Migration

[Article] Belgium: Combining transnational and intersectional approaches to immigrants' social protection: The case of Andean (Peru, Colombia) families' access to health

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Comparative Migration Studies   (June 2018) In Belgium, for instance, there are officially 21.084 Latin American registered. 60% of them are women.

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peru
belgium
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Austria ‘declares war’ on social fraud

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EurActiv (17.05.2018) Freedom of services belongs to the four freedoms of the EU. Austria wants to fight its abuse with the help of digitisation. EURACTIV Germany reports from Vienna. The fight against “social fraud, in particular organised illegal work” is one of the main tasks laid down in the work program of the Austrian government. Of course, this is not just an issue that concerns Austria. In fact, in this case, the EU is challenged to lay the foundations for intergovernmental data exchange.

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austria
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Error, evasion and fraud
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Labour market
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Kyrgyzstan: labor migrants need social protection, investment incentives

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The Times of Central Asia (19.05.2018) There are about 100 thousand Kyrgyz labor migrants in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan’s State Migration Service says. Some of them work legally in the regions closer to Kyrgyzstan — the South-Kazakhstan, Karaganda and Almaty oblasts and Almaty city.

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kyrgyz republic
Global challenges
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Extension of coverage
Migration
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Panorama de la migración internacional en el Caribe | Publicación | Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe

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El presente documento es un examen del panorama de la migración internacional en la subregión del Caribe, y es uno de los insumos que la CEPAL entrega como contribución al Pacto Mundial para una migración segura, ordenada y regular (PMM). Junto con una delimitación necesaria de la subregión, se abordan primero los aspectos destacados y tendencias de la migración internacional, con información sobre “stocks” y sobre algunos flujos.

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Americas
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Migration

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Panorama de la migración internacional en América del Sur | Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe

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En este documento e analizan las tendencias migratorias de América del Sur en el contexto de distintos factores determinantes y según diversas fuentes de información. Se establecen los grandes patrones migratorios y algunas de sus especificidades, teniendo presente los cambios en las dinámicas migratorias. Se destaca que en los países de esta subregión la protección de los derechos de los migrantes constituye un horizonte normativo que adquiere vigencia y centralidad en la agenda política así como en la institucionalidad migratoria.

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latin america
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UAE's Low-income Migrant Workers Have Little Access to Social Protection beyond Health Insurance, Finds Study

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ZAWYA (16.04.2018)  Research investigates key concerns, insurance awareness levels and remittance habits of low-income migrant workers in the country

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United Arab Emirates
Global challenges
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Health
Difficult-to-cover groups
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Migrants In Labour Markets Are Disadvantaged By Region Of Origin

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socialeurope (10.04.2018) The integration of migrants from outside the EU into society is one of the key challenges that the Union must address to maintain social cohesion and equality. This blog piece looks at how well migrants and their descendants have integrated into the labour markets of EU Member States.

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european union
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Employment
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How migration data can deliver real-life benefits for migrants and governments

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mckinsey.com (January 2018) As countries have joined together on a path toward increased cooperation and action on migration, investment in data will be crucial for its success.

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Information and communication technology
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Labour market
Big Data
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El cambio climático llevará a 17 millones de personas a la migración interna en América Latina hasta 2050

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El País (20.03.2018) Casi cuatro millones de mexicanos y centroamericanos se verían obligados a dejar sus hogares por la subida del nivel del mar y la menor producción agrícola, según el Banco Mundial

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latin america
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Migration
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Europe: Posted Workers: More Europe Is More Freedom

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socialeurope (05.03.2018) ill the period of postings be shortened from 24 months to 12 (with a potential 6-month extension) as proposed last week by the negotiators on behalf of the European Parliament, the Council and Commission?

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Europe
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Employment policies

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