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Policy Papers

  • Communication from the European Commission - Policy Plan on Legal Migration, COM(2005) 669, 21 December 2005. View document
  • Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions - A Common Agenda for Integration: Framework for the Integration of Third-Country Nationals in the European Union, COM(2005) 389, 1 September 2005. View document
  • Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions - Immigration, intregation and employment, COM(2003) 336, 3 June 2003. View document

Research Papers

  • Labour Migration in Asia: Protection of Migrant Workers, Support Services and Enhancing Development Benefits, IOM, 2005. View document
  • The Causes and Consequences of Immigrant Labour in the Construction Sector in Malaysia. By Suresh Narayanan and Yew-Wah Lai, IM, Volume 43 (5), December 2005. View document
  • Glossary on Migration, International Migration Law Series, IOM, 2004. View document
  • Transatlantic Round-Table on Low-Skilled Migration in the Twenty-first Century: Prospects and Policies. By Lindsay Lowell and Yvonne D. Kemper, IM Volume 42 (1), March 2004. View Document
  • Migrations et Protection des Droits de l'Homme, International Migration Law Series, IOM, 2003. View document
  • Labour Migration from Tajikistan, IOM Dushanbe/Sharq Scientific Research Centre, July 2003. View Document
  • Recruitment and Placement of Bangladeshi Migrant Workers: An Evaluation of the Process, IOM Dhaka, 2002. View document
  • Are Migrants Chasing after the Golden Deer? A Study of Cost and Benefit Analysis of Overseas Migration of Bangladeshi Labour. IOM Dhaka, 2002. View document
  • International Labour Migration Institutions of Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka in Ferment the Philippines as Catalyst. IOM Bhaka, 2002. View document
  • Transatlantic Round-Table on High-Skilled Migration and Sending Countries. By Said Ouaked, IM Volume 40 (4), September 2002. View document
  • The Migration of Professionals: Theories and Typologies. By Robyn Iredale, IM, Volume 39 (5), Special Issue I, 2001. View Document
  • Europe and the Immigration of Highly Skilled. By Sami Mahroum, IM, Volume 39 (5), Special Issue I, 2001. View document
  • Return of Overseas Contract Workers and their Rehabilitation and Development in Kerala: a Critical Account of Policies, Performance and Prospects. By P.R. Gopinathan Nair, IM, Volume 37 (1), March 1999.
  • Enhancing the Capabilities of Emigration Countries to Protect Men and Women Destined for Low-Skilled Employment: The Case of the Philippines. By P. Santo Tomas, IM, Volume 37 (1), March 1999

Migrant Rights and Key International Legal Instruments

  • Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings, 16 May 2005 (not yet in force). View document
  • United Nations Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children
  • United Nations Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, supplementing the UN Convention Against Transnational Organised Crime, UN G.A. Res. 55/25, 15 November 2000. View document
  • International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families, UN G.A. Res. 45/158, 18 December 1990. View document
  • Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989, UN G.A. Res. 44/25, 20 November 1989. View document
  • Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 1984, UN G.A. Res. 39/46, 10 December 1984. View document
  • Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women 1979, UN G.A. Res. 34/180, 18 December 1979. View document
  • International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, UN G.A. Res. 2200A (XXI), 16 December 1966. View document
  • International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, UN G.A. Res. (XXI), 16 December 1966. View document
  • International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination 1965, UN G.A. Res. 2106 (XX), 21 December 1965. View document