This publication includes the materials
of the two-day expert seminar on Migration and the Environment organized
by IOM with the co-sponsorship of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA),
held in Bangkok, Thailand on February 22 and 23, 2007. On the IOM side,
this event was a joint effort of the IDM Division, MPRC and the Mission
with Regional Functions (MRF) in Bangkok. MPRC and MRF Bangkok would like
to thank UNFPA for making this event possible.
This publication was prepared under
the supervision of Philippe Boncour, Head, International Dialogue on Migration
Division, MPRC. It comprises three main elements. Part I contains the summary
report of the expert seminar based on speeches and debates, as well as
the possible policy responses and ways forward discussed during the event.
Special thanks for the preparation of the report are owed to Jennifer Zimmermann
- the principal author - and to Jobst Koehler, Christine Aghazarm and Erika Pinheiro. Part II includes the expert seminar agenda and Part III contains the abstracts of speeches and presentations made during the seminar.