The Regional Conference on Migration has benefited from the research of the IOM and many other organizations and individuals into the phenomenon of regional migration. Such research is available below and is organized according to the structure of the Plan of Action of the RCM.

Migration Policies and Management

• Document prepared by IDHUCA - Legislative Tendencies on Migration in Central America
• Comparative matrix of current legislation on smuggling and trafficking in member countries
• Information on visa requirements of member countries

• The State of Migration Management in Central America: An Applied Research
• Migration and Development in North and Central America: A Synthetic View
• Reflection on the Relationship Between Migration and Development
• Governance, Gender, Development Assistance, and Migration
• Binational Study: The State of Migration Flows between Costa Rica and Nicaragua, Analysis of the Economical and Social Implications for both Countries (IOM)
• Convergence of Regional Processes in the Americas in addressing Migration Issues

Human Rights

• Directory of Organization that work on Migration and Human Rights in Central America and Mexico (PCS: Project Counseling Service)
• Smuggling and immigration of women in Spain
• Study: "Migrant children: human rights, protection and services in the member countries of the Regional Conference on Migration" (October, 2002)
• Access to Education
• Access to Emergency Health Care
• Access to Detained Migrants
• Migrant's Rights and International Law
• Benchmarks for Refugee Protection
• Access to Detained Migrants: A UNHCR Discussion Paper
• Guidelines on Detention of Asylum Seekers: A UNHCR Discussion Paper

Link between Migration and Management

• Remittances: A Preliminary Research
• Report of the Inter-American Dialogue Task Force on Remittances 
• Time to act - A report card on education in Central America and the Dominican Republic 

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