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  Migration, development and poverty reduction in Asia

  International Organization for Migration, 2005

  This document is a report from the The Regional Conference on Migration and Development in Asia, held in Lanzhou, China from 14-16 March 2005.The report focuses on the migration and development experiences of a selected number of Asian countries: Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Pakistan and Viet Nam.
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  Trafficking in women for sexual exploitation and good practices for addressing the problem by all stakeholders

  United Nations [UN] Division for the Advancement of Women, 2005

  The paper discusses initiatives to combat trafficking in women which qualify as "good practices" examples in combating trafficking in women for sexual exploitation. They include policies, programmes and legislation aimed at combating and eliminating trafficking in women for sexual exploitation, focusing on Nigerian examples.
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  Making migration "development friendly": temporary worker schemes in the UK

  Development Research Centre on Migration, Globalisation and Poverty, University of Sussex, 2005

  This paper examines the specific aspects of the design of migrant temporary worker schemes in the UK, and how this affects their impact on development.Four policy areas are identified: governance of recruitment, legislation and enforcement of workers’ rights, facilitation of financial flows (remittances), and return and reintegration programmes.The paper argues that at present the schemes ar
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  Crossing borders: an empirical study of transnational prostitution and trafficking in human beings

  Institute for Applied International Studies, Norway, 2004

  This report looks at the recruitment into prostitution in Norway of foreign women, focusing on the processes which led to their recruitment, the role of enforcement, exploitation and trafficking, and how women found their way out again.The report argues that exploitation may take on different forms, and it is not always clear where a line can be drawn between trafficking and voluntary prostitut
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  Migration and development: new strategic outlooks and practical ways forward: the cases of Angola and Zambia

  International Organization for Migration, 2005

  This paper assesses and analyses the migration and development situation of Angola and Zambia, with a special focus on skills migration and a review of government policies and capacity related to skills migration and initiatives of various stakeholders, including donors and civil society organisations.Findings and recommendations include:in Angola the process of recovery and reconciliat
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  An absence of choice: the sexual exploitation of North Korean women in China

  Anti-Slavery International, 2005

  This report examines the situation of North Korean women who illegally escape to China in search of food and work.It finds that in China, the irregular status of undocumented North Korean women contributes to their vulnerability to sexual exploitation, including trafficking into forced marriage, the sex industry, as well as voluntary and quasi-voluntary arranged marriages.
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  Regularization programmes: an effective instrument of migration policy?

  Global Commission on International Migration, 2005

  This paper explains the rationale, types and outcomes of migrant regularisation programmes in destination countries, highlighting their meaning and potential.The first part of the paper provides an overview of the concept and history of regularisation programmes in various countries.
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  For the price of a bike: child trafficking in Togo

  Plan, 2005

  This paper documents the pervasiveness of child trafficking in Togo: the extent, causes, forms and consequences of the phenomenon; the urgent need for further action at various levels; and the work being undertaken by organisations, to tackle the problem.The study finds that children trafficking victims are mainly drawn from the impoverished rural population where both illiteracy amongst adults
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  Twilight statuses: a closer examination of the unauthorized population

  Migration Policy Institute, 2005

  This paper discusses the situation of unauthorised migrants in the United States, describing the twilight statuses that some among the unauthorised population hold. These are described as partially recognised legal statuses not yet counting as full lawful residence, and usually not providing solid defence against deportation if they are discovered and placed into removal proceedings.
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  Regionalism in West Africa: do polar countries reap the benefits? A role for migration

  Global Development Network, 2004

  In the present globalization era an increasing attention is paid to the ambiguous relationship between international migration, brain drain, and economic growth, but few papers analyzed the growth impact of skilled migration.There is a consensus on the gains from migration to the home country accruing in the form of migrants’ remittances, creation of business and trade networks as well as migra

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