Migration Proposal for Extraregional Cooperation - Objectives & Concepts

CONCEPTUAL NOTE: EXTRAREGIONAL MIGRATION A PROPOSALBY MEXICO Panama City, July 13-14, 2016

OBJECTIVES WE SHOULD SEEK IN REACTIVATING THE AD HOC GROUP 1. To establish a mechanism to generate and exchange qualitative and statistical data on extraregional migration flows between RCM Member Countries, with the aim of designing relevant strategies and cooperation policies in the region. 2. To create channels for dialogue between RCM Member Countries and governments and key actors from other regions to ensure safe and orderly migration processes, with full respect for the human rights of the members of these migration flows. 3. To develop short-term lines of action for the management of these migration flows in the region, with the objective of reducing their increasing trend through actions to discourage the arrival of new migrants and establishing mechanisms for a more expedited repatriation. 4. To develop protocols for actions of the RCM Member Countries to address extraregional migration flows, with the aim of providing protection and assistance to these migrants regarding health, security, human rights protection and combating migrant smuggling and trafficking. 5. To follow up on the commitments taken on by the Member Countries of OCAM in June 2016, taking up again the initiative to provide information to IOM in a timely manner in order to promote, in the first place, an assessment or estimate of extracontinental migration flows in the region, to be used as input to exchange experiences relating to the management of extraregional migration flows. 2

EXTRACONTINENTAL OR EXTRAREGIONAL? Concept Definition Vision Enables including other migration flows which originate outside the region and could become emerging migration flows. The advantage is that the monitoring of these migration flows will enable analysing trends and foreseeing how to address them. That is, to be proactive and not reactive in addressing these migration flows. The international movement of persons originating in a country or region other than the country or region of destination, as previously established. These movements can be of a regular or irregular nature, regardless of the characteristics and protection needs of migrants. Extraregional Migration Mixed flows of economic migrants and, to a lesser degree, refugees, asylum seekers and other categories of persons, including victims of migrant smuggling and trafficking from specific African and Asian countries . To use the basic concept of extracontinental migration and to add any emerging migration flows in order to analyse trends based on the data collected. Limits the possibility to monitor migration flows from other emerging nationalities. Therefore, a list of nationalities would be added as required in any given moment. Extra- continental Migration A definition of this concept does not exist. This is only based on the characteristics of the populations in question. Reactive and not proactive actions; that is, emergencies would be addressed as they arise. Source: Migration Policy Unit, SEGOB. 9

EXTRACONTINENTAL OR EXTRAREGIONAL? Concept Definition Vision For the case in question, the region of destination or transit includes the following countries: Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama and the United States (RCM Member Countries). Demarcates the geographic zone that is considered as reference unit for which relevant information is sought. an operational Region Honduras, Mexico, Source: Migration Policy Unit, SEGOB. 9