Policy Marker Migration

Principal Programmes

A principal intervention specifically targets migrants, including forcibly displaced persons in the context of conflict and natural disasters and climate change. Such an intervention:

• Addresses discriminations in relation to the fulfilment of basic human rights and access to basic services, and caters to the specific legal, social and economic needs of migrants.
• Promotes the social and economic inclusion of migrants and forcibly displaced persons, including their access to public services and the labour market.
• Aims to maximize the potential benefits of migration for and the contributions of migrants and diaspora communities to sustainable development.
• Aims to minimize the risks associated with unsafe and irregular migration and forced displacement.

Significant Programmes

A significant intervention does not primarily target migrants and forcibly displaced persons and does not pursue the wellbeing of migrants as a primary goal. However, significant interventions include all type of sectorial interventions – in the fields of education, employment and income, health, food security and agricultural development, disaster risk reduction, preparedness, climate change, water security and sanitation, etc. which:

• Consider and take into account migration-related challenges and opportunities.
• Support the inclusion of migrants and forcibly displaced persons into national and local development/sectoral plans and systems.
• Invest in an enhanced resilience of systems to cope with shocks such as massive displacement to ensure continuity and quality basic services for all.
• Address the root causes of irregular migration and forced displacement such as lack of access to basic services, of national employment opportunities, armed conflict, poor governance, environmental destruction and the impacts of climate change based on an underlying context analysis.

Access the full Migration Policy Marker in the «Manual SAP characteristics» (FDFA staff only).