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UN Network launches in support of Government of Iraq’s migration governance efforts [EN/AR/KU] Format Baghdad — On 17 March, following a kick-off meeting in February, the United Nations Network for Migration was formally launched in Iraq. The Network supports the international community’s efforts towards the implementation of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM), which is the first inter-governmentally negotiated agreement covering all dimensions of internation...

POLICY FORUM 16 March 2021 With migrants facing increasingly complex challenges and vulnerabilities due to the COVID-19 pandemic, policymakers must come together to ensure the region realises the benefits of migration, Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, Chihoko Asada-Miyakawa, and Cynthia Veliko write. Migrants move in search of safer and better lives. They contribute to the welfare and sustainable development of their countries of origin and destination. Yet, they face complex human rights challenges...

A dioxin contaminated area in Bien Hoa Airbase. (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has for the first time awarded a prime construction contract to a local Vietnamese contractor for its Dioxin Remediation at Bien Hoa Airbase Area project. Though Vietnamese companies have been involved in USAID dioxin remediation work in both the Da Nang Airport remediation and Bien Hoa Airbase remediation projects, until now they have been subcontractors of US firms....

March 15, 2021 Share Migrants move in search of safer and better lives. They contribute to the welfare and sustainable development of their countries of origin and destination. Yet, they face complex human rights challenges and vulnerabilities that we must address to ensure that no one is left behind. In the Asia-Pacific region, the number of international migrants has grown from 52 million in 1990 to over 65 million today, roughly 25 per cent of all the world’s international migrants...

The Ministries of Public Security of Vietnam and Laos have paid tribute to their fallen soldiers and officers at a former revolutionary base of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party’s in Viengxay district of Houaphanh province.

MANILA: An alliance of overseas Filipino workers (OFW) celebrated the abolition of Saudi Arabia’s kafala sponsorship system on Sunday, rejoicing over the historic labor reforms that have given more “freedom” to millions of migrant workers in the Kingdom. “Saudi Arabia has announced that it will end its notorious sponsorship or kafala system on March 14. Migrante-Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, together with all OFWs in the country, is glad and jubilant and is celebrating over this historic act...

Foreign Affairs Undersecretary for Migrant Workers’ Affairs Sarah Lou Arriola MANILA, Mar. 13 -- The Philippines successfully steered discussions on “Labor Mobility and Human Rights: Examining Migrant Labor Governance in the Middle East in the Context of Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM)” on 11 March 2021, the second day of the regional review of the implementation of the GCM conducted by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific...

ECA examines migration statistics in Morocco 03/12/2021 | 01:17pm EDT Send by mail : Message : Required fields Rabat, March 12, 2021 (ECA) - The ECA Office in North Africa held on Thursday March 11 in Rabat a launch workshop to launch its study on migration statistics in Morocco. The meeting aimed to consult with national and international partners on the methodology of the study in order to achieve a refined understanding of national needs. Participants included representatives...

Saturday, 13 Mar 2021 03:15 PM MYT Subscribe to our Telegram channel for the latest updates on news you need to know. MARCH 13 ― Migrants move in search of safer and better lives. They contribute to the welfare and sustainable development of their countries of origin and destination. Yet, they face complex human rights challenges and vulnerabilities that we must address to ensure that no one is left behind. In the Asia-Pacific region, the number of international migrants has grown from 52 mil...

First Regional Review of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration in Asia-Pacific Concludes Format People from Thailand and Myanmar cross border from Thailand’s Mea Sot to Myanmar’s Myawaddy by boats at Tha Huan Yang pier in Tak province on August 21, 2018. © IOM/Visarut Sankham Bangkok – The first regional review of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration in Asia and the Pacific concluded today (19 March) with a call for greater collaboration among c...