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India-Austria Comprehensive Migration and Mobility Partnership Agreement
As part of its efforts to facilitate the mobility of students, academics, and researchers, and promote migration for professional and economic reasons, India is set to sign a Comprehensive Migration and Mobility Partnership Agreement (MMPA) with Austria during External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar’s visit to Vienna. This follows similar agreements signed with other European countries ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2023
Category: International / World Current Affairs
Topics: Bilateral agreements • immigration policies • International migration • Skilled worker mobility
ILO report on International Migrant Workers
International Labour Organisation (ILO) published its report on International Migrant Workers. Report was published amid COVID-19 pandemic and increased global industrialisation that have impacted world’s economy by shift in workers crossing borders to look for employment. Key findings of report As per ILO report, number of international migrant workers has increased to 169 million globally. ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2021
Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs
Topics: Employment • Human migration • International Labor Organization • International Labour Organization • International migration
Marrakech venue of Intergovernmental Conference on Global Compact for Migration for year 2018
The Intergovernmental Conference to Adopt the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration was held in Marrakech, Morocco on 10th and 11th of December, 2018. It is the first-ever UN global agreement on a common approach to international migration in all its dimensions. The global compact is non-legally binding. It is grounded in values ..
Topics: Academic disciplines • Bird migration • Compact • Cultural globalization • Global Compact • Global Compact for Migration • Human migration • Intergovernmental Conference to Adopt the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration • International migration • United Nations