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Promoting a better understand of the phenomenon of labour migration and related issues such as transnational families and children left behind must be the starting point for all our efforts to increase the number and the quality of the Actions addressed to the protection of our target group.
In this section we collect relevant researches, reports, and other documents from EU and national institutions, related to CLB phenomenon and migrant families.
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FROM THE EC
- EUROPE 2020: A strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth
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- An EU Agenda for the Rights of the Child – Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the council, the European economic and social committee and the committee of the regions (COM(2011) 60 final)
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- Social Impact of Emigration and Rural-Urban Migration in Central and Eastern Europe
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- Child poverty and child well-being in the European Union (2010)
Author: DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities – TÁRKI Social Research Institute (Budapest, Hungary) – Applica (Brussels, Belgium)
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THEMATIC
- Children and women left behind in labour sending countries: an appraisal of social risks (2008)
Author: UNICEF – Division of policy and practice
The present paper examines the project reports and the migration literature seeking to identify the links between permanent international migration and children’s rights in left-behind households. It focuses on the role of migration and remittances on improving the livelihoods of children in migrant households, and on broadening their capacities for full participation in society.
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- The impact of international migration on children left behind (2009)
Author: UNICEF
UNICEF, in collaboration with the Special Unit for South-South Cooperation of UNDP, ILO, and UN/DESA has initiated policy research and operational pilot survey work on the impact of migration on the left-behind in two countries, namely Albania and Ecuador. This briefing note is organized as follows: first, it presents an overview of the instrument; second, it addresses main areas of discussion concerning the sampling strategy recommended for the implementation of the pilot survey in two countries; third, it presents an overview of the progress made in the field so far; lastly, initial lessons learned and proposed next steps are presented.
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- Migration, development and children left behind: a multidimensional perspective (2010)
Author: UNICEF – de la Garza R.
This report examines the relationship between migration and development from a multi-faceted perspective. It draws on original field research and an extensive review of scholarly and policy studies to examine how migration affects a society’s economic, social, political and cultural characteristics.
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- The rights of children and women in the context of migration: Conceptual Basis and Principles for Effective Policies with a Human Rights and Gender Based Approach (2011)
Author: UNICEF – Abramovich V., Ceriani Cernadas P., Morlachetti A.
This paper aims to address the issue of children’s and women’s migration from a human rights perspective by highlighting: (i) the particular situation of children and adolescents within the migration – development nexus, (ii) the gender perspective at all stages of analysis and programming and (iii) the significant gaps within legislation and policies, that inhibit the formulation of effective and rights‐based responses relating to children, adolescents and migration. Moreover, this paper outlines a comprehensive rights‐based approach to migration from a child, gender and nondiscrimination perspective.
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- Enlarging the European Union: Effects on the new member states and the EU (2009)
Author: Trans European Policy Studies Association – Avery G., Faber A., Schmidt A.
In October 2008 TEPSA therefore organised a conference in Brussels on “Effects of EU Enlargement” in collaboration with its member institutes. Speakers contributed to the first part of the conference by presenting research results on the effects of accession on the new member states, particularly in the economic, social and foreign policy fields. In the second part of the conference, these results were synthesised and analysed from a comparative perspective, also with regard to effects on the EU as a whole. The purpose of this publication is to present the conference’s results and to identify future challenges both for research and policy-making.
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- The social aspects of migration and development (2010)
Author: CeSPI – Flavia Piperno
MOLDOVA:
- The Situation of Children Left Behind by Migrating Parents
Author: CRIC and UNICEF Moldova
The study aims to identify the changes occurring in the emotional and social lives of children left without parental care, because of the migration phenomenon. The research tackled the migration phenomenon preponderantly from the qualitative perspective, in order to capture the subtle aspects of the experiences of migrants’ children, and to understand the impact of separation from parents at the level of each child, taking into consideration the social context specifi c to him/her.
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- Migration and Rights of Children in Moldova
Author: UNICEF Moldova
This paper summarizes research presented at a conference on children’s rights and migration held in Chişinău, Moldova on November 15, 2007
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- The Impact of Parental Deprivation on the Development of Children Left Behind by Moldovan Migrants
Author: CRIC and UNICEF Moldova et al
Vulnerable children — especially those deprived of parental care — constitute a specific risk group. Yet until recently, the magnitude of this issue was underestimated in Moldova. Official authorities were more concerned with traditional protection issues and caregivers and parents tended to be complacent, believing that remittance flows automatically lead to improvements in family well-being.
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- The Impact of Migration and Remittances on Communities, Families and Children in Moldova
Author: UNICEF Moldova et al.
The aim of this paper is to arrive at a better understanding of the impact of migration on children and families left behind in selected countries.
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*All UNICEF documents are available at the website www.unicef.org
LITHUANIA
- The research concerning safeguarding of the Rights and Legal Interests of Children, whose parents left the country, in considering questions related to them Living and Education Conditions
Author: Children‘s Rights Ombudsman Institution of the Republic of Lithuania
Children‟s Rights Ombudsman Institution of the Republic of Lithuania in cooperation with the Ministry of Science and Education made a research on purpose to disclose children‟s rights implementation problems when their parents depart to the foreign countries.
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ROMANIA
- Home Alone: study made in Iasi area on children separated from one or both parents as result to parents leaving to work abroad (2006)
Author: Asociatia Alternative Sociale
The study has been conducted as part of the project “Home Alone” administrated by Alternative Sociale Association in partnership with the Iasi County School Inspectorate, the Iasi County Police Inspectorate and the Iasi Probation Service. The project was financed by the Dutch Embassy in Bucharest through Matra-Kap program, and was conducted by SC INTROSPEKT SRL Research. Coorinator: Dr. Gabriela Irimescu; Authors: Irimescu and Lupu.
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HUNGARY
- Are children being left behind in the transition in Hungary? (2000)
Author: Institute of Economics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences - Galasi P., Nagy G.
The paper considers child poverty in Hungary, a country at the forefront of the transition process. We investigate how household characteristics are associated with the incidence, persistence and dynamics of poverty among children in Hungary, looking at the years 1992-96.
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WORLD
- The impact of international migration: children left behind in selected countries of Latin America and the Carribbean (2007)
Author: UNICEF – Division od policy and planning; D’Emilio A., Cordero B., Bainvel B., Skoog C., Comini D., Gough J., Dias M., Saab R., Kilbane T.
Working paper aiming at arriving at a a better understanding of the impact of migration on children and families left behind in selected countries and is based on a review of recent researches and documents in five countries (Mexico, Nicaragua, Ecuador, Jamaica and Haiti) selected for being representative of the entire region and for being affected by high and increasing levels of migration.
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*All UNICEF documents are available at the website www.unicef.org
- Verso una politica di co-sviluppo sociale attraverso le migrazioni: il caso dell’Ecuador e del Perù
Author: CeSPI – Flavia Piperno and Paolo Boccagni
- Migrazione come questione sociale. Mutamento sociale, politiche e rappresentazioni in Ecuador, Romania e Ucraina
Author: CeSPI – Piperno, Torre, A.R., Boccagni, P., Banfi L