The objective of this monograph is to review the costeffectiveness of both external and internal migration control instruments in selected countries. In 2002, five industrial countries - the US, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands and the UK - spent about USD 17 billion to enforce immigration laws and... Read more
Based on the comprehensive collection and interpretation of available data, IOM’s second World Migration Report presents one of the most complete records of reference data and background analysis on population movements.
Published in June 2003, this report is organized around the core theme of... Read more
Volume 4 of the Red Book Series was developed in response to questions and issues discussed at the plenary session and in the workshops for policy makers at the International Dialogue on Migration of the 84th session of the IOM Council. Its purpose is to provide a more detailed review of the... Read more
Migration and development are two complex and interrelated issues. While migration is frequently caused by underdevelopment, it may also present a vehicle to foster development and a means of escape from poverty. This collection sheds light on the migration-development nexus seen from many angles,... Read more
This objective of this study is to assess the current state of migration administration in the Central American countries, and thus provide both national authorities and regional entities in charge of coordinating migration policies with relevant information to facilitate the formulation of... Read more
El objetivo de este estudio es evaluar la situación actual de las instancias que se ocupan de las migraciones en los países Centroamericanos y ofrecer a las autoridades nacionales y entidades regionales encargadas de coordinar las políticas migratorias, información pertinente que facilite la... Read more
International Migration is a refereed quarterly review of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) on current migration issues as analysed by demographers, economists, and sociologists all over the world. The journal is edited at Georgetown University's Institute for the Study of... Read more
La session d'anniversaire du Conseil de l'OIM de novembre 2001 fut une occasion pour la communauté internationale de se livrer à une réflexion sur cinquante ans de gestion de la migration et de se préparer à relever les nouveaux défis que pose la migration en ce début du XXIe siècle.
La Octogésima segunda reunión del Consejo de la OIM, celebrada del 27 al 29 de Noviembre de 2001, marcó un hito fundamental en la historia de la Organización Internacional para las Migraciones. Fue bastante singular por varias razones.
The fiftieth anniversary session of the IOM Council in November 2001 offered an opportunity for the international community to reflect upon five decades of migration management and to prepare for the new challenges posed by migration at the start of the twenty-first century.
In 1997 and 1999, IOM published its first original reports on migration in the CIS countries. This third volume of that series - the 2001/2002 Review - contains a statistical and analytical update of recent migration flows for12 countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA), taking into... Read more
Over the past ten years, there has been a significant increase in the number of regional consultative processes focusing on migration. These non-binding fora bring representatives of states, civil society and international organizations together at the regional level to discuss migration-related... Read more
