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Poor people are more likely to move over shorter distances, either within or between poor countries. These South-South international migrants and internal migrants in the South are a clear majority of migrants worldwide. © Claudiad/istock

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Page 1: Poor people are more likely to move over shorter distances, either within or between poor countries. These South-South international migrants and internal

Poor people are more likely to move over shorter distances, either within or between poor countries. These South-South international migrants and internal migrants in the South are a clear majority of migrants worldwide.

© Claudiad/istock

Page 2: Poor people are more likely to move over shorter distances, either within or between poor countries. These South-South international migrants and internal

One of the least visible forms of migration, but one of particular importance in poor communities, is that of children and young people who move without their parents.

© Samrat35/dreamstime

Page 3: Poor people are more likely to move over shorter distances, either within or between poor countries. These South-South international migrants and internal

Education and training play a major role in the migration decisions of children and poor people but are easily overlooked.

© Koscusko/dreamstime

Page 4: Poor people are more likely to move over shorter distances, either within or between poor countries. These South-South international migrants and internal

Policy: data on numbers•Continued need for better data•Standardised census questions•Increase public availability of data•Use ‘migration modules’ within socio-economic surveys. © Claudiad/istock

Page 5: Poor people are more likely to move over shorter distances, either within or between poor countries. These South-South international migrants and internal

Policy: child migration•Policy development to support children and youth in safe mobility •Build on measures that children, parents and communities already take •Understand when child migrants are vulnerable to exploitation and/or abuse.•Address vulnerabilities of specific groups of child migrants

© Samrat35/dreamstime

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Policy: education•Stopping child migration will not improve education•Improved education will not necessarily stop child migration

© Koscusko/dreamstime

Page 7: Poor people are more likely to move over shorter distances, either within or between poor countries. These South-South international migrants and internal

Liberalising the mobility of people should lead to global welfare benefits. Migration is also a common livelihood strategy of the poor, but comes with risks and costs

© Iva Zimova/panos

Page 8: Poor people are more likely to move over shorter distances, either within or between poor countries. These South-South international migrants and internal

Where poor people have a greater choice in terms of migration destinations, the net effect on inequality is more likely to be positive. Migration can increase or decrease inequality, depending on geographical scale and the location and type of inequality.

© Paul Smith/panos

Page 9: Poor people are more likely to move over shorter distances, either within or between poor countries. These South-South international migrants and internal

Access to formal social protection for migrants is highly patchy, as are agreements between countries that allow people to transfer social benefits from one state to another.

© Dave Logan/istock

Page 10: Poor people are more likely to move over shorter distances, either within or between poor countries. These South-South international migrants and internal

Policy: barriers to migration•Reduce de jure or de facto restrictions on internal migration•Remove unnecessary barriers to international migration

© Iva Zimova/panos

Page 11: Poor people are more likely to move over shorter distances, either within or between poor countries. These South-South international migrants and internal

Policy: reducing inequality•Wider access to legal migration opportunities for poor people should reduce inequality•Scope to reduce inequality by facilitating economic conditions for investment and redistribution of remittances

© Paul Smith/panos

Page 12: Poor people are more likely to move over shorter distances, either within or between poor countries. These South-South international migrants and internal

Policy: social protection•Facilitate portability of social benefits •Develop southern capacity to coordinate pension payouts across borders•Increase support to migrants’ associations to bolster informal social protection structures.

© Dave Logan/istock

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Skilled migration is largely a symptom, not a cause of underdevelopment. A distinction needs to be drawn between countries that export skilled labour from a large pool of supply, and those which are losing high proportions of scarce and critical human resources.

© Sven Torfinn/panos

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Migration can both exacerbate the impact of existing gendered roles and bring about significant changes in gender norms. © Sanjit Das/panos

Page 15: Poor people are more likely to move over shorter distances, either within or between poor countries. These South-South international migrants and internal

Diaspora engagement can contribute to the development of countries of origin but this is often highly political.

© Sanjit Das/panos

Page 16: Poor people are more likely to move over shorter distances, either within or between poor countries. These South-South international migrants and internal

Policy: skilled migration•‘Ethical recruitment’ should not involve barriers to movement•Need for policies that support human resource development•Need for different approach in small and large states

© Sven Torfinn/panos

Page 17: Poor people are more likely to move over shorter distances, either within or between poor countries. These South-South international migrants and internal

Policy: gender•Some opportunities for policies to build on the transformational potential of migration •Need to pay attention to regulation of labour standards in areas of women’s employment

© Sanjit Das/panos

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Policy: diasporas•Pro-active policies in origin countries to mobilise diaspora can be helpful•Attention also needs to be paid to issues of citizenship, trade and investment regulation and corruption.

© Sanjit Das/panos

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Policy development on migration remains fragmentary, and there is still a lack of consensus on what pro-poor migration policies should look like in poor countries.© Abbie Trayler-Smith/panos

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Policy development:For migration to have its full developmental impact, the most beneficial policy change would be to reduce barriers to migration, especially for the poorest© Abbie Trayler-Smith/panos


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