Special%20Committee

1

• Special Committee
• on Migration Issues

Executive Secretariat for Integral Development
October 7, 2008
2
Index

1. Notes and facts about Migration
2. The OAS on the topic of Migration
3. Tools for the implementation of the 2008-2009
   CEAM Work Plan

3
1. Notes and facts about Migration
4
Migration is a political, economic, and social
phenomenon

• CEPAL estimated that in 2006, 26 million
  citizens of Latin American and Caribbean nations
  lived in a country different to their country of
  origin.
• For that same year, global migration was
  estimated at 191 million people
• 22 million people lived in countries outside of
  Latin America and the Caribbean
• 4 million lived in other Latin American and
  Caribbean countries.

5
Migration Statistics
(Millions)

• In recent years, the increase of migration
  stemming from Latin American and Caribbean
  countries is greater than global migration (1.5
  vs 3.6 annual average)
• The region includes the country with the greatest
  number of transit-migrants (México)
• 13.6 of global migration comes from Latin
  America and the Caribbean (1 of every 7)

Year Global Migration Migration in Latin America and the Caribbean
2000 175 21
2006 191 26
6
Migration Patterns

• The recipient countries of migration from Latin
  America and the Caribbean have diversified in the
  last years, in some countries their participation
  in the migration population has grown

1. United States
2. Spain
3. Canada
4. Italy
5. United Kingdom
7
2. The OAS on the topic of Migration
8
Participation of the OAS on the topic of Migration
Permanent Council
2005 CAJP AG/RES 2141
2007 CEAM AG/RES2356
Inter American Program for the Promotion and
Protection of the Human Rights of Migrants
Work Plan
EXECUTIVE SECRETARIAT FOR INTEGRAL DEVELOPMENT
SAP
SAJ
CIM
CIDH
IIN
Summits
9
THE TOPIC OF MIGRATION IS A HEMISPHERIC PRIORITY

• Me propongo establecer una coordinación, en
  el nivel que corresponda, para la ejecución del
  programa interamericano de manera que unifiquemos
  los criterios de las diferentes áreas de la OEA
• José Miguel Insulza
• Secretario General
• 2 de mayo, 2007

10
CEAMPRECEDENTS(AG/RES. 2326 )

• On May 2, 2007, the Permanent Council convened an
  extraordinary session to analyze and discuss
  human migration flow and their impact on Member
  States.
• On October 24, of the same year, the Permanent
  Council established the Special Committee on
  Migration Issues.

11
CEAM
Mandates

• Develop a matrix of data for the integral
  analysis of migration flows.
• Produce a data base of existing legal frameworks,
  policies and national programs about migration.
• Link the efforts of the OAS with those of the
  regional processes of counsel on migration
  matters.
• Promote the exchange of experiences and best
  practices.

12
3. Tools for the Implementation of the Work Plan
CEAM 2008-2009
13
The Statistical Documentation and Information on
Migration Matters

• In Latin America and the Caribbean, information
  on migration is scarce and poorly organized

• The lack of reliable information weakens decision
  making and the formulation of migration policies
  in the region

There are no standardized statistics. There are
discrepancies in national definitions.
14
Current Migration Statistical Systems

• Migration Information Systems
• IMILA (CEPAL)
• UN
• OECD (SOPEMI)
• ILO

• Factors complicating collection
• Lack of substantiation in national statistics
• Lag in the fulfillment of censuses
• Difficulty to estimate irregular migration
• Varying definitions of temporary and permanent
  migrant

15
SIMASistema de Información Migratoria de las
Américas

• SIMA is a permanent digital library that collects
  information concerning migration
• www.infomigratoria.org

16
Towards a Hemispheric Vision of Migration

• I. Migration Patterns in the Western
  Hemisphere
• II. Migration and Economic Development
• III. Legislation on Hemispheric Migration
• IV. Labor Migration and Temporary Worker Program
  Bilateral Agreements
• V. Risk Factors of Migration Flow in the Americas

17

• Thank You
• por ser la migración un tema de naturaleza
  internacional, requiere de un enfoque
  multidimensional y cooperativo por parte de los
  gobiernos para poder manejar la movilidad de las
  personas.
• Albert Ramdin
• Assistant Secretary General
• Extraordinary Session of the Permanent Council
• May 2, 2007