Über die Indikatoren der Migrationspolitik
Über die Indikatoren der Migrationspolitik
Die Rechte der Migrantinnen und Migranten
Die Rechte der Migrantinnen und Migranten

Indikatoren in dieser Dimension analysieren, inwieweit Migrantinnen und Migranten hinsichtlich des Zugangs zu grundlegenden sozialen Diensten wie Gesundheit, Bildung und soziale Sicherheit den gleichen Status wie Bürgerinnen und Bürger haben. Es beschreibt die Rechte von Migrantinnen und Migranten auf Familienzusammenführung, Arbeit, Aufenthalt und Staatsbürgerschaft. Die Ratifizierung der wichtigsten internationalen Konventionen fällt ebenfalls in diesen Bereich.main.

Ganzer Regierungsansatz
Ganzer Regierungsansatz

Indikatoren in dieser Dimension bewerten die institutionellen, rechtlichen und regulatorischen Rahmenbedingungen der Länder im Zusammenhang mit Migrationspolitik. Dimension 2 beinhaltet auch das Vorhandensein von nationalen Migrationsstrategien, die mit Entwicklungspolitik und -ansätzen im Einklang stehen, sowie die institutionelle Transparenz und Kohärenz in Bezug auf Migrationsmanagement. In diesem Bereich wird auch untersucht, inwieweit Regierungen Migrationsdaten erheben und verwenden.

Partnerschaften
Partnerschaften

Diese Dimension konzentriert sich auf die Bemühungen von Ländern, in migrationsbezogenen Fragen mit anderen Staaten und einschlägigen nichstaatlichen Akteuren, einschließlich Organisationen der Zivilgesellschaft und des Privatsektors, zusammenzuarbeiten. Kooperation kann zu Verbesserungen der Regierungsführung führen, indem Standards angeglichen und angehoben, der Dialog intensiviert und Strukturen der Bewältigung von Herausforderungen geschaffen werden. 

Das Wohlergehen der Migrantinnen und Migranten
Das Wohlergehen der Migrantinnen und Migranten

Diese Dimension umfasst Indikatoren für die Politik der Länder zur Steuerung des sozioökonomischen Wohlergehens von Migrantinnen und Migranten, z.B. die Anerkennung der Bildungs- und Berufsqualifikationen von Migrantinnen und Migranten, Bestimmungen zur Regelung der Studentenmigration und das Bestehen bilateraler Arbeitsabkommen zwischen Ländern. Die Indikatoren konzentrieren sich gleichermaßen auf Maßnahmen und Strategien im Zusammenhang mit dem Engagement der Diasporamitglieder und den grenzüberschreitenden Geldtransfers von Migrantinnen und Migranten

Mobilitätsdimensionen von Krisen
Mobilitätsdimensionen von Krisen

Diese Dimension befasst sich mit der Art und dem Grad der Bereitschaft von Ländern, wenn sie mit Mobilitätsdimensionen von Krisen konfrontiert sind, die entweder mit Katastrophen, der Umwelt und/oder Konflikten zusammenhängen. Die Fragen werden verwendet, um die Prozesse für Staatsangehörige und Ausländer sowohl während als auch Katastrophen zu ermitteln, einschließlich der Frage, ob humanitäre Hilfe für Migrantinnen und Migranten genauso verfügbar ist wir für Bürgerinnen und Bürger. 

Sichere, geordnete und reguläre Migration
Sichere, geordnete und reguläre Migration

Diese Dimension analysiert den Ansatz der Länder zum Migrationsmanagement bezüglich Grenzkontroll- und Grenzschutzmaßnahmen, Zulassungsvoraussetzungen für Migranten, Vorbereitung und Flexibilität bei erheblichen und unerwarteten Wanderungsbewegungen sowie die Bekämpfung des Menschenhandels und des Menschenschmuggels von Migrantinnen und Migranten. Es werden auch die Bemühungen und Anreize zur Unterstützung der Integration der zurückkehrenden Staatsbürgerinnen und -burger bewertet. 

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Key findings
Introduction

This profile describes examples of well-developed areas of the City of São Paulo's migration governance structures and areas with potential for further development, as evaluated by the six domains of the Migration Governance Indicators (MGI). These address migrants’ rights, a “whole-of-government” approach, partnerships, socioeconomic well-being of migrants, the mobility dimensions of crises, and safe and orderly migration. 

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The Migration Governance Indicators (MGI) initiative is a policy-benchmarking programme led by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and implemented with the support of the Economist Intelligence Unit.  

