IOM RESEARCH DECEMBER 2019

We are pleased to share with you IOM’s latest research outputs and updates, including links to the recently launched World Migration Report 2020 (English and Spanish), a special issue of International Migration, which features op-eds by IOM Director General, Antonio Vitorino, and UNHCR's Filippo Grandi and a blog on migrants' contributions authored by Ian Goldin of Oxford University and Marie McAuliffe of IOM published on International Migrants' Day by the World Economic Forum. This update also includes the latest Migration Research Series paper authored by Martina Belmonte and Simon McMahon, an announcement of new editors for the International Migration journal and an opinion piece by IOM's head of research on migrant smuggling the potential of the GCM to provide solutions. The forthcoming Handbook on Migration and Development, edited by Tanja Bastia & Ron Skeldon, is also featured as well a thank you message from IOM Research.


World Migration Report 2020 launched at IOM Council


The World Migration Report (WMR) 2020 was launched on 27 November in Geneva by IOM Director General, Antonio Vitorino. The WMR 2020 is the first to be published in a digital-only format, in recognition of the need for environmentally sustainable material both content and process. Download your copy here.

The WMR 2020 is also available in Spanish and can be download here.


Special issue of International Migration


The journal International Migration recently published a special issue on the Global Compact for Migration and the Global Compact on Refugees. The special issues features op-eds by IOM's Director General, Antonio Vitorino and UNHCR's Filippo Grandi. The issue is open-access and free to download for a short period.


Ian Goldin and Marie McAuliffe on 'why it's time to celebrate migrants'
In this article published by the World Economic Forum on International Migrants' Day, Professor Ian Goldin of Oxford University and Dr Marie McAuliffe, head of research at IOM, explain why we should celebrate the wide-ranging contributions migrants have made to all of our lives and societies.


Latest Migration Research Series paper by Martina Belmonte and Simon McMahon
Authored by Martina Belmonte and Simon McMahon, this Migration Research Series paper offers a review of the available evidence and data on youth migration in order to take a step towards greater clarity in research and policymaking.


Announcement of new editors for International Migration


The editorial office of International Migration has moved to Turkey and IOM and Wiley are pleased to announce the selection of the new editors of the journal. Professors Ahmet İçduygu and Jan Rath, along with Associate Professor Deniz Ş. Sert and Assistant Professor Ayşen Üstübici will begin their two‐year term on January 1, 2020.


Five years of people smuggling: Are solutions any closer?


In this article published by Asia & the Pacific Policy Society, Marie McAuliffe, head of research at IOM, argues that the Global Compact for Migration can have a significant and positive impact in regards to counter smuggling initiatives as well as contribute to the protection of migrants and better governance of migration.

 

 

The Routledge Handbook of Migration and Development

 

In Tanja Bastia & Ron Skeldon's forthcoming Handbook of Migration and Development, chapters present cutting edge research in poverty and inequality, displacement, climate change, health, social policy and the key challenges surrounding migration and development. Available early 2020.


Thank you and Happy New Year From IOM Research


IOM Research would like to say thank you for your support, collaboration and contributions during 2019. Happy New Year and all the best in 2020!