Genre et migration, une approche juridique pour le cas du Mali
Gender is becoming increasingly important in different fields including migration. The paper examines some legal aspects linked to gender and migration as far as Mali is concerned. It especially tackles issues related to family reunification, personal status, right of asylum, protection of vulnerable persons, as well as discrimination. As for family reunification, some difficulties stem from disparities between regulations in receiving countries and in Mali. Besides, incompatibilities between rules concerning the personal status of Malian women and rules in host countries create complicated situations for immigrant women. Regarding the right of asylum, protection of vulnerable persons and discrimination issues, specific provisions focusing on female migrants are scarce. The status of migrant women is thus analyzed through rules applying to Malian migration in general. The relative lack of consideration of gender issues does not work in the favor of female migrants.
Le CIGEM – Centre d’Information et de Gestion des Migrations (Mali) : sa place face aux défis des politiques migratoires
Le Centre d’Information et de Gestion des Migration (CIGEM) au Mali est le fruit d’une serie de dialogues politiques euro-africains sur « Migration et Developpement ». Cependant, cette expression est souvent politise : le developpement est percu un outil pour freiner la migration. De serieux doutes se posent sur la pertinence de cette structure. Malgre un budget de 10 millions d’euros engages par l’Union Europeenne, les prestations offertes par le CIGEM semblent tres limitees pour favoriser la migration pour le developpement; au contraire, elles semblent plus etre un outil cherchant a limiter les flux migratoires. Le projet CIGEM s’il veut favoriser la relation « Migration et developpement », doit s’interroger sur la place qu’il occupe au sein de la politique migratoire europeenne.
Migrant remittances and development.

 Income remittances from migrant workers to countries of origin are central to the links between migration and development. Multiple, complex, and diverse forces, however, affect the flow of remittances. Factors may include the number and characteristics of workers abroad; levels and types of economic activity in sending and host countries; differential wage, exchange, and interest rates; political risk; and the facility for transferring funds. These factors then shape personal decisions made by migrants and their families regarding remittances, after which any longer-range development consequences of remittances may result. Debate rages over the effects of remittances on development. This paper therefore reviews papers on the measurement of remittances and gives recent findings on the volume and direction of flows. It continues by considering evidence on the uses of remittances and their consequences for development, and closes with a discussion of policy options for increasing and channeling remittance flows.
