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CTA BriefingBrussels, 11 December
2008
IOM
Opportunities and Challenges of Migration
for Rural Development in
the ACP States
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Outline
1 Introduction
2 Current situation: challenges and opportunities
– Increased migratory flows – current trends– Challenges and opportunities– The link between migration and development
• Human capital: diasporas working for development• Remittances: international and internal migration
3 Outlook and new programmatic responses
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Introduction
•3 % of the world population are migrants, i.e. 200 million people. The figure has doubled since 1965.
•However, only 9% of migrants from Africa settle in Europe – 47% migrate to another country in Africa
•‘Feminization of migration’ - increasing empowerment of women migrants
• Increase in migrant remittances – greater attention paid to the link between migration and development
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Current situation
Mobility
Goods
ServicesCapital
Globalization – generates mobility
Challenges for managing international labour mobility, links between migration and trade, links between migration and development
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Migration and Development
Human capital: knowledge/ skills transfer, knowledge networks, investment – Example: MIDA framework
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MIDA Great Lakes – example
Catholic University of Graben in Northern Kivu
•MIDA experts (2) train professors and students on farming and cultivation methods, land usage, etc
•Target group: 480 students, 40 assistants, 29 supervisors, 81 technicians and rural development advisers
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Migration and Development
Remittances (example: Africa)
Caribbean:
Haiti: 52% GDP Jamaica: 17% GDP
(other Caribbean states around 2%)
Pacific:
Tonga: around 39 %
Samoa: around 25%
Others: between 0 and 15%
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Outlook and policy strategies
• Trends are likely to continue, with increased migratory flows
• Need for effective migration management
• Inclusion of migration aspects into development strategies
• Support to RCPs and research on/ observation of migratory flows
• Example: ACP Migration Facility
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Conclusion: managed migration
The human rights of migrants are upheld and protected
Integration & adaptation is effective
Best way to ensure
Migration can work for development
Supply meets demand
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Thank you for your attention!
T. KeatingIOM MRF Brussels
40 rue Montoyer1000 Brussels02.282.4560
E-mail: [email protected]
Sources
-IOM World Migration Report 2008
-World Bank
-OECD Report 2008