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Presenter: Dr.
Michele N. Reis
National Forum
on Migration
and
Development,
Hyatt Regency,
28-29 August,
2013
Good Practices in Mainstreaming Migration and
Development
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Bhoe Tewarie: TnT Minister of
Planning
“It
is our responsibility as a government to
manage the migration process and I think
what we should try to do is to have a
constructive purposeful immigration policy
that addresses the issue of growth,
investment, competitiveness, innovation,
entrepreneurship and skill which are the
things that this country needs for the next
period of development.”
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Migration and Sustainable Development
(HLD Theme 1/GFMD Theme 1)
The
role of remittances
Poverty
reduction
Empowerment
Access
of women
to education and health care
Climate
change
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Sustainable Development and the
Jamaican Diaspora
Remittances
Diaspora
More
represent 17% of GDP
tourism is 11-15%.
than 187 Diaspora organisations make
significant contributions to Jamaica in healthcare,
education, sports, business, investment and trade.
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Reversing the Brain Drain:South
Africa
An
estimated 20 per cent of the country’s
professionals left since 1995.
The
South African government targeted an
estimated 100,000 professionals to fill positions
in the teaching service, government and
business since 2010.
+ Partnerships, Mechanisms for Cooperation in
Mainstreaming Migration into Development
Planning
(HLD Theme 3/GFMD Theme 2)
Coherence
Consultation
Coordination
Cooperation
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Partnerships, Mechanisms for Cooperation in
Mainstreaming Migration into Development
Planning (HLD Theme 3/GFMD Theme 2)
Inter-ministerial
Consultation
coordination
with the private sector and civil society
Cooperation
between states at the bilateral and
regional levels
International
organisations
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Connecting Jamaicans in the
Diaspora with the Homeland
The
Diaspora web portal
jamaicadiasporaconnect.com
This
was made possible through funding from the
EC-UN Joint Migration and Development Initiative
(JMDI) for the Project: Knowledge Networks
The
major project partners were The Mona School
of Business and Management and KAJANS
Women Enterprise in the United Kingdom.
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Mobilising Skills to Build Local
Capacity/Create Jobs in Africa
‘Retour
Aux Sources’ Programme
Supporting
Entrepreneurs and Enterprise
Development in Africa (SEEDA)
The
programme has so far supported over 400
grassroots and informal businesses in Sierra
Leone and Ghana.
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Migration in a Human Rights
Framework (HLD Theme 2)
Particular
reference to the most vulnerable:
women and children
To
prevent and combat smuggling of migrants
and trafficking in persons
To
ensure regular, orderly and safe migration.
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Human Trafficking
Training
of stakeholders in the region to
identify and combat human trafficking-IOM
In
2007, the U.S. Embassy in Belize gave a
grant of US $80,000 to the Ministry of Human
Development for an Anti-Trafficking in
Persons Programme.
+ Integration of Returned Migrants
British
funded programme to safely return,
reintegrate and rehabilitate deportees returned
from the UK back to Jamaica through the UK
Reintegration and Rehabilitation Fund (RRF).
The
IOM’s Voluntary Assisted Return and
Reintegration Programme (VARRP).
UNHCR
provision of shelter to displaced people
from Colombia. UNHCR offers weekly briefings
for the new arrivals in San Lorenzo, Ecuador,
which is the first point of entry for many.
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Labour Mobility, Voluntary Asset
Transfers and Development
(GFMD3/ HLD Theme 4)
Remittances
Circular
migration
Seasonal
CSME
migration
(regional)
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Regional Labour Migration Policy
CSME-Caribbean
Single Market and Economy
(15 states)
OECS
Protocol –Free Movement of Persons
Regime (9 member states)
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International Labour Policy
Canadian
Seasonal Agricultural Workers’
Programme (SAWP) allows employers to hire
temporary foreign workers (TFW) when
Canadian citizens and permanent residents are
not available.
No more than 8 months
Applies to Mexico and 11 participating
Caribbean countries