International Organization for Migration and the UN System: A Missed Opportunity

Micinski, Nicholas R.; Weiss, Thomas G.

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“…48 Some suggest that the significance of these changes is limited, as IOM was already highly integrated into many UN mechanisms. 49 However, from IOM's institutional perspective, the Agreement provides the recognition, standing and stability it craved, and removed barriers to its continued expansion. Although some UN officials expressed qualms, the move was vocally supported by member states and top UN officials including the Secretary-General and the heads of UNHCR and the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).…”

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Since its founding in 1951, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has changed almost beyond recognition. Created with a narrow, time-bound mandate to support emigration from the ruins of post-war Europe, the agency was purposefully established outside the United Nations (UN) with a small membership comprising 16 states. Seven decades later, IOM is now among the largest international organizations (IOs) worldwide, with 175 member states, a budget of more than two billion dollars annually, and over 15,000 staff. 1 IOM became a related organization in the UN system in 2016 by virtue of the 2016 Agreement Concerning the Relationship between the United Nations and the International Organization for Migration ('the 2016 Agreement'). 2 It now undertakes a striking range of activities, broadly related to human mobility, from humanitarian relief, emergency evacuations, resettlement, returns, and border management to countertrafficking, data collection, and policy development. IOM can currently be seen surveying and distributing aid to internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Ukraine, receiving Haitians deported from the United States, renovating and facilitating returns from abysmal detention centres in Libya, coordinating the UN Network on Migration, and supporting the 1 1 IOM, 'IOM Snapshot: Dignified, Orderly and Safe Migration for the Benefit of All' (2021) accessed 14 July 2022. 2 UNGA Res A/70/296, 'Agreement Concerning the Relationship between the United Nations and the International Organization for Migration' (25 July 2016) UN Doc A/RES/70/296 (hereafter 2016 Agreement).

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“…This statement is based on data tables not included in this chapter. 23 Gamlen (2014, S201) documents the influence of the iom with regard to national diaspora policies and Micinski and Weiss (2016) explore the changes that came with the iom becoming a UN-related organisation. For the role of the iom in unct s and the relevance for its global positioning, see Bradley, 2020;Geiger and Pécoud, 2020;Lebon-McGregor (forthcoming).…”

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Multilateral Approaches to Mobility in the Middle East and North Africa Region

Naujoks¹

2022

Governing Migration for Development From the Global Souths

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Development plans increasingly integrate aspects of migration and displacement, reflecting the countless links between sustainable development and human mobility. To understand the incorporation of issues related to human mobility into development plans and policies, this chapter analyses all current United Nations Development Assistance Frameworks (undaf s) in the Middle East and North Africa (mena). The mena region is characterised by high levels of outmigration and displacement, transit migration, immigration, and hosts a large share of the world's refugees. undaf splanning documents that provide a system-wide overview of key United Nations (UN) activities and functions at the country level-provide a promising platform to investigate linkages between migration, displacement, human development, multilateral and interagency cooperation, and the politics of development aid and international relations. To assess how exactly UN development plans address immigration, emigration, transit migration, internal and international displacement, diaspora engagement and remittances, this chapter introduces the Index of Mobility Inclusion (imi) which measures the intensity, modality, and dimensionality of how mobility has been integrated into development plans. Based on an analysis of all current undaf s, the component and aggregate imi levels show varying degrees of mobility inclusion. A comparison of the three imi components for all 14 plans in the mena region reveals that mobility-related policies include a broad range of public policy sectors and focus on various target populations. This paper concludes by offering initial insights into and hypotheses on what determines whether mobility is included in UN development plans.

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“…They are thus only partly an 22 This statement is based on data tables not included in this chapter. 23 Gamlen (2014, S201) documents the influence of the iom with regard to national diaspora policies and Micinski and Weiss (2016) explore the changes that came with the iom becoming a UN-related organisation. For the role of the iom in unct s and the relevance for its global positioning, see Bradley, 2020;Geiger and Pécoud, 2020;Lebon-McGregor (forthcoming).…”

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Governing Migration for Development from the Global Souths

Degila¹,

Valle²

2022

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International Development Policy is a critical source of analysis of development policy and international co-operation trends, aimed at an audience of scholars, policymakers and development professionals. It offers a diverse range of academic views from both industrialised countries and emerging economies.International Development Policy is edited by the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, an institution of research and higher education dedicated to advancing world affairs. Located in Geneva, at the heart of an international centre of multilateral governance, the Graduate Institute benefits from a rich legacy linked to the founding of the international system and the League of Nations in the 1920s, and the emergence of the developing world in the 1960s.http:// www.dev pol.org http:// gradua tein stit ute.ch/ resea rch We extend our thanks to the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (sdc) and the Republic and State of Geneva-Service for International Solidarity (ssi) for their financial support.

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International Organization for Migration and the UN System: A Missed Opportunity

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