Transcript Migration and Development What is at stake? Tauhid Pasha Senior Specialist, Labour Migration and Human Development Division, Geneva.

Migration and Development
What is at stake?
Tauhid Pasha
Senior Specialist, Labour Migration and Human Development
Division, Geneva
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IOM and migration & development (M&D)
“Making migration work for
sustainable development for migrants,
countries of origin and countries of
destination”
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M&D: what is at stake?
• Migration matters today more than ever
before
• Migration is relevant to all three pillars
of sustainable development
• Governments increasingly recognize that
migration is both inevitable and
necessary and that it can contribute to
inclusive and sustainable social and
economic development
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Effects of migration on development
Migration is relevant to the
• economic,
• social and
• environmental dimensions of sustainable
development and to
• peace and security.
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Migration dynamics
7 billion Population
1 billion Migrants
232 million International
740 million Internal
Feminization: ca. 50%
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International Migrants in Context
Population: Between 4th and 5th Largest Countries
Indonesia
4th
232 million*
International Migrants
Brazil
237 million
5th
193 million
Economic Contribution: Size of Large GDPs
Saudi Arabia
23 rd.
USD 434 billion
Annual Migrant Remittances
24 th.
USD 414 billion*
Austria
28 th.
USD 379 billion
* Sources: World Bank
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IV. Key findings: Comparing
four pathways of migration
Most
international
migrants
move from
the South to
the North or
between
countries in
the South
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More than half of the top 20 migration corridors are
accounted for by people migrating from South to South
Top 20 migration corridors worldwide (migrant stock, in thousands), using
the World Bank classification, 2010
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Source: IOM calculations, based on UN DESA, 2012b.
Source: IOM calculations, based on UN DESA, 2012b.
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Migration trends in EECA
• While migrant stocks in the region seem to have been
stabilizing …
• … other types of human mobility emerge (e.g. student
mobility)
International migrant stock, 1990 - 2013
Source: UN DESA, 2013, graph generated by IOM
RO Vienna
Outbound mobile students, 2011
Source: UNESCO, 2011
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Remittances inflows in EECA, 2012
• Considerable
impact of
remittances
inflows on 5
EECA
countries
(above 10 % of
GDP)
Source: World Bank, Oct. 2013, graph generated by IOM RO Vienna
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Post 2015 development agenda
2015 deadline for achievement of millennium
development goals
Safe orderly migration = development gains
Forced or unplanned migration = negative
repercussions for human development
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Migration as an enabler of development
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Improving development outcomes
1.Promoting the integration of migration within
development processes at national/regional/global
levels.
2.Protecting & promoting the human rights of all
migrants – including undocumented, stranded, stateless
or otherwise vulnerable migrants.
3.Supporting inter-State, multi-stakeholder consultation
and cooperation on migration, especially by providing
knowledge and expertise
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Effective approaches
1.Mainstreaming migration into development
processes.
2.Development at a local level.
3.Diaspora engagement
4.Ethical recruitment standards
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HLD Round Table Recommendations:
Assessing the effects of international migration on sustainable development
and identifying relevant priorities in view of the preparations of the post-2015
development framework
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Include migration in the post-2015 UN Development Agenda as part of a
new global partnership for development and/or as a cross-cutting “enabler”
Mainstream migration into development and broader sectoral planning –
especially labour market policy, health and human rights protection – at
local, national and global levels and both in developing and developed
countries.
Embark on an inclusive process of mainstreaming migration into
development and other policy sectors, with participation by all relevant
ministries and government agencies, civil society, academia, and diaspora
organizations; led by designated institutions or coordination bodies
equipped with the necessary capacities.
Raise the quality of research and data collection on migration and
invest in more systematic evaluation and impact assessments of
migration policies and migration and development initiatives,
including through comparable indicators and data on migration, and
on the nexus between migration and development.
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Thank you
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