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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.
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No more than 8 months
Applies to Mexico and 11 participating
Caribbean countries