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Inter-Governmental Consultations on Asylum, Refugee and Migration Policies

Document number
1036
Date
2005
Title
Inter-Governmental Consultations on Asylum, Refugee and Migration Policies
Author/publisher
Intergovernmental Consultations (IGC)
Availability
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Document type(s)
Meeting Documentation/Conference Reports,
Keywords
IGC's Responses to Specific Questions Posed by IOM in Invitation to April 14-15, 2005 Workshop, Migrant rights; Undocumented migrants; Undocumented labour; Human rights approach; Labour exploitation; Economic migration, Irregular migration, Irregular migration, Labour migration, Feminization of migration,
Summary
Governments from migrant receiving states answer the following questions posed to them by the IOM 1. In cases where different ministries are involved in dealing with issues discussed in one or more RCPs, how is this work coordinated internally? How could it be coordinated? Is coordination considered beneficial and/or necessary? 2. To what extent are the RCP’s achieving the goals they have set? Is there concrete follow up – and of what kind – to the consultations and any recommendations they adopt? 3. Migration has to an increasing extent been put on the agendas of regional inter-governmental organizations, such as the EU, AU, ASEAN and Mercosur. Will RCPs continue to be important fora for informal discussions or will RCPs be subsumed by the work of these organizations? If RCPs continue to have a role, can and should their work link up directly with the work of these more formal regional and political frameworks or organizations? 4. To what extent is there an interchange of ideas and information between different RCPs? What has been the nature and outcome of that interchange? If no or inadequate interchange exists, would more crossregional dialogue be beneficial? If so, what purpose would it serve?
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