece, displaced people...
Countries and areas:
Greece
2030 Agenda migration-relevant and related target Labels:
Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities
GCM Thematic Cluster Areas:
Objective 6: Facilitate fair and ethical recruitment and safeguard conditions that ensure decent work
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, 24 September 2018
The Government of the UAE has recently instituted a public-private partnership programme to scale up and standardise post-arrival orientation programmes to migrants and their employers. ‘Tawjeeh’ Centres, operated by private businesses under licence...
Countries and areas:
United Arab Emirates
2030 Agenda migration-relevant and related target Labels:
Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth - 8.8 on labor rights for migrant workers
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, 24 September 2018
The government of Canada assists immigrants in overcoming barriers so they can establish themselves and their families in Canadian communities through Immigration, Refugee and Citizenship Canada’s (IRCC) Settlement Program . The Settlement Program...
Countries and areas:
Canada
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, 24 September 2018
Many local authorities in the UK offer free English language classes to adult immigrants in their area. The London Borough of Islington, for example, offers English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) courses to unemployed or low-paid adults...
Countries and areas:
United Kingdom
Date Shared:
Monday, 24 September 2018
A bilateral cooperation between the Government of the Republic of Seychelles and the Government of the Republic of Mauritius has been signed considering the mutual interest and benefits to be accrued to both parties in promoting closer cooperation...
Countries and areas:
Mauritius, Seychelles
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
Objective 6: Facilitate fair and ethical recruitment and safeguard conditions that ensure decent work
Objective 23: Strengthen international cooperation and global partnerships for safe, orderly and regular migration
Date Shared:
Monday, 17 September 2018
The ASEAN Framework Agreement on Services (AFAS) was signed on 15 December 1995 by the ASEAN Economic Ministers, allowing for Mutual Recognition Agreements (MRA) in various professions and an agreement on the Movement of Natural Persons (MNP) The...
Countries and areas:
Philippines, Indonesia
2030 Agenda migration-relevant and related target Labels:
Goal 10: Reduced inequalities
Goal 17: Partnerships for the goals
Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth - 8.8 on labor rights for migrant workers
Targets that could benefit from the potential of migration and migrants
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