Migration and Migrants: Regional Dimensions and Developments

Bhabha, J. & Abel, G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4893-5687 (2019). Migration and Migrants: Regional Dimensions and Developments. In: World Migration Report 2020. pp. 231-252 Geneva, Switzerland: International Organization for Migration (IOM). ISBN 978-92-9068-789-4

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Abstract

Child migration is a significant contemporary phenomenon. It is likely to increase in both scale and salience as the mobility of young people grows, a result of more affordable travel, climate change, growing technology-mediated connectivity and increasing global inequality in the distribution of opportunity, security and access to employment.

This chapter examines unsafe international child migration, and the ongoing tension between migration governance and child protection imperatives. The chapter starts by detailing the different types of child migration globally, including their drivers, and issues related to the data on child migration. Next, it discusses key protection challenges affecting child migrants before going on to address current issues and evolving policies relating to them. The chapter then explores the main emerging challenges confronting child migrants. It concludes by reflecting on achievements and priorities still in need of attention.

Item Type:	Book Section
Research Programs:	World Population (POP)
Depositing User:	Luke Kirwan
Date Deposited:	04 Dec 2019 09:54
Last Modified:	27 Aug 2021 17:32
URI:	https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/16204

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