Mixed Migration Flows

Refugees, asylum seekers, stateless persons, migrants, women and children or other people in need of protection increasingly moving across borders in search for protection or better opportunities in nowadays globalized world. The UNHCR, IOM and OSCE aware of this multilayered process started to address the mixed migration phenomenon in Central Asia through a consultative process which resulted in The Almaty Declaration on refugee protection and mixed migration in Central Asia. The Almaty process aims to provide a reliable regional forum to address problems raised by population movements, analyse the population movements and develop a comprehensive strategy at the national, regional and international level to improve the protection of people on the move while ensuring security and preserving the interests of states in the region.