The Journey Ahead - Supporting Successful Migration in Europe and Central Asia : Overview (English)

World Bank

The report is organized according to typologies that reflect the range ofmigration experiences in the region. This approach is intended to improveunderstanding of the drivers, opportunities, and challenges of each type ofmigration and to help frame policy solutions and options. The reportdistinguishes between two main types of migrants (high skilled and lowskilled) and between two main drivers of migration-either the search foreconomic opportunity (economic migration) or the need to flee war,conflict, or persecution (forced migration). Migrants, countries of origin,and destination countries face distinct challenges based on the nature ofmigration, and different contexts require distinct policy responses

disease control social protection europe and central asia economic policy job creation immigration migrant workers private sector development social development and protection fragility forced displacement jobs strategies pandemic response conflict and violence data production social protection delivery systems human development and gender public sector management jobs diagnostics economic growth and planning migration policies and jobs migration of highly-skilled workers categories of workers data development and capacity building accessibility and use remittances and diaspora engagement