The Government of Nepal has signed bilateral labour agreements with five major destination countries, namely the Kingdom of Bahrain (April 29, 2008), the State of Qatar (April 21, 2005), the United Arab Emirates (July 3, 2007), the Republic of Korea (July 23, 2007) and Japan (2009). The Government is also taking into consideration signing labour agreements with Oman, Lebanon and Malaysia.
Mexico's new Migration Law specifically incorporates past GFMD recommendations to strengthen bilateral, regional and international cooperation to manage the flows of international migration and to incorporate migration in development policies and poverty-reduction strategies. The main tenet of the Migratory Act is the protection of human rights of migrants, especially women and children. Mexico recognizes the important contributions made by migrants to the host countries, as well as to their country of origin.
This trust fund was set up with the double aim of strengthening the work of the ECOWAS in the field of migration and development, and also financing civil society and other institutional projects at national and local levels in the areas of policy development and implementation, strengthening of coordination structures, promoting free circulation of people and preventing irregular migration.