Announcement:

High Level Regional Roundtable

Social and Economic Impact of Migration: migrant vulnerabilities and integration needs in Central Asia

Astana – 22.02.16 – On the 26th of February the International Organization for Migration jointly with the Library of the First President of Kazakhstan (Nazarbayev Center) will host a High Level Regional Roundtable on the “Social and Economic Impact of Migration: migrant vulnerabilities and integration needs in Central Asia”. The roundtable is to be held in Astana, Kazakhstan.

Participating at the meeting are government stakeholders and civil society and religious community leaders from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, as well as international experts and organizations. The purpose of the meeting is to strengthen the capacity of participating government and non-government stakeholders in the sphere of addressing the complex challenges related to irregular migration, labour migration, trafficking in persons and migrants’ rights in Central Asia, and the broader region, through sharing good practices, analysing emerging trends, identifying gaps and providing recommendations.

The event is organized within the framework of the IOM program “Addressing Mixed Migration flows in Central Asia through capacity building” Phase II (2015-2016) funded by the Government of the United States (BPRM-PIM).