1. Migration and Development
What is at stake?
Tauhid Pasha
Senior Specialist, Labour Migration and Human Development Division, Geneva

2. IOM and migration & development (M&D)
“Making migration work for sustainable development for migrants, countries of origin and countries of destination”

3. M&D: what is at stake? Migration matters today more than ever before
Migration is relevant to all three pillars of sustainable development
Governments increasingly recognize that migration is both inevitable and necessary and that it can contribute to inclusive and sustainable social and economic development

4. Effects of migration on development
Migration is relevant to the
economic,
social and
environmental dimensions of sustainable development and to
peace and security.

5. Migration dynamics 7 billion Population 1 billion Migrants
232 million International
740 million Internal
Feminization: ca. 50%

6. International Migrants in Context
Population: Between 4th and 5th Largest Countries
237 million
193 million
232 million*
Indonesia
Brazil
International Migrants
4th
5th
Economic Contribution: Size of Large GDPs
Saudi Arabia
Austria
Annual Migrant Remittances
USD 434 billion
USD 379 billion
USD 400 billion*
23 rd.
24 th.
28 th.
* Sources: World Bank

7. IV. Key findings: Comparing
four pathways of migration
Most international migrants move from the South to the North or between countries in the South

8. More than half of the top 20 migration corridors are accounted for by people migrating from South to South
Top 20 migration corridors worldwide (migrant stock, in thousands), using the World Bank classification, 2010
Source: IOM calculations, based on UN DESA, 2012b.
Source: IOM calculations, based on UN DESA, 2012b.

9. Migration trends in EECA
While migrant stocks in the region seem to have been stabilizing …
… other types of human mobility emerge (e.g. student mobility)
International migrant stock,
Outbound mobile students, 2011
Source: UN DESA, 2013, graph generated by IOM RO Vienna
Source: UNESCO, 2011

10. Remittances inflows in EECA, 2012
Considerable impact of remittances inflows on 5 EECA countries (above 10 % of GDP)
Source: World Bank, Oct. 2013, graph generated by IOM RO Vienna

11. Post 2015 development agenda
2015 deadline for achievement of millennium development goals Safe orderly migration = development gains Forced or unplanned migration = negative repercussions for human development

12. Migration as an enabler of development

13. Improving development outcomes
Promoting the integration of migration within development processes at national/regional/global levels.
Protecting & promoting the human rights of all migrants – including undocumented, stranded, stateless or otherwise vulnerable migrants.
Supporting inter-State, multi-stakeholder consultation and cooperation on migration, especially by providing knowledge and expertise

14. Effective approaches
Mainstreaming migration into development processes.
Development at a local level.
Diaspora engagement
Ethical recruitment standards

15. Thank you