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Trafficking in persons report 2005
US Department of State, 2005This report describes the scope and nature of global trafficking and assesses governments’ efforts to combat trafficking, including labour slavery, internal labour trafficking, forced labour and involuntary servitude.Foreign governments’ efforts to enforce laws against trafficking, protect victims, and prevent trafficking are rated in tiers: each narrative explains the basis for rating a countrDocumentMigrants' human rights: could GATS help?
Migration Information Source, 2005This brief paper explores how GATS negotiations in the WTO could provide an opportunity to address the human rights risks linked to migration as well as discussing its limitations.DocumentGender dimensions of international migration
Global Commission on International Migration, 2005This paper discusses the question how can or should we understand the gender dimensions of international migration? The paper introduces theoretical and empirical elements related to gender and migration; discusses the different types of causal relationships between gender and migration and suggests a framework for analysis.DocumentDiasporas, remittances and Africa south of the Sahara: a strategic assessment
Institute for Security Studies, 2005Modern African "ethno-national" diasporas of today are very different from the "old" black diaspora which emerged out of the slave trade. Contemporary migrants are very much in touch with their homeland, to which they often remit money on a regular basis. They have an economic and political role to play in the countries of departure as well as arrival.DocumentMigration without borders: an investigation into the free movement of people
Global Commission on International Migration, 2005This article reviews the literature on the migration without borders (MWB) scenario and assesses its relevance in the contemporary migration context.The review highlights numerous uncertainties surrounding the MWB and concludes that the social and economic consequences of the MWB scenario remain extremely complex.DocumentInternational migration and economic development: lessons from low-income countries
Expert Group on Development Issues, Department for International Development Cooperation. Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sweden, 2005The study presents a review of the issues and evidence linking economic development in low-income countries with their migration experiences, focusing mainly on labour migration.DocumentInternational migration, remittances and development: myths and fact
Global Commission on International Migration, 2005This paper examines the reciprocal migration-development relationship by discussing and dispelling seven migration myths that are prevalent in public discourses.DocumentForced labour and migration to the UK
Trades Union Congress, 2005This study analyses existing evidence at the demand factors, production systems and labour shortages which might promote coercive recruitment and employment practices in certain industries and sectors in the UK.DocumentA global alliance against forced labour
International Labour Organization, 2005This study presents a global overview of forced labour.DocumentChild domestics: the world's invisible workers
Human Rights Watch, 2004This paper summarises the situation of child domestic labourers in Central America, Malaysia/Indonesia and West and Central Africa in terms of abuse they face, discrimination, lack of education opportunities, long working hours, low wages and lack of legal protection.The report finds that child domestics are exploited and abused on a routine basis, and despite the striking differences between tPages