Tag: Migration

Climate-induced migration and modern slavery: a toolkit for policymakers (IIED)

Bharadwaj, R., Bishop, D., Hazra, S., Pufaa, E., Kofi Annan, J. (2021). Climate-induced migration and modern slavery: a toolkit for policymakers. IIED, London Anti-Slavery International, London -...

Climate change and migration in Ghana (Joseph Teye, Francis Jarawura, Lily Salloum Lindegaard, Nauja Kleist, Marie Ladekjær Gravesen, Philip Mantey, David Quaye, DIIS)

Climate change is expected by many to produce new and/or intensified mobility patterns, including migration and displacement. However, only limited research exists on the...

Remittance Regulations/Migration/Africa – Putting people first: Africa leads the way on reimagining remittance regulations (Ulla Andrén, Henri Dommel, WEF)

Differing rules and regulations mean that what should be a simple act – sending one’s own money back home – is often a...

Cities/Migration/Climate Action – Cities are at the front lines of climate and migration (Al Jazeera)

Vittoria Zanuso, Mark Watts Mayors must get a seat at the climate policy-making table. https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/5/21/cities-are-at-the-frontlines-of-climate-and-migration

UK – Futile hostility: the UK’s migration and asylum approach must change (ODI)

Gemma Hennessey Last week the UK Home Secretary Priti Patel announced the New Plan for Immigration, outlining proposals which would further intensify its ‘hostile environment’ approach...

PANDEMIC/MIGRATION/HUMAN CAPITAL – International Migration and Human Capital in the Context of COVID-19 Conference (RIAC)

On December 18, 2020, Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), together with RANEPA Center for Sociological Research and the International Committee of the Red Cross...

MIGRATION/INVISIBLE SHIPWRECKS – ‘Invisible shipwrecks’ belie falling migrant deaths: UN (Al Jazeera)

The number of deaths recorded on migratory routes fell this year, although COVID-19 difficulties and so-called “invisible shipwrecks” mean the real number is probably...