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Reintegration, which brings together key ministries, UN agencies, and donor representatives in order to define common approaches. (UNHCR, 2009) Other national-level programmes also exist in the Netherlands to facilitate either the integration or return of migrants. One example is the Netherlands Migration Institute (NMI). The institute is mainly funded by the Dutch government and is dedicated to working on the orientation and preparation of voluntary reintegration of individual migrants and refugees. The NMI provides practical information, counselling, and supervision to any person or group that has to make a choice between staying in the Netherlands or returning to their countries of origin. The NMI also helps refugees, people who wish to return to their country of origin, and those who want to migrate to another country. 50
7. Policies Regarding Migration Migration and development is currently at the top of international policy and academic debates as well as political agendas of governments, regional, and international institutions. With more than 5 million people crossing international borders to live in a developed country every year (HDR, 2009, p9), both developing and developed countries alike are recognising the implications of global migration in its various forms, and as such they are developing mechanisms to address the challenges such migration brings along. Governments are therefore trying to identify solutions to the negative impact of brain drain through enhanced cooperation and inter-state consultations (Solomon, 2005) on issues related to migration and mobility. Measures being taken by developing countries include the development of national policies for managing migration as well as policies to attract the diaspora as a group that is increasingly being seen as agents of development (Aquinas, 2009). Others are developing strategies and mechanisms to facilitate formal engagement with their diaspora. In this context several institutions are being created at different levels of government that exhibit diverse priorities and degrees of organisation (Aquinas, 2009). 7.1 Migration policies in Burundi In the case of Burundi, measures being taken by the government are not yet well established. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is in favour of engaging the diaspora for development in Burundi, but not much action has been taken in terms of policy suggestions, creation of migration units or departments to address migration and development related issues, and the development of a substantial relationship with the Burundian diaspora. Aside from the MIDA programme and other internationally- supported programmes for the internally displaced and the National Asylum Office, the Burundian government does not yet have any major policy on migration and development. 7.2 Burundian government’s policies towards the diaspora As noted earlier the Burundian government does not have any comprehensive policy document on migration and development. This also applies to matters related to the diaspora: even though there is informal recognition and engagement with the diaspora in different destination countries, no uniform government policy has arisen. Informal recognition of the diaspora was evident for instance in March 2007, when Burundian 51
Page 1 and 2: Migration in Burundi: History, Curr
Page 3 and 4: Content Abbreviations..............
Page 5 and 6: Abbreviations ABASA Burundi African
Page 7 and 8: List of Tables Table 1: Ethnic Dist
Page 9 and 10: country is just beginning to recove
Page 11 and 12: 2. General Country Profile Burundi
Page 13 and 14: 2.3 Colonial history Together with
Page 15 and 16: with donor assistance and low level
Page 17 and 18: Table 4 shows, the 1993 war, which
Page 19 and 20: In terms of diseases, malaria and t
Page 21 and 22: Zaire. In the late 1990s, however,
Page 23 and 24: ecognized internationally (Rwamatwa
Page 25 and 26: 4. Current Migration Patterns This
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Page 29 and 30: government and several internationa
Page 31 and 32: 5. Burundian Diaspora in the Nether
Page 33 and 34: Map 2: Number of Returnees per Prov
Page 35 and 36: According CBS 14 figures there were
Page 37 and 38: (Gemeente) that an asylum seeker sh
Page 39 and 40: immigration. The transitional exper
Page 41 and 42: Burundians in the Netherlands exhib
Page 43 and 44: live in the Organisation for Econom
Page 45 and 46: 6.3 Remittances 39 Given the relati
Page 47 and 48: service providers and agents and ar
Page 49: and engagement is intended to bridg
Page 53 and 54: Coherence for Development (PCD) in
Page 55 and 56: collaboration between the Burundian
Page 57 and 58: whereby highly-educated foreign nat
Page 59 and 60: 9. Future Perspectives on Burundian
Page 61 and 62: 10. Conclusion Diaspora The Burundi
Page 63 and 64: References Adamson, F. (2006). Cros
Page 65 and 66: Garcia, M. & Fares, J. (2007). Yout
Page 67 and 68: MFA 2009. Available via Accessed 3
Page 69 and 70: Migration in Sub-Saharan Africa. Wo
Page 71 and 72: Appendix I. Burundi Diaspora organi
Page 73 and 74: - Participate in the peace process
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