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Authored by Xinyu (Promio) Wang, this Migration Research Series paper explores what belonging means and entails for Chinese migrants in Japan in today’s digitalized societies. Drawing on interviews with 55 Chinese migrants in Japan between 2017 and 2019, the paper highlights the impact of digital… Read More
This paper is intended to guide policymakers through challenges posed by migration and development. It is intended to be an accessible guide to the policy implications drawn from the burgeoning literature on migration and development. Its primary aim is to further the important and timely process… Read More
Remittances are an integral feature of the internal migration process in China. According to a report released by the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor, in 2005 China’s rural migrants sent nearly USD 30 billion back home to their families. The significance of domestic remittances becomes even… Read More
In the last several years, migrant remittances have received an increasing amount of attention from policymakers. While in the beginning the focus was on the volume and methods of remitting, gradually attention has been shifting towards using remittances as a development tool for the communities… Read More
Long-standing transnational relationships between Serbian households and their migrant relatives living in Switzerland have facilitated a large and ongoing flow of remittances and other forms of material support over the last several decades.
Policy coherence between migration and development agendas is of increasing interest in current times; there is growing recognition that migration policies should support rather than hinder investment in international development. The United Nations High-level Dialogue of September 2006 and the… Read More
Los corredores de remesas Sur-Sur siguen siendo un área de análisis poco explorada, a pesar que organizaciones internacionales como la OIM y el Banco Mundial señalan desde hace algunos años la importancia de las migraciones y de los flujos de remesas Sur-Sur. En Sudamérica, el corridor Argentina-… Read More
Every year some 200,000 or more Bangladeshis leave the country officially to work elsewhere. Add to this the more than 1 million Bangladeshis living permanently outside the country and the extent of emigration becomes apparent. Most of these migrants send part of their earnings home on a regular or… Read More
This report draws on findings from a survey of 1,000 Zimbabweans living in the United Kingdom and South Africa. It examines the education and employment skills base of respondents on arrival in either the United Kingdom or South Africa and their educational qualifications and employment at the time… Read More
The study makes a contribution to the newly emerged debate on migration and development. The paper is divided into three sections: The first focuses on the financial flows associated with international migration. The second section is concerned with diasporas and how these can be mobilized to the… Read More
This study sheds some light into the kinds of relationships that Angolans living in Portugal and South Africa keep with their country of origin, focusing on the financial remittances that they send back to Angola, as well as on aspects such as the level of organization and the transnational… Read More
The Workshop on Migration and Development, held in Geneva on 2-3 February 2005, was organized in cooperation with the UK Department for International Development (DFID) and the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The main objectives of the workshop were to examine why migration should be… Read More
El Taller sobre Migración y Desarrollo, celebrado en Ginebra los días 2 y 3 de febrero de 2005, fue organizado en colaboración con el Departamento para el Desarrollo Internacional del Reino Unido (DFID) y el Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de los Países Bajos.
The Workshop on Migration and Development, held in Geneva on 2-3 February 2005, was organized in cooperation with the UK Department for International Development (DFID) and the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The main objectives of the workshop were to examine why migration should be… Read More
Migration is a catalyst for social change. It creates spaces for interaction between migrants and communities of origin, transit and destination and provokes changes in societies’ social structures, identities, attitudes, norms and practices. In an era in which mobility patterns are becoming… Read More
La Conférence ministérielle sur la diaspora qui s’est tenue les 18 et 19 juin 2013 a marqué une étape décisive dans le débat mondial sur la migration et le développement. Parmi la multitude de manifestations internationales précédant le deuxième Dialogue de haut niveau des Nations Unies sur les… Read More
La Conferencia Ministerial sobre la Diáspora, celebrada el 18 y 19 de junio de 2013, constituye un hito en la historia del debate mundial sobre la migración y el desarrollo. En medio de los numerosos eventos internacionales que condujeron al Segundo Diálogo de Alto Nivel de las Naciones Unidas… Read More
The Diaspora Ministerial Conference held on 18–19 June 2013 is a landmark in the history of the global debate on migration and development. Amid the flurry of international events leading up to the 2nd United Nations High Level Dialogue (HLD) on International Migration and Development in October… Read More
The Diaspora Ministerial Conference held on 18–19 June 2013 is a landmark in the history of the global debate on migration and development. Amid the flurry of international events leading up to the 2nd United Nations High Level Dialogue (HLD) on International Migration and Development in October… Read More