European Parliament: Proposal for the Creation of an Observatory for Migration Between the EU and Latin America and the Caribbean

The European Parliament Directorate-General for External Policies has published a Proposal for the Creation of an Observatory for Migration Between the EU and Latin America and the Caribbean citing the Migrant Integration Policy Index (MIPEX).
The report was written b yAnna Ayuso and Elena Sánchez-Montijano, Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB, Centro de Estudios Internacionales de Barcelona).
 
AbstractThe creation of the Euro-Latin American Migration Observatory (EU-LAC-MO)responds to three pressing needs, specifically: databases of reliable and comparableempirical data; research into the causes and consequences of migration; and analysisof the policies developed by the institutions and their suitability for meeting therequirements. Based on the three key thematic areas of the structured dialogue (linksbetween migration and development; regular migration; and irregular migration), thefunctions of the Observatory would be as follows: 1) collation of existing databases andharmonisation of statistical methods; 2) dissemination of existing research andgeneration of new research to fill existing gaps; 3) analysis of public policy,dissemination of administrative manuals, identification of best practice and creation ofperformance indicators; and 4) application of international and regional legislation. Theorganisation could be part of the Euro-Latin American Foundation or of a body such asthe IOM or SEGIB (Ibero-American General Secretariat). It should have anInternational Committee as its consultative and coordinating body, an ExecutiveCommittee for operations and various national coordination branches. The funding forthe Executive Committee could come from organisational budgets, from a trust fund orfrom a mixed system. The resources for projects and activities could be provided byinternational and national bodies or could come from international cooperation.
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