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On his first day in office, Biden reversed some of former President Donald Trumps immigration policies, such as lifting a travel ban on people from several Muslim-majority countries.

Getting to work soon after the inauguration festivities, President Joe Biden has signed orders for the US to rejoin the Paris Climate Accord and the World

Global Migration Growth Slowed by 27 Per Cent in 2020, Following Decades of Robust Increase, Annual Report Finds Global Migration Growth Slowed by 27 Per Cent in 2020, Following Decades of Robust Increase, Annual Report Finds Comments Off on Global Migration Growth Slowed by 27 Per Cent in 2020, Following Decades of Robust Increase, Annual Report Finds The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted all forms of human mobility through the closing of national borders and halting of travel worldwide,...

Published January 15, 2021, 3:36 PM Being a major labor exporting country, the Philippines will seek to sustain its contributions in the international movement on migration and development and push for further protection of all Filipino migrant workers in the 13th Summit of the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) to be hosted by the United Arab Emirates from January 18-26, 2021. (MANILA BULLETIN) Under this year’s theme, “The Future of Human Mobility: Innovative Partnerships fo...

International Migration 2020 Highlights [EN/RU/ZH] Format Executive summary In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic affected drastically all forms of human mobility, including international migration. Around the globe, the closing of national borders and severe disruptions to international travel obliged hundreds of thousands of people to cancel or delay plans of moving abroad. Hundreds of thousands of migrants were stranded, unable to return to their countries, while others were forced to return to the...

  The 13th Summit of the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) will be hosted by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from January 18 to 26, titled  “The Future of Human Mobility: Innovative Partnerships for Sustainable Development.”   The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), through Undersecretary for Migrant Workers’ Affairs Sarah Lou Arriola, will chair the roundtable discussions on leveraging new technologies to empower migrants. The Office of the President, through Chief of ...

By Friday Phiri Science has increasingly made it clear that the world is on an unsustainable growth model where economic development is occurring at the expense of the environment. The need for a well-balanced approach has therefore become a necessity rather than a luxury. By Maged Srour The agricultural sector in the Mediterranean Area is facing tough challenges and incredible opportunities at the same time: beyond a shadow of doubt, the farming sector is experiencing a critical time of ...

UN Agencies in Kyrgyzstan and Kosovo Launch United Nations Networks on Migration 22 December, 2020 - 14:10 Country: Kyrgyzstan Source: International Organization for Migration Pristina/Bishkek – More than 700,000 of Kyrgyzstan’s 6.3 million citizens work abroad, making an important contribution to the development of the mountainous Central Asian country. The protection of migrants rights was highlighted as a priority for the Government, and the focus of an online launch eve...

UN Agencies in Kyrgyzstan and Kosovo Launch United Nations Networks on Migration Format Kyrgyz couple Sanobahor and Asanbai, and two of their children. The parents escaped labour exploitation in Russia and are now being helped by IOM to fix their broken lives © IOM Pristina/Bishkek – More than 700,000 of Kyrgyzstan’s 6.3 million citizens work abroad, making an important contribution to the development of the mountainous Central Asian country. The protection of migrants rights was highlight...

Each year the OAS Secretary General publishes a proposed Program-Budget for the coming calendar year. The OAS General Assembly meets in a Special Session to approve the Program-Budget. Find these documents from 1998-2013 here. Each year in April, the OAS Board of External Auditors publishes a report covering the previous calendar year’s financial results. Reports covering 1996-2016 may be found here. Approximately six weeks after the end of each semester, the OAS publishes a Semiannual Man...