The Return of Migrants: Challenges and Opportunities

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The Special Committee on Migration Issues of the Organization of American States (OAS) conducted a workshop titled, “The Return of Migrants: Challenges and Opportunities.” The meeting took place at OAS headquarters in Washington, D.C. and was chaired by the Permanent Representative of Haiti to the Organization, Ambassador Duly Brutus, and featured experts on migration from various American countries.

The meeting sought to share and promote regional initiatives and programs to help migrants that come back to their countries of origin to easily reintegrate to the labor market and their communities.

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Agenda

Welcome address

10:00 - 10:20

 Ambassador Duly Brutus
Permanent Representative of Haiti to the OAS
Chair of the Special Committee on Migration Issues (CEAM)

Mr. José Miguel Insulza
Secretary General of the Organization of American States

• See document >> (Only Available in Spanish)
Voluntary Return Migration
10:20 – 10:40

Presentation by Keisha Livermore
Head of the Representative Office of the International Organization for Migration in Jamaica

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10:40 – 11:00 Dialogue with Member States
11:00 – 11:20

Presentation by Hernán Holguín
Under Secretary of Citizenship and Solidarity of the National Secretariat for Migrants (SENAMI) within the Presidency of the Republic of Ecuador

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11:20 – 11:40 Dialogue with Member States
11:40 – 12:00

Presentation by Pedro Valenzuela
Chief of the Office of Return and Welcome
Ministry of External Relations of Uruguay

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12:00 – 12:20 Dialogue with Member States
12:20 – 12:40

Presentation by Margarita de Lourdes Guerra Guerrero
Assistant Director General of Social Programs of the Unit on Migration of  the Social Development Secretariat of the Government of Mexico

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12:40 – 13:00 Dialogue with Member States
13:00 – 14:30

Lunch
Involuntary Return Migration
14:30 – 14:50

Presentation by Sonia Lokku
La Cimade, France

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14:50 – 15:10 Dialogue with Member States
15:10 – 15:30

Presentation by Richard Scott
Regional Representative of IOM for North America and the Caribbean

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15:30 – 15:50 Dialogue with Member States
Conclusions and special considerations
16:00 – 16:45

Ambassador Pedro Oyarce, Permanent Representative of Chile
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Ambassador Gillian Bristol, Permanent Representative of Grenada
Mr. Pierre Giroux, Alternate Representative of Canada
Closing remarks
16:45 – 17:00 Ambassador Duly Brutus
Permanent Representative of Haiti to the OAS
Chair of the Special Committee on Migration Issues (CEAM)





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