The "Colombia Nos Une" ('Colombia Unites Us') program was created by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, through its Directorate of Migration Affairs, Consular and Citizen Services, specifically targeting Colombians living abroad.
It aims to :
This project of the EU aims to contribute to the protection of rights of Armenian citizens leaving for work abroad, economic stabilisation and reintegration of labour/circular migrants and the prevention of irregular migration. The specific objective is to empower all stakeholders in Armenian labour/circular migration in order to make migration work better for development.
Main Activities
• Inter-agency networking within migration environment;
• Study of reintegration programs;
• Training and study trips for government agencies;
The Korean Government’s Employment Permit System has integrated provision of free training and reintegration services with a view to minimising overstay by temporary migrant workers admitted under the EPS.
In 2009 the Swedish government appointed an independent Parliamentary Committee on Circular Migration and Development, with the task of examining the link between circular migration and development by mapping circular migration to and from Sweden and identifing factors that influence migrants’ opportunities to circulate.
The Swedish Public Employment Service leads a 3-year project 2012-2014 aiming to strengthening the capacity of Moldovan authorities to manage return migration and supporting social and economic reintegration of returning Moldovan citizens, informing the Moldovan population on the possibilities of working and living legally in the EU and enhancing the capacity of Moldovan Diaspora Associations to better maximize the links between migration and labour market development in destination countries and in Moldova.
The Government of Thailand pays special attention to returning workers from overseas employment. If they fail to get a job or get lower wages, the government will facilitate accessible labor market services and provide career counseling services to enable them to get the right job matching with their qualifications and employers’ demands.
The 2012-2016 Action Plan for the State Regulation of Migration in Armenia will have GFMD recommendations. The purpose of this action plan is to ensure implementation of the major or prevailing directions of the migration policy established by the Government of the Republic of Armenia.
The Federation of St Kitts and Nevis has a Returning Nationals Secretariat, which offers assistance and services to returnees such as help finding jobs, locating housing and getting access to other social services. They also offer guidance and essential information, assistance navigating the relocation bureaucracy and counselling where necessary.
Nationals who have lived abroad for at least ten years qualify for certain tax exemptions upon returning.
In these agreements regulating labour migration flows, the Spanish authorities, through Spanish Embassies in origin countries, notify the origin countries’ authorities of the number and type of workers needed, taking into account existing job offers. (There is no set quota; rather, the employers in Spain request a certain number of needed workers.) Origin countries in turn notify the Spanish authorities, through the Spanish Embassies, of the possibility of meeting this demand with their nationals willing to go to Spain.
The goals of this scheme are the following: to develop the operational framework and logistical roadmap for the pilot circular migration scheme between Ukraine and Portugal; to test the effectiveness of the established operational framework/logistical roadmap for the pilot through selection of migrant workers and delivering pre-departure and post-arrival trainings; to facilitate the return and effective reinsertion of 50 Ukrainian temporary migrants into the local labour market, through provision of vocational trainings, and; to test the effectiveness of incentives package for circularity t