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The report explores the significant role of labour migration and skills in climate change adaptation and mitigation policies. It emphasizes how regular labour migration pathways can enhance resilience and prevent climate-induced displacement. The report also...
This report provides comprehensive guidance on enhancing the engagement, participation, and decision-making roles of women-led organizations in humanitarian action. It underscores the critical importance of gender equality and women’s leadership in achieving...
This policy brief discusses the expansion of assisted voluntary return and reintegration (AVRR) programs across the European Union, driven by the need to increase the return rate of migrants without the right to stay in Europe. These programs are considered...
This policy brief addresses the challenges of returning and reintegrating irregular migrants and denied asylum seekers, highlighting the low return rate as a threat to the credibility of EU migration and asylum systems. It focuses on increasing voluntary...
The note addresses the compounded vulnerabilities faced by migrants with diverse SOGIESC. It details the discrimination and violence they encounter, such as physical and sexual abuse, lack of documentation, and inadequate access to essential services. The...
This information note highlights the essential rights and protections for unaccompanied and separated migrant children. It emphasizes key principles such as non-discrimination, the best interest of the child, and family unity. The document underscores the...
This information note provides a comprehensive overview of the principle of non-refoulement. The document outlines the definition and scope of non-refoulement, emphasizing its application to all migrants regardless of their status. It highlights that non...
This information note emphasizes the importance of ensuring that migrants, regardless of their legal status, have meaningful access to justice. It outlines the general principles of access to justice, including non-discrimination, equal and effective access to...
The vast majority of states have ratified international agreements upholding the principle that all individuals, including migrants regardless of their status, are entitled to respect, protection, and fulfillment of their human rights. However, migrants still...
This information brief highlights a key aspect of migration policy that often receives less attention: the reciprocal responsibilities and obligations of migrants toward their host societies. While international law upholds the rights and freedoms of all...
Many States consider immigration detention a necessary tool for migration management, used to control borders and enforce migration policies. While States have the right to implement such measures, they must do so in compliance with international laws and...
This Information Note is designed to serve as a resource for practitioners dealing with migration detention and non-custodial alternatives to detention (ATDs). It aims to acquaint them with the relevant international instruments and standards that States are...
This policy brief has been developed to understand the key features of the new form of trafficking for forced criminality, which has also emerged in Sri Lanka and to make recommendations to combat the crime, effectively protect/assist victims, expeditiously...
Since April 2023, people in Sudan continue to face all forms of protection concerns and a worsening protection crisis, with women, girls, men and boys in situations of vulnerability experiencing the worst consequences. Approximately 2.3 million people have...
By the end of 2021, an estimated 89.3 million people had been forcibly removed from their homes; by the middle of 2022, that number had risen to a startling 100 million. As more children are impacted globally, they currently make up 42 million, or 41%, of all...
This issue paper is a publication of the Inter-Agency Coordination Group against Trafficking in Persons (ICAT). It provides an overview of the intersections between sustainable finance and human trafficking and proposes recommendations and metrics for States...
Climate change, environmental degradation, and disasters adversely impact the well-being and rights of migrants and their communities. They often act as drivers of displacement, erode access to basic rights and increase protection risks. They may also leave...
La Coordinación de Abordaje de la Violencia por Razones de Género contra Personas Migrantes, enmarca sus acciones en el Plan Nacional de Acción y desarrolla diferentes líneas de trabajo con personas migrantes en situación de violencia de género. Además...
El “Ciclo de Webinarios: Trata de personas en tiempos de COVID-19” fue una iniciativa de diálogo virtual implementado a nivel regional, en el que mediante cinco sesiones se analizaron los riesgos, buenas prácticas, lecciones aprendidas y recomendaciones en el...
Victims of trafficking are subjected to exploitation in various ways. Sometimes, as a result of their victimization, they engage in illegal conduct. Common examples include involvement in the sex trade, involvement in drug production or trafficking, petty...