presentation by marie-laure de bergh, 17 feb. 2009 link between migration and development? the...

Presentation by Marie-Laure de Bergh, 17 Feb. 2009

• Link between migration and development?• The Global Approach to Migration• Political dialogue with Africa• Africa-EU Partnership on Migration, Mobiliy & Employment• Root cause approach• Specific priorities

– General– Legal migration– Migration & Development

• Impact of the financial crisis?• Challenges for the future…

• Link between migration and development?• The Global Approach to Migration• Political dialogue with Africa• Africa-EU Partnership on Migration, Mobiliy & Employment• Root cause approach• Specific priorities

– General– Legal migration– Migration & Development

• Impact of the financial crisis?• Challenges for the future…

Migration & Development


Link between migration and development?Link between migration and development?

• Development policies contribute to address root causes of migration

• Migration can contribute to development• Major progress in building a consolidated

policy agenda:– Integrating migration issues in development policy– Integrating development issues in migration policy

Our challenge : to make migration work for development

• Development policies contribute to address root causes of migration

• Migration can contribute to development• Major progress in building a consolidated

policy agenda:– Integrating migration issues in development policy– Integrating development issues in migration policy

Our challenge : to make migration work for development


Link between migration and development?Link between migration and development?

1. Overall policy framework

2. EU priorities on migration and development

3. Impact of the financial crisis?

1. Overall policy framework

2. EU priorities on migration and development

3. Impact of the financial crisis?


The Global Approach to MigrationThe Global Approach to Migration

To formulate comprehensive and coherent policies that address the broad range of

migration-related issues, bringing together justice and home affairs,

development and external relations so as to enhance dialogue and cooperation on

migration in partnership with third countries.

To formulate comprehensive and coherent policies that address the broad range of

migration-related issues, bringing together justice and home affairs,

development and external relations so as to enhance dialogue and cooperation on

migration in partnership with third countries.


Political dialogue with AfricaPolitical dialogue with Africa

• National level : EU migration missions• Regional level : Rabat conference on

migration and development (2006), Paris conference (2008)

• Continental level : Tripoli Africa-EU conference on migration (2006) & EU-Africa Partnership on Migration, Mobility and Employment (2007)

• National level : EU migration missions• Regional level : Rabat conference on

migration and development (2006), Paris conference (2008)

• Continental level : Tripoli Africa-EU conference on migration (2006) & EU-Africa Partnership on Migration, Mobility and Employment (2007)


EU-Africa Partnership on Migration, Mobility and EU-Africa Partnership on Migration, Mobility and EmploymentEmployment

• Reflects shift in European thinking on African migration;

• Establishes robust framework for intra-continental dialogue and dialogue;

• Integrates agreed priority actions and innovative instruments;

• International organisations, third countries, civil society are welcome to join…

• Reflects shift in European thinking on African migration;

• Establishes robust framework for intra-continental dialogue and dialogue;

• Integrates agreed priority actions and innovative instruments;

• International organisations, third countries, civil society are welcome to join…


Root cause approachRoot cause approach

Address the push factors of migration…• Poverty, lack of jobs• War, conflict• Persecution, human right violations• Environmental degradation, climate change• Bad governance…to make migration a choice, rather

than a necessity

Address the push factors of migration…• Poverty, lack of jobs• War, conflict• Persecution, human right violations• Environmental degradation, climate change• Bad governance…to make migration a choice, rather

than a necessity


Specific priorities - general Specific priorities - general

Fill the information gapFill the information gap

• Migration profiles: pool all the information required to develop policy and monitor the impact of the policies implemented.

• Regional Observatories Network: collection, processing and dissemination of information on migration movements

• Cooperation Platforms: information sharing, discussion and joint action

• Migration profiles: pool all the information required to develop policy and monitor the impact of the policies implemented.

• Regional Observatories Network: collection, processing and dissemination of information on migration movements

• Cooperation Platforms: information sharing, discussion and joint action


Specific priorities – legal migration Specific priorities – legal migration

Promote circular migration Promote circular migration

… a triple win?• For the EU, it will be able to fill specific

(temporary) gaps in the labour markets• For the country of origin, individuals will send

money home and will eventually return with new skills

• For migrants, they will acquire income, knowledge and skills, without giving up roots in country of origin

… a triple win?• For the EU, it will be able to fill specific

(temporary) gaps in the labour markets• For the country of origin, individuals will send

money home and will eventually return with new skills

• For migrants, they will acquire income, knowledge and skills, without giving up roots in country of origin


Specific priorities – legal migration Specific priorities – legal migration

Negotiate Mobility PartnershipsNegotiate Mobility Partnerships

… agreements with selected countriesEU offers: short-stay visa facilitation; facilitated access to the labour markets of Member States willing

to participate in the scheme and circular migration schemes; provision of capacity building

Partner countries should cooperate on: fighting illegal migration return readmission

… agreements with selected countriesEU offers: short-stay visa facilitation; facilitated access to the labour markets of Member States willing

to participate in the scheme and circular migration schemes; provision of capacity building

Partner countries should cooperate on: fighting illegal migration return readmission


Specific priorities – legal migrationSpecific priorities – legal migration Set up Migration Information and Management Centres Set up Migration Information and Management Centres

…. e.g. CIGEM Mali

will provide : - information on legal migration opportunities - information on the risks of illegal migration- training - support to migrants who want to return / invest

….run by Malian government

…. e.g. CIGEM Mali

will provide : - information on legal migration opportunities - information on the risks of illegal migration- training - support to migrants who want to return / invest

….run by Malian government


Specific priorities – migration & development Specific priorities – migration & development

Enhance the development impact of remittancesEnhance the development impact of remittances

• Promote innovative solutions for transferring money

• Remittances web sites• African Remittances

Institute• Leverage for banking

reform

• Promote innovative solutions for transferring money

• Remittances web sites• African Remittances

Institute• Leverage for banking

reform



Address brain drain Address brain drain

• Enhance retention

• ‘Training for export’

• ‘Ethical recruitment’

• Return of qualified nationals

• Enhance retention

• ‘Training for export’

• ‘Ethical recruitment’

• Return of qualified nationals



Involve the diasporas Involve the diasporas

Africa’s 6th regional community…

Investors and source of human capital• Development donors• Representatives of the country of origin How to effectively involve the Diaspora in

our policy discussions?

Africa’s 6th regional community…

Investors and source of human capital• Development donors• Representatives of the country of origin How to effectively involve the Diaspora in

our policy discussions?


Impact of the financial crisis?Impact of the financial crisis?

• Developing countries affected by the crisis• Job losses affecting a number of sectors , labour migration

flows affected? • Higher risk of discrimination• Remittances flows resilient compared to other finanical flows

Our response: Need to further insist on the connection betweeen

migration and development Address the effects of financial crisis in developing

countries

• Developing countries affected by the crisis• Job losses affecting a number of sectors , labour migration

flows affected? • Higher risk of discrimination• Remittances flows resilient compared to other finanical flows

Our response: Need to further insist on the connection betweeen

migration and development Address the effects of financial crisis in developing

countries


Challenge for the future…Challenge for the future…

Ensure that migration works for development

… in the European Union (labour market management, integration policies)

… in countries of origin (circular migration, remittances, investments, transnational communities)

… for the benefit of all

Ensure that migration works for development

… in the European Union (labour market management, integration policies)

… in countries of origin (circular migration, remittances, investments, transnational communities)

… for the benefit of all

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