Alternatives to Detention

Over the course of three years, PICs under the Pacific Climate Change Migration and Human Security programme (PCCMHS) have been actively engaging in an ambitious exercise to develop a regional collaboration framework on human mobility as a result of climate change.

The Pacific Climate Mobility Framework will provide a coordinated approach to climate induced human mobility in the Pacific region, taking into account the unique socio-cultural, economic, and environmental contexts of PICs

This toolkit aims to support local stakeholders and actors in agrifood systems to integrate rural returnees into programmes and other initiatives to develop the agrifood sector. It provides resources to design and implement programmes and projects to facilitate the reintegration of returnees in rural areas. The ultimate objective is to coordinate these reintegration efforts with larger rural development and rural transformation efforts and stimulate mutually reinforcing outcomes that support the achievement of sustainable livelihoods and well-being for local populations.

Over 24 months, the proposed project aims to mainstream the migration, environment and climate change nexus into national adaptation planning. Firstly, IOM Moldova, together with the University of Vienna, will assess how, when and where migration in its different forms contributes to climate change adaptation and climate resilience, with a special focus on slow-onset hazards. Secondly, IOM Moldova will support the Ministry of Agriculture, Regional Development, and Environment to develop their contributions to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Changes work plan on human

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, through the Institute of Mexicans Abroad (IME), in alliance with the Embassy of Mexico in Germany and the Germany and Bavaria Chapter of the Global MX Network, call for migrant writers of Mexican origin to participate in the 2nd Literature Contest for the Mexican Diaspora 2023 with the theme "Mexican Traditions". It aims at promoting literary creation by involving the Mexican community abroad, using social networks, emails and digital materials

SEFIME is a government initiative that seeks to bring financial programs and services to the Mexican diaspora through the Mexican Consular Network in the USA, Canada, Latin America and Europe.
SEFIME offers workshops, training, talks, counseling, among others, on topics related to financial education and inclusion aimed at the Mexican community living abroad, in order to strengthen the tools they have related to the planning and management of their resources.

The International Organization for Migration has published a note for the project, "Consolidating and Operationalizing a Framework for Diaspora's Engagement in Humanitarian Assistance - Phase II." The collaborative document is the result of three years of multi-stakeholder coordination and inputs from dozens of diaspora organizations and other institutional humanitarian actors.

The Global Diaspora Virtual Exchanges led by IOM and key partners is a unique space where diasporas share best practices at the global level and collaborate with each other to empower themselves and other diaspora leaders and organizations as development actors.

This project built on the progress to date in developing and implementing a framework and shifting perspective on alternatives to immigration detention (ATD) in Mexico, with the specific aim of fostering sustainability and empowering local stakeholders towards building preventative and community-based ATD models for the longer term through collaborative initiatives.

Thailand’s National Screening Mechanism (NSM) will be established to screen those who have protection claims in Thailand and grant a 'protected person status' to eligible applicants which in theory would protect them from arbitrary detention. However, many details remain unclear, including what protections persons with ‘protected person status’ will be able to access, and whether they will be protected from detention in practice. Discussions are ongoing for how this will be implemented.

Peer learning exchanges between governments and civil society implementers have

facilitated the sharing of ideas, experiences, knowledge, and challenges on

implementing ATD. Some countries have made significant progress in restricting or

even ending the use of immigration detention for some or all groups of people, while

others are beginning to embark on this journey. While there is no one-size fits all

approach, the sharing of successes and lessons learned means that stakeholders