Bangkok--Aug 18--UNISBKK
Labour migration policies, trafficking, smuggling of migrants on agenda
The social implications of international migration will be the theme of a regional seminar jointly organized by UNESCAP, the UN Population Fund, the International Organization for Migration (IOM), and the Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development from 24-26 August in Bangkok.
The seminar will review recent trends in migration, labour migration
policies and programmes, migration and health, and trafficking and smuggling of migrants, and explore the social implications of the phenomenon in the Asia-Pacific region. Organizers expect the meeting to be of value to participants in making national migration policies consistent with other development goals.
"Because of the increasing magnitude of international migration in the
UNESCAP region, it is important that national governments incorporate it into their economic and social development strategies, and take account of migration when preparing population and labour force projections," said UNESCAP Executive Secretary Mr. Kim Hak-Su.
Parliamentarians, representatives of government agencies, non-governmental and international organizations, and academia, as well as experts in the field, are expected to take part in the three-day seminar.
The outcome of the meeting will provide input to the High-Level Dialogue on International Migration and Development, to be held in New York in 2006.
More information may be found at
www.unescap.org/esid/psis/meetings/SIIM/index.asp
Note to Editors: You or your representative are invited to attend the
Regional Seminar on the Social Implications of International Migration to be held from 24-26 August at the UN Conference Centre, Bangkok. The opening ceremony will be held at 08:45 hrs on 24 August.
For more information on the seminar, please contact:
Ms. Keiko Osaki, Chief, Population and Social Integration Section
Emerging Social Issues Division, UNESCAP
Tel: +(66-2) 288-1507; Fax: +(66-2) 288-1030
E-mail: [email protected]
For media inquiries, please contact:
Mr. David Lazarus, Chief,
United Nations Information Services Bangkok
Tel: +(66-2) 288-1861-66; Fax: +(66-2) 288-1052
E-mail: [email protected] End.