Title | Body | Countries | Thematic Areas | Sub-themes | Date | |
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Ministerial Order No. 51 of 2016 | Ministerial Order No. 51 establishes the Migrant Workers Exit Permit Grievances Committee. |
Qatar | Labour Migration | Labour Disputes | ||
Unified Lebanese Vision for the Palestinian Refugees Affairs | Officially launched by the Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee in July 2017, the document provides a framework of action to deal with the social and economic situation of Palestinian refugees read more |
Lebanon | Forced displacement and refugee protection | Institutional Developments | ||
Law No. 15 of 2016 on civil human resources | Law No. 15 outlines policies on the hiring, firing, annual leave, benefits and retirement of workers in the public sector. |
Qatar | Labour Migration | Recruitment of Migrant Workers | ||
Law No. 82 of 2016 on Combating Illegal Migration and Smuggling of Migrants | Law No. 82 combats irregular migration and migrant smuggling by criminalising smugglers, considering irregular migrants as victims and including a provision for the creation of a fund to assist read more |
Egypt | Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling | Protection and Assistance to Victims | ||
Law No. 76 of 2016 | Law No. 76 amends law No. 231 of 1996 regarding Egyptians who intend to work abroad and imposes fees on permits for highly skilled Egyptians to work in the public sector in countries of read more |
Egypt | Expatriate/diaspora engagement and remittances | Institutional Changes | ||
Legislative Decree No. 29 of 2016 | Presidential decree No. 29 amends articles 10 and 12 of law No. 18 of 2014 to raise the cost of passports and travel documents of Palestinian refugees and fines imposed in case of losing them. | Syrian Arab Republic | Forced displacement and refugee protection | Access to asylum, Refugee Status and Residency | ||
Resolution No. 33 of 2016 | Resolution No. 33, passed by the UAE Council of Ministers, relates to the executive regulations of Federal Law No. 14 of 2014 and provides free health care to treat communicable and contagious read more |
United Arab Emirates | Access to Economic and Social Services and Rights | Access to Healthcare | ||
The Jordan Response Plan for the Syria Crisis 2017-2019 | This updated 2017-2018 response plan builds upon on the 2016-2018 plan and integrates refugee and resilience responses into one comprehensive vulnerability assessment with a single plan for each read more |
Jordan | Forced displacement and refugee protection | Access to asylum, Refugee Status and Residency | ||
Law No. 27/14 | Law No.27/14 criminalizes trafficking and clarifies the difference between human trafficking, migrant smuggling and irregular migration. |
Morocco | Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling | Institutional Developments | ||
Law No. 61 of 2016 | Law No. 61 on the prevention of trafficking consists of 66 articles covering prevention, prosecution of offenders, and protection of victims with the aim to fight all forms of human trafficking, read more |
Tunisia | Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling | Protection and Assistance to Victims | ||
Law No. 68 of 2016 | Law No. 68 establishes the National Council for Tunisians Abroad to support and represent the Tunisian diaspora. |
Tunisia | Expatriate/diaspora engagement and remittances | Expatriate/Diaspora Engagement and Investment | ||
2016 Memorandum of understanding with Italy on addressing irregular migration | The 2016 MOU between Italy and Libya aims to conduct a training programme for the Libyan coast guard and navy to better secure Libyan waters, and to enhance their law enforcement capacity in read more |
Libya | Irregular Migration | Border Control | ||
Ministerial Resolution No. 591 of 2016 | Ministerial Resolution No. 591 addresses the Commitment of Establishments to provide accommodation to their workers. |
United Arab Emirates | Access to Economic and Social Services and Rights | Access to Housing | ||
Workers' Welfare Standards | In response to mounting criticism over the treatment of migrant workers in its preparations for the 2022 World Cup football tournament, Qatar established the Workers' Welfare Charter in 2013, read more |
Qatar | Labour Migration | Support and protection of migrant workers and their rights | ||
2016 Constitution of Algeria, Article 63 | Article 63 of the 2016 Constitution places restrictions on dual citizens from senior responsibilities in the state and political positions. |
Algeria | Nationality and Statelessness | Dual Nationality | ||
Memorandum of understanding with Mauritius | The MOU with Mauritius aims to enhance cooperation between the two countries of Mauritius and the United Arab Emirates in the field of labour recruitment | United Arab Emirates | Labour Migration | Recruitment of Migrant Workers | ||
A programme of cooperation with Belgium for the period 2016-2020 | The programme of cooperation with Belgium covers a number of issues, including encouraging Moroccans in Belgium to invest more in their country of origin. |
Morocco | International Cooperation on Migration and Displacement | Remittances | ||
Memorandum of understanding with Australia | This MOU between Qatar and Australia is on higher education, research and vocational training to facilitate the exchange of students, academics and researchers, and to explore study and employment read more |
Qatar | International Cooperation on Migration and Displacement | Other | ||
Lebanon Crisis Response Plan 2015-2016 - Year Two (LCRP) | As Lebanon's Response Plan was to be carried out in two phases, this Year Two document covers 2016, the second year of the LCRP, as a transitional phase into a longer term strategic framework for read more |
Lebanon | Forced displacement and refugee protection | Other | ||
Law No. 26/14 | Law No. 26/14 outlines the rights and conditions of asylum for seekers. |
Morocco | Forced displacement and refugee protection | Access to asylum, Refugee Status and Residency |