Mixed Migration Expert Roundtables: 10-Point Plan Expert Roundtable No.3: "The Return of Non-Refugees and Alternative Migration Options," Geneva, Switzerland, November 30-December 1, 2009
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The third expert roundtable on UNHCR's 10-Point Plan of Action took place in Geneva from November 30 to December 1, 2009. A total of 35 experts, representing governments, inter-governmental organizations and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), discussed the policies and practices pertaining to the identification and implementation of solutions for non-refugees. The roundtable meeting was funded by the European Commission and co-organized by UNHCR, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the International Labour Organization (ILO). Below is a copy of the binder that was distributed at the roundtable as well as additional documents generated during and after the meeting.
CONTENTS
1. Main roundtable documents
2. Background information on Mixed Migration
- UNHCR, A 10 Point Plan of Action for Refugee Protection and Mixed Migration
[English] [Français] - UNHCR's 10-Point Plan in Central America, Western Africa, Eastern Africa and Southern Asia - a three year project
- UNHCR, High Commissioner's Dialogue on Protection Challenges - Theme: Refugee Protection, Durable Solutions and International Migration - Chairman's Summary, December, 2007
- IOM, Discussion Note - Mixed Migration Flows, 2008 [English] [Français]
3. Backgound material for the working sessions
- UNHCR, Refugee Protection and Mixed Migration: The 10-Point Plan in Action, Provisional Release 2009, Chapter 9
- Alternative Migration Options
- UN General Assembly, International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families: resolution / adopted by the General Assembly, 18 December 1990, A/RES/45/158
- ILO Multilateral Framework on Labour Migration
- The Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly, "Regularisation programmes for irregular migrants", document 11350 of 6 July 2007
- Return and Reintegration
- Executive Committee of the High Commissioner for Refugees, Conclusion on the return of persons found not to be in need of international protection, 10 October 2003, No. 96 (LIV) - 2003
- UNHCR Standing Committee, Return of persons not in need of international protection, EC/47/SC/CRP, 30 May 1996
- UNHCR, Global Consultations on International Protection/Regional Meetings: Conclusions (Regional Meeting in Budapest, 6-7 June 2001), EC/GC/01/14, 15 June 2001
- United Nations General Assembly Resolution 45/90 of 14 December 1990, 46/106 of 16 December 1991, 47/105 of 16 December 1992, on the responsibility of countries of origin for the return of their nationals
- Council of Europe, Committee of Ministers, "Twenty guidelines on forced return," 4 May 2005
- European Red Cross Return Initiative, A study on how to support sustainable return in safety and dignity, British Red Cross et al
- IOM-Assisted Voluntary Return programmes in Europe, May 2002
- IOM, "Stories of return - South America/Caribbean," 2007
- IOM, "Stories of return - Africa," 2007
- IOM, "Stories of return - Asia/Middle East," 2007
- IOM, "Stories of return - Europe," 2007
- The return and reintegration of rejected asylum-seekers and irregular migrants - an analysis of government-assisted return programmes in selected European countries, prepared for IOM by Khalid Koser, May 2001
- Danish Refugee Council, "Recommendations for the return and reintegration of rejected asylum-seekers - Lessons learned from returns to Kosovo," May 2008
- The return of asylum-seekers whose applications have been rejected in Europe, ECRE, June 2005
- Common principles on removal of irregular migrants and rejected asylum-seekers, Amnesty International and others, August 2005
- UNHCR Guidelines on formal determination of the best interests of the child, May 2006
- Save the Children and The Separated Children in Europe Programme position paper on: Return and separated children, September 2004
4. Conference Poster