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Regional Roundtable on Irregular Migration by Sea in the Asia-Pacific Region

Regional Roundtable on Irregular Migration by Sea in the Asia-Pacific Region. Presented by: Peter Elms Immigration New Zealand. Focus on Prevention. Two broad concerns : Responding efficiently and humanely to an irregular migration event Preventing such events happening in the first place.

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Regional Roundtable on Irregular Migration by Sea in the Asia-Pacific Region

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  1. Regional Roundtable on Irregular Migration by Sea in the Asia-Pacific Region Presented by: Peter Elms Immigration New Zealand

  2. Focus on Prevention • Two broad concerns: • Responding efficiently and humanely to an irregular migration event • Preventing such events happening in the first place. • Other panellists will address the former; this presentation is on the latter.

  3. Supply & Demand • What can we do, individually and collectively, to prevent irregular movements by sea? • To do so we must reduce the role of people smugglers in our region • By reducing the demand for the services of the smugglers it follows that the supply will reduce • The question therefore for economies is how do we address our own push / pull factors that incentivise people to use people smugglers

  4. InfluencingPush / Pull Factors • Addressing the environmental factors that push people to place their lives in the hands of smugglers • Ensure refugee protection and determination processes are in place and working efficiently • Provide refugee re-settlement opportunities to incentivise the use of legitimate processes • Maintain effective immigration policies and border controls to deal effectively with illegal migration

  5. InfluencingPush / Pull Factors continued • Criminalisation • Ratification of the UNTOC and its protocols • on trafficking in person • Smuggling of migrants • National legislation that makes people smuggling illegal • Critical first steps

  6. Investigation / Intelligence • National authorities properly trained and resourced to pursue people smuggling syndicates • Intelligence agencies willing and able to focus on people smuggling ventures • Sharing intelligence both domestically and internationally

  7. Public Awareness - Information Campaigns • To persuade people not to use the service of people smugglers • Many lessons learned: • Some messages work better than others • Some methods of delivery work better • Need to tailor to the audience • Need to pool information develop best practice

  8. Cooperation • International agreements on combined prevention, disruption and deterrence measures • Both national and international • Share information • Share expertise • Capacity building

  9. Good News ! • Bali Process is already contributing on all these fronts: • International cooperation, including the RSO • Also with UNHCR, IOM, UNODC • Sharing information (including UNODC Voluntary Reporting System) • Workshop on UNTOC protocols • How working on policy guides for national implementation • Training on investigation/prosecution • New links forming between RSO and JCLEC and other regional institutions • Intelligence : Forum hosted by New Zealand • Information campaigns : some work in 2009; RSO interested in developing a project

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