Policy Options to Address Challenges throughout the Migration Life Cycle

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No AccessNov 2022Policy Options to Address Challenges throughout the Migration Life CycleAuthors/Editors: Laurent Bossavie, Daniel Garrote-SánchezLaurent BossavieSearch for more papers by this author, Daniel Garrote-SánchezSearch for more papers by this authorhttps://doi.org/10.1596/978-1-4648-1905-6_ch3AboutView ChaptersFull TextPDF (0.5 MB) ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareFacebookTwitterLinked In Abstract: Provides policy recommendations to address the vulnerability of migrants and their families in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need to strengthen institutions, frameworks, and data collection to enhance safe legal migration from the Kyrgyz Republic throughout the migration cycle—from migration preparations, to support and protection during migration, to the reintegration of return migrants. Kyrgyz citizens who must cancel their migration plans due to large negative shocks in the origin or destination country, given their forgone earning potentials and vulnerability in the domestic labor market, should remain targeted by safety net programs. Receiving countries governments have launched temporary measures to protect the legal vulnerability of migrants, and the Kyrgyz State Migration Services created a rapid response task force to manage the migrant crisis between March and July 2020. The Kyrgyz Republic should continue to cooperate with governments of main receiving countries to facilitate the repatriation of Kyrgyz emigrants. ReferencesAmbler, K, D Aycinena, and D Yang. 2014. “Remittance Responses to Temporary Discounts: A Field Experiment among Central American Migrants.” NBER Working Paper 20522, September. 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