Background Paper World Migration 2010: The Future of Migration Policies in the Asia-Pacific Region
- Document number
- 2574
- Date
- 2010
- Title
- Background Paper World Migration 2010: The Future of Migration Policies in the Asia-Pacific Region
- Author/publisher
- International Organization for Migration (IOM)
- Availability
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- Document type(s)
- Research/Study/Analysis,
- Keywords
- Migrant rights; Migration management; Comprehensive approach to migration; Migration policy; Restrictive migration measures, Irregular Migration, Feminization of migration, Economic migration, Labour migration, Free movement, Undocumented migrants; Undocumented labour;
- Summary
- This paper is one of 19 background papers which have been prepared for the IOM, 2010 World Migration Report which is entitled the "Future of Migration: Building Capacities for Change". The 2010 report focuses on likely future trends in migration and the capacities that will be required by States, regional and international organizations, civil society and the private sector to manage migration successfully over the coming decades. Over the next few decades, international migration is likely to transform in scale, reach and complexity, due to growing demographic disparities, the effects of environmental change, new global political and economic dynamics, technological revolutions and social networks. The 2010 World Migration Report focuses on capacity-building, first because it is good governance to plan for the future, especially during a period of economic downturn when the tendency is to focus on immediate impacts and the short-term period of recovery. Second, capacity-building is widely acknowledged to be an essential component of effective migration management, helping to ensure the orderly and humane management of migration.
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