The index for the cross-cutting issue “migration and development” is structured on the basis of the following sub-topics: 

Development
  • 2022 edition, chapter 1 on "Technological, geopolitical and environmental transformations", pp. 8-9 
  • 2022 edition, chapter 2 on a "Global overview of migration and migrants", pp. 39-40 
  • 2022 edition, chapter 3 on "Regional dimensions and developments", pp. 68-69
  • 2022 edition, chapter 9 on "Migration and the slow-onset impacts of climate change", p. 250 
  • 2022 edition, chapter 10 on "Human trafficking in migration pathways", pp. 255 and 278
  • 2020 edition, chapter 5 on "Migrants' contributions", pp. 161, 172, 173, 175 and 182 
  • 2020 edition, chapter 6 on "Migration, inclusion and social cohesion", p. 199 and 201 
  • 2020 edition, chapter 7 on "Migration and health", pp. 209, 211, 218, 222-224 and 226-228 
  • 2020 edition, chapter 8 on "Children and unsafe migration", p. 249 
  • 2020 edition, chapter 9 on "Human mobility and adaptation to environmental change", p. 268    
  • 2020 edition, chapter 10 on "Migrants caught in crises", p. 280 
  • 2020 edition, chapter 11 on "Recent developments in global governance", pp. 297-299, 307 and 308
  • 2018 edition, chapter 5 on "Global migration governance frameworks", pp. 125-126, 137, 139-140, 143, 145 and 147 
  • 2018 edition, chapter 6 on "Mobility, migration and transnational connectivity", pp. 149 and 156-157 
  • 2018 edition, chapter 7 on "Understanding migration from migrants' perspectives", pp. 173-174
Diaspora 

(Sub)regional dimensions

  • 2022 edition, chapter 3 on "Regional dimensions and developments":
  • From Eastern and Southern Africa, p. 70 
  • From North Africa: p. 72 
  • From Easter Asia, p. 83 
  • From South-Eastern and Eastern Europe: p. 95 
  • From Latin America and the Caribbean: p. 99

From thematic chapters’ perspectives

  • 2022 edition, chapter 5, pp. 162, 167 and 171 
  • 2022 edition, chapter 6 on "Peace and security as drivers of safe migration", pp. 184-186 
  • 2022 edition, chapter 9 on "Migration and the slow-onset impacts of climate change", p. 247 
  • 2020 edition, chapter 5 on "Migrants' contributions", pp. 165, 169, 170-172 and 175-176 
  • 2020 edition, chapter 6 on "Migration, inclusion and social cohesion", pp. 200 and 204 
  • 2020 edition, chapter 9 on "Human mobility and adaptation to environmental change", p. 259 
  • 2020 edition, chapter 10 on "Migrants caught in crises", pp. 277, 286 and 288 
  • 2020 edition, chapter 11 on "Recent developments in global governance", pp. 297 and 2098
  • 2018 edition, chapter 5 on "Global migration governance frameworks", p. 128 
  • 2018 edition, chapter 6 on "Mobility, migration and transnational connectivity", p. 166 
  • 2018 edition, chapter 7 on "Understanding migration from migrants' perspectives", p. 187 
  • 2018 edition, chapter 8 on "Media reporting of migration and migrants", p. 203 
International remittances 

References below focused on interlinkages with development. For more references on international remittances, see the cross-cutting issue “F. Labour migration”. 

  • 2022 edition, chapter 6 on "Peace and security as drivers of safe migration", pp. 185-187
  • 2022 edition, chapter 7 on "International migration as a stepladder of opportunity", pp. 203, 210, 212, 215 and 224
  • 2022 edition, chapter 5 on "COVID-19’s impact on migration, mobility and migrants globally", pp. 161-2, 167, 171 and 355-7
  • 2018 edition, chapter 7 on "Understanding migration from migrants' perspectives", pp. 183-185
  • 2018 edition, chapter 8 on "Media reporting of migration and migrants", p. 196
  • 2018 edition, chapter 9 on "Migration, violent extremism and social exclusion", p. 223
Labour migration/mobility 
  • 2022 edition, chapter 2 on a "Global overview of migration and migrants", p. 49 
  • 2022 edition, chapter 3 on "Regional dimensions and developments", pp. 68 (West and Central Africa), 96 (Northern, Western and Southern Europe) and 123 (Oceania)
  • 2022 edition, chapter 9 on "Migration and the slow-onset impacts of climate change", pp. 236, 249 and 251 
  • 2020 edition, chapter 9 on "Human mobility and adaptation to environmental change", pp. 258 (table 2) and 259
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
  • 2022 edition, chapter 1 on "Technological, geopolitical and environmental transformations", pp. 6-7
  • 2022 edition, chapter 2 on a "Global overview of migration and migrants", p. 44 
  • 2022 edition, chapter 6 on "Peace and security as drivers of safe migration", pp. 173 (objective 16) and 175-176 (objectives 8 and 16)
  • 2022 edition, chapter 7 on "International migration as a stepladder of opportunity", p. 214 
  • 2022 edition, chapter 10 on "Human trafficking in migration pathways", p. 255 (target 8.7)
  • 2020 edition, chapter 7 on "Migration and health", p. 211 (global health targets) and 223-224 (target 3.8)
  • 2020 edition, chapter 8 on "Children and unsafe migration", p. 249 (target 10.7)
  • 2018 edition, chapter 5 on "Global migration governance frameworks", pp. 143 and 145
Social remittances
  • 2022 edition, chapter 6 on "Peace and security as drivers of safe migration", p. 186 
  • 2022 edition, chapter 7 on "International migration as a stepladder of opportunity", p. 247 
  • 2020 edition, chapter 5 on "Migrants' contributions", pp. 168 and 263

 

Deep dive into migration and development

Two chapters address the interlinkages between migration and development: World Migration Report 2022, chapter 6 – “Peace and security as drivers of stability, development and safe migration” and chapter 7 – “International migration as a stepladder of opportunity: What does the global data actually show?”

 

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