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Rapport sur les catastrophes dan le monde 2012 - Home. AAME : Home. View non-Flash version of this site New societies, new peoples, and new communities usually originate in acts of migration. Someone or ones decide to move from one place to another. They choose a new destination and sever their ties with their traditional community or society as they set out in search of new opportunities, new challenges, new lives, and new life worlds. Most societies in human history have a migration narrative in their stories of origin. All communities in American society trace their origins in the United States to one or more migration experiences. America, after all, is "a nation of immigrants. " But until recently, people of African descent have not been counted as part of America's migratory tradition.

In Motion: The African-American Migration Experience presents a new interpretation of African-American history, one that focuses on the self-motivated activities of peoples of African descent to remake themselves and their worlds. Revue européenne des migrations internationales. Revue Hommes et migrations. Labour Migration - International Organization for Migration. Quick Facts 105 million Number of persons working in a country other than their country of birth USD 440 billion Total earnings of migrant workers in 2011 USD 350 billion Remittances sent to developing countries in 2011 70 Number of countries benefiting from IOM labour migration programmes International labour migration is defined as the movement of people from one country to another for the purpose of employment. When properly managed, labour migration has far-reaching potential for the migrants, their communities, the countries of origin and destination, and for employers. IOM’s Vision IOM strives to protect migrant workers and to optimize the benefits of labour migration for both the country of origin and destination as well as for the migrants themselves.

IOM’s Objectives In its labour migration programming, IOM builds capacity in labour migration management by: Principal Beneficiaries IOM implements various labour migration programmes in 70 countries. IOM’s Approach Featured Projects. Migrations.