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Reference Documents

Documents presented during the meetings of the RCM and other interesting documents*

* Most of these documents are available in PowerPoint, Word or PDF format

• Costa Rica's uprising as PPT of OCAM
• Presentation by UNHCR: "Update on the International Protection of Refugees in RCM Member Countries"
  • Narratives of UNHCR's presentations before the RCGM and the RCM
• SEGIB's presentation: "Bases para la elaboración de un programa de acción del Foro Iberoamericano Sobre Migración y Desarrollo, FIBEMYD"
• UNFPA's presentation: "Human rights of female and young migrants, with an emphasis on their right to sexual and reproductive health, Including HIV and AIDS and sexual violence, In the most vulnerable borders"
• Presentation by the Republic of Ecuador: "La Secretaría Nacional del Migrante"
• UNODC's presentation: "Proyecto regional para la Prevención y Combate a la Trata de Personas en América Central"
• Oscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga: "La necesidad de la inmigración"
• Comparative Matrix of Legislation on Trafficking in Persons and Migrant Smuggling in RCM Member States (2007)

• Regional Guidelines for Special Protection in Cases of the Repatriation of Child Victims of Trafficking
• During the XII RCM, SEGIB's request to become observer of the RCM was approved
  • Presentation by Mr Roberto Kozak before the RCGM
  • Presentation before the RCM
  • Publication of the SEGIB on the Ibero-American Encounter on Migration and Development (Spanish only)

• Report of the United States on Trafficking in Persons 2007
• Annual flow report of the United States for Refugees and Asylees (May, 2007)
• UNHCR's statement in the Global Forum on Migration and Development (June 28th, 2007)
• Programa de Regularización Migratoria de Mexico (2007)

XI RCM, held in San Salvador, El Salvador, 2-5 May, 2006

• IOM and the Government of El Salvador sign a training agreement
• Comunicado de ACNUR para alertar sobre personas inescrupulosas en Colombia que ofrecen asesoría para que ciudadanos colombianos intenten entrar a otros países tratando de utilizar relatos falsos para ser reconocidos como personas refugiadas.
• The Technical Meeting for the Protection and Prevention of Trafficking in Children in Central America, Belize, Panama and Mexico will be held in Guatemala City, Guatemala, 9-10 March, 2006 (Invitation - Concept paper and Agenda)
• Report on migrant smuggling broadcasted by Telemundo Internacional (Windows Media Player needed)

X RCM, held in Vancouver, Canada, 10-11 March, 2005

• United States Yearbook on Immigration Statistics (2003 - 2004 - 2005)
• Conclusions of the "International Seminar on Trafficking in Persons," held in Mexico City, 23-24 November, 2004
• Conclusions of the "Technical Seminar: Migration, Remittances and Development in Mexico," held in Mexico City, 17-18 November, 2004

IX RCM, held in Panama City, Panama, 20-21 May, 2004

• Programa de Regularizacion Migratoria Mexicana (January 2004) (Spanish Only)
• Mexico amplia el periodo del Programa de Regularizacion Migratoria (Julio 2004) (Spanish Only)
• Mexico strengthens actions to protect the HHRR of Migrants (August, 2004) (Spanish Only)

• Costa Rica: Combat of the Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents in the Central American Area, Panama and Dominican Republic (1.9 Mb)
• El Salvador: Juxtaposed borders, El Salvador - Guatemala (12 Mb)
• Nicaragua: Implementación de un Control Integrado Modelo en el Puesto Fronterizo Terrestre Peñas Blancas

Documents of the International Labour Office (ILO):  (2003)

• Situación de los Trabajadores Migrantes en América Central, estudio de la OIT Ginebra (Spanish only)
• "Stopping Exploitation of Migrant Workers by Organized Crime"
• Aspectos Jurídicos del Tráfico y la Trata de Trabajadores Migrantes (Spanish only)
• Trabajadores migrantes (discusión general basada en un enfoque integrado) (Spanish only)
• Combating Human Trafficking: Broadening the Perspective - Report delivered at “Stop Child Trafficking Conference” Helsinki, Finland, 1-3 June 2003
• ILO ILC-2004 Survey questionnaire on migrant workers
• Remesas de mexicanos en el exterior y su vinculacion el desarrollo economico, social y cultural de sus comunidades de origen (Spanish only)
  • Main Conclusions
  • Complete document

The Migration Policy Group (MPG):

• "EU and US approaches to the management of immigration - Comparative perspectives"

Studies:

• "Migrant children: human rights, protection and services in the member countries of the Regional Conference on Migration" released by Canada and Mexico.