Skip to main content

World Migration Report 2015

Page 17

WORLD MIGRATION REPORT 2015 Migrants and Cities: New Partnerships to Manage Mobility

xv TEXT BOXES Text box 1: How the American Community Survey is used in New York, United States.................................................................................. 23 Text box 2: Migration to the depopulated Aragon region, Spain .....................42 Text box 3: In situ urbanization in China...........................................................43 Text box 4: Comparing “first” and “fourth” generation slums in Bangalore, India . ............................................................................................. 45 Text box 5: A city where returning migrants and migrants in transit are offered assistance: Tijuana, Mexico.........................................49 Text box 6: Migration and localities in Japan: The Committee for Localities with a Concentrated Foreign Population .......................................55 Text box 7: Diversity in London, United Kingdom ............................................58 Text box 8: Migrants in Accra, Ghana ..............................................................61 Text box 9: Urban migration and different forms of urban violence................78 Text box 10: Migration and risk in Jakarta’s informal Kampungs, Indonesia......79 Text box 11: Vulnerabilities of migrant women in urban settings......................84 Text box 12: Barriers to quality health care for urban migrants.........................86 Text box 13: Examples of effective partnerships in health care..........................89 Text box 14: Aleppo, Syrian Arab Republic: Shelter options for internally displaced persons (IDPs)...........................................91 Text box 15: Gaziantep, Turkey: A story of inclusion..........................................93 Text box 16: Latino migrants in New York before and after Hurricane Sandy.....98 Text box 17: Los Pinos: Evolution of an informal settlement in the metropolitan area of Buenos Aires, Argentina ..................101 Text box 18: Remittance policies in Mexico and Argentina..............................126 Text box 19: E-waste business in African slums................................................127 Text box 20: Opportunities for women in urban areas.....................................128 Text box 21: Challenges migrants face entering local labour markets .............132 Text box 22: Cantonal Integration Programme of Vaud, Switzerland: Public policy challenges and objectives........................................134 Text box 23: Business-city partnerships in Rotterdam, the Netherlands..........137 Text box 24: Ethnic Entrepreneurship Programme in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom............................................................................142 Text box 25: Mainstreaming migration into local development planning in Naga City, the Philippines.........................................................147 Text box 26: Multilevel migration governance in the United States ................168


Turn static files into dynamic content formats.

Create a flipbook