REGIONAL RESEARCH CONFERENCE

AGRICULTURAL TRANSFORMATION AND FOOD SECURITY IN CENTRAL ASIA

International Migration Remittances and Food Security

Dejan KeserovicRegional CoordinatorIOM Central Asia Coordination Office

Central Asia 10 Global Challenges

• the accelerating course of history• the global demographic imbalance• the global food security threat• the water shortage• the global energy security• the exhaustion of natural resources• the third industrial revolution• the growing social instability• the crisis of our civilization’s values• the threat of a new global destabilization

4 Migration Pathways – TOP Migration Corridors:

NORTH-NORTH : Germany to USA, UK to Australia and Canada, Republic of Korea and UK to USA

SOUTH-SOUTH: Ukraine to Russia, Russia to Ukraine, Bangladesh to Bhutan, Central Asia to Russia , Afghanistan to Pakistan

SOUTH-NORTH: Mexico to USA, Turkey to Germany, China /Philippines/India to USA

NORTH-SOUTH USA to Mexico/South Africa , Germany to Turkey, Portugal to Brazil, Italy to Argentina

Source: IOM calculations, based on UN DESA, 2012b, 2013 IOM World Migration Report

• 24,6 million international migrants within the CIS in 2010 (11,5% of the total number of international migrants in the world). Provided that 90% of international migrants are citizens of the former USSR republics who change the states of residence within the region.*

*UN 2013 data. UN data is available at the link: Trendsin international migrant stock: migrants by destination and origin [Trends in the number of international migrants: Migrants by countries of destination and the outcome]. Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the UN. Population Division. The database of the UN, POP/DB/MIG/Stock/Rev.2012, July 2012

Migration Trends Russian Federation – April 2014

* Source: http://www.fms.gov.ru/about/statistics/data/details/54891/

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• In 2013, remittances represent a high share of GDP; among the top 10 ECA recipients of remittances are Tajikistan, with 48,1 per cent of GDP ($4.1 billion), and Kyrgyzstan with 31.4 per cent of GDP ($2.3 billion) Source: The World Bank “Migration and Remittance Flows in Europe and Central Asia: Recent Trends and Outlook” 2013-2016, p.15&16

THEMATIC AREAS

Migration Management: Immigration, Technical Cooperation and Border Management Migration & Development Emergency response and community stabilization – MCOF http://www.iom.int/cms/mcof

Combating Trafficking in Persons, combating Irregular Migration Resettlement and Operational Movements

CROSS-CUTTING THEMES Governance Migrant rights Civil society development Gender Health

IOM Support

Regional/Global Frameworks• Astana Economic Forum – G global a new dialogue

format. The initiative has been designed to combine the efforts of all to establish a fair and secure world order.

• RCPs – Almaty Process

• Customs Union and the Common Economic Space

• Commonwealth of Independent States

REGIONAL RESEARCH CONFERENCE

AGRICULTURAL TRANSFORMATION AND FOOD SECURITY IN CENTRAL ASIA

Thank you

Contacts:IOM Central Asia Coordination Office

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Republic of Kazakhstantel: +7 712 790345-8

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