Policy
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- Key findings in migration research
- ( Development Research Centre on Migration, Globalisation and Poverty, University of Sussex , 2009)
- The report is a summary of six years of investigation into migration policy and practice. It encompasses thematic and regional reviews of emerging migration issues and policies as well as targeted emp...
- Migrant children in South Africa
- ( I. Palmary / United Nations [UN] Children's Fund , 2009)
- What is the legal and policy framework governing the provision of rights to migrant children in South Africa? What institutional capacity exists for responding to the needs of children who are...
- How can statelessness be addressed?
- ( B. K. Blitz (ed);M. Lynch (ed) / Oxford Brookes University, UK , 2009)
- Sixty years after the international community embedded the right to nationality in the human rights architecture, approximately twelve million people around the world remain stateless. What are the hu...
- Overview of Palestinian refugee issues
- ( A. Shiblak / Chatham House [Royal Institute of International Affairs], UK , 2009)
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Palestinians form the largest and one of the oldest refugee and stateless communities in the world. This paper gives a personal overview of the Palestinian refugee issue from a Palestinian perspect...
- Workers from Bangladesh in the Gulf countries
- ( R. Afsar / International Labour Organization , 2009)
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The influx of foreign workers to the Gulf countries over recent decades has created a unique situation in that region, with the majority of the labour force comprising non-nationals. This paper exa...
- Increasing recognition and protection of refugees and migrants in Mashrek countries
- ( L. Hilal;S. Samy / Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network , 2008)
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Refugees and migrants in the Mashrek countries (defined as Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria for the purposes of this report) are at risk of unlawful deportation, ill treatment and exploitation. Di...
- What incentives should be in place to retain Swaziland's health workers?
- ( S. Masango;K. Gathu;S. Sibandze / EQUINET: Network for Equity in Health in Southern Africa , 2008)
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This country study maps and assesses incentives for retaining heath workers, particularly non-financial incentives. It explores existing policies, their relevance to current factors ...
- Circular migration in the South Mediterranean
- ( J. Cassarino / European University Institute, Italy , 2008)
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People moving across borders may, through their mobility, be involved in a form of back and forth movement between their places of origin and of destination. Because of their repeated and fluid cro...
- Evaluating circular migration
- ( K. Newland;D.R. Agunias;A. Terrazas / Migration Policy Institute , 2008)
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Circular migration is a continuing, long-term and fluid pattern of international mobility of people among countries that occupy what is now increasingly recognised as a single economic space. At it...
- Return migration and development
- ( J. P. Cassarino / European University Institute, Italy , 2008)
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A successful migratory experience abroad increases a migrant’s chances of reintegration in their country of origin. This short document outlines a framework approach and formulates recommenda...
