Human Mobility Report In The African, Caribbean And Pacific States

H uman Mobility
Report 2011
Migration and Human Development
in African, Caribbean and Pacific Countries

ACP Group of States Secretariat Human Mobility Report 2011

migration and human development
in African, Caribbean and Pacific Countries

ACP GROUP OF STATES SECRETARIAT HUMAN MOBILITY REPORT 2011

Human Mobility
Report 2011

Supervision
Dr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas
Secretary-General of theAfrican, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States
Ms Michele Dominique Raymond
Assistant Secretary-General, Head of the Department of Political Affairs and Human Development
Mr Denis Salord
European Commission, AIDCO
Task Team
Aya Kasasa
Department for Political Affairs and Human Development
Christophe Fleureau-Dauloudet
European Commission, AIDCO
Andrea Gallina (Team Leader)
Cristiano Maugeri (TaskManager)
Anna Mizzoni (Assistant)
ARS Progetti
Scientific Advisory Committee
Adepoju Aderanti (Network of Migration Research on Africa)
Juriaan Booij (Sinking Tuvalu Project)
Laurent De Boeck (Observatory on African, Caribbean and Pacific Migration)
Mohanty Manoranjan (University of South Pacific)
Frederic Jacquemin (ACP Cultural Observatory)
Steven Mac Andrew (CARICOM)
Thando D Gwebu (Universityof Botswana)
Vijay Naidu (University of South Pacific)
Jacqueline Meido Madiot (ACP Culture and Film)
Ndioro Ndiaye (Alliance for Migration, Leadership and Development)
Matteo Pedercini (Millennium Development Institute)
Bridget Wooding (Caribbean Migrants Observatory, OBMICA)
Graphic Layout
Lai-momo - Filippo Mantione
Contact
Secretariat of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States
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Tel: +32 2 743 06 00
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Human Mobility Report 2011. Migration and Human Development in ACP Countries, Brussels: ACP Secretariat
(author: Andrea Gallina).
© Andrea Gallina and the ACP Secretariat
First Published in Brussels
ACPSecretariat, September 2010

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ChApTEr 1
ACp grOup ApprOACh TO ThE mOBiLiTy ANd dEVELOpmENT NExuS.......... 13
Free, Regulated and Secure Mobility is the Ultimate ACP Policy Goal
The ACP Group of States’ Approach to Human Mobility
Unpacking the Linkage Between Migration and Development
Four Migrant Capitals

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FiVE kEy pOLiCyChALLENgES.......................................................... 23
1st Key Challenge: Develop Time and Cost-effective Research Tools
for Analysing the Mobility-Development Nexus in ACP Countries
2nd Key Challenge: Ensure Free, Regulated and Secure Mobility
3rd Key Challenge: Address Environmentally Induced Mobility
4th Key Challenge: Integrate Human Mobility to National Development Policies
5thKey Challenge: Assure Social Inclusion, Respect and
Protection of Migrants in ACP Countries

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mOBiLiTy TrENdS ANd pATTErNS iN ACp COuNTriES.............................. 41
An Introduction to Mobility in the ACP Group of States
Immigration into ACP Countries
Emigration from ACP Countries
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1 - ACP GROUP APPROACH TO THE MOBILITY AND...