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Key findings
Migrants' rights

Migration Governance: examples of well-developed areas:

  • Healthcare is freely accessible to all, including migrants, in Brazil. Community Health Agents facilitate contact and communication with immigrant families and help to better identify their needs and provide information on health services in the municipality of São Paulo.
  • The Referral and Assistance Center for Immigrants aims to promote access to rights as well as social, cultural and economic integration of the immigrant population in the municipality. 
  • Immigrants, regardless of their migratory status or documentation, can vote for and be elected as members of the Municipal Council of Immigrants, as well as for the extraordinary seats of the Participative Councils in the municipality of São Paulo. 

Areas with potential for further development: 

  • Technical capacity-building of public agents, particularly those working directly with immigrants, include the improvement of language skills to facilitate access to offered services, especially in areas with higher concentration of immigrants.
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Whole of Government Approach

Migration Governance: examples of well-developed areas:

  • The Municipal Policy for the Immigrant Population, available in four languages, is a transversal and intersectoral policy focused on the immigrant population of the Municipality of São Paulo. 
  • The Immigrant Municipal Council is responsible for formulating, monitoring and evaluating migration policy in the municipality of São Paulo.
  • The  regional offices’ in the City of São Paulo, called subprefectures, facilitate the provision of government services in the city and the Municipal Participatory Councils of those subprefectures are composed of elected members from civil society, with reserved places for the representation of immigrants, depending on the proportion of the population in the area of each subprefecture. 

Areas with potential for further development: 

  • The municipality of São Paulo and its departments collect data on immigrants benefitting from public services provided by the municipal government, such as access to employment, health, education and shelter programmes, yet variables related to migration (such as nationality) are not always available. 
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Partnerships

Migration Governance: examples of well-developed areas:

  • The Municipal Policy for the Immigrant Population allows the local authorities to work closely with civil society organizations to address the needs of the immigrant population. 
  • Local authorities established partnerships with academia to produce research about the city’s immigrant population and guide policy.  
  • São Paulo is part of the Mayors Migration Council, an international network that seeks to facilitate cities’ engagement and influence in international deliberations on migration and refuge. 

Areas with potential for further development: 

  • The city of São Paulo is not a part of any formal national or international bilateral city to city cooperation initiative on issues related to migration. 
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Well-being of migrants

Migration Governance: examples of well-developed areas:

  • Several programmes in the municipality of São Paulo are designed to support immigrants’ entrepreneurship activities. 
  • Various programmes promote and facilitate access to the labour market available to the population, including immigrants. 
  • The Coordinating Unit of Policies for Immigrants and Promotion of Decent Work promotes the financial inclusion of immigrants in the banking system of Brazil. 

Areas with potential for further development: 

  • There are no initiatives at the local level to promote gender equality for immigrants in the workforce in the city of São Paulo, although there are measures (not specific to immigrants) to promote gender equality in the workforce in general. 
  • Cooperation initiatives with the Regional Labour Superintendence are being prepared with the aim of promoting access to the issuance and renewal of job permits for the immigrant population.
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Mobility dimensions of crises

Migration Governance: examples of well-developed areas:
•    The municipality of São Paulo has a contingency plan, with attention to the specific needs of immigrants, for periods of low temperatures.
•    The Coordinating Unit of Policies for Immigrants and Promotion of Decent Work provides support in the development of materials in several languages for immigrants in the street or in specific shelters for the immigrant population.
•    The Secretariat of Social Assistance and Development has four shelters focusing on the needs of the immigrant population, besides shelters for the general population that can also be accessed by immigrants.
Areas with potential for further development: 

  • There are no explicit local strategies to deal with migratory movements caused by environmental degradation and the adverse effects of climate change. 
  • There is no official contingency plan for managing large-scale population movements in times of emergencies. 
     
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Safe, orderly and regular migration

Migration Governance: examples of well-developed areas:

  • The city of São Paulo facilitates the arrival of immigrants through the creation of the Referral and Assistance Center for Immigrants; which receives immigrants and guides them through the public system to access benefits and services.
  • The Municipal Department of Human Rights and Citizenship is responsible for acting in cases of human rights violations in the city of São Paulo, including combatting human trafficking and forced labour.
  • The Federal Police, which operates at the international airport of São Paulo in the city of Guarulhos, is in constant and direct contact with São Paulo’s municipal bodies to respond to immigrants’ needs and direct them to specific services.

Areas with potential for further development: 

  • The collaboration between federal government and local governments in migration management and immigrant integration is limited; whereby the municipality of São Paulo provides advice rather than actively participating in decision-making.

2019 Oktober

Local Migration Governance Profile: City of São Paulo