Regional Conference on Refugee Protection and International Migration: Mixed Movements and Irregular Migration from the East and Horn of Africa and Great Lakes Region to Southern Africa, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, 6-7 September 2010: Conference Documents

Background documents on mixed migratory movements in Eastern and Southern Africa

• UNHCR Policy Development and Evaluation Service, Refugee Protection and International Migration. A review of UNHCR's role in Malawi, Mozambique and South Africa, August 2010
• IOM, In Pursuit of the Southern Dream: Victims of Necessity. Assessment of the irregular movement of men from East Africa and the Horn to South Africa, April 2009
• I0M, Seduction, Sale and Slavery: Trafficking in Women & Children for sexual exploitation in Southern Africa, May 2003

UNHCR documents on Refugee Protection and International Migration

• The Identification and Referral of Trafficked Persons to Procedures for Determining International Protection Needs, Division of International Protection Services, October 2009
• Refugee Protection and Mixed Migration: A 10-Point Plan of Action, January 2007 (English and French)
• Refugee Protection and Mixed Migration: The 10-Point Plan in Action - A UNHCR Compilation, June 2009

IOM documents on Mixed Migration

• Irregular Migration and Mixed Flows: IOM's approach, 19 October 2009
• International Dialogue on Migration 2008. Challenges of Irregular Migration: Addressing Mixed Migration Flows, 7 November 2008
• IOM Mission and Strategic Focus 2007 (English and French)

International and Regional Legal Instruments

• Convention relating to the Status of Refugees of 28 July 1951, United Nations, entry into force 22 April 1954 (English and French)
• Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees, United Nations, entry into force 4 October 1967 (English and French)
• OAU Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa, African Union, entry into force 20 June 1974 (English/French)
• Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, United Nations, entry into force 26 June 1987 (English and French)
• Convention on the Rights of the Child, United Nations, entry into force 2 September 1990 (English and French)
• International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of all Migrant Workers and Members of their Families, United Nations, entry into force 1 July 2003 (publication in 6 official UN languages)
• Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, United Nations, entry into force 25 December 2000 (English and French)
• Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, United Nations, entry into force 28 January 2004 (English and French)
• Rescue at Sea: A guide to principles and practices as applied to migrants and refugees, UNHCR and International Maritime Organization (English and French)

Regional Policy Documents on Migration Management

• African Common Position on Migration and Development, African Union, adopted ninth ordinary session, 25 - 29 June 2006
• The Migration Policy Framework for Africa, African Union, adopted ninth ordinary session, 25 - 29 June 2006
• Protocol on the Establishment of the East African Community Common Market, East African Community, entry into force 1 July 2010
• East African Community Common Market (Free Movement of Persons) Regulations (Annex I to Protocol on the Establishment of the Common Market), East African Community
• Draft Protocol on the Facilitation of Movement of Persons, Southern African Development Community, adopted 18 August 2005

Downloads

• Conference posters and banners (zipped file, 3.3Mb)