Protecting Sustainable Livelihoods with Innovative Border Security
Channel: IOM - UN Migration
Date: 20/03/2020

What is the migration link with security, and how does this impact the achievement of our #GlobalGoals?
 
Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing remains one of the greatest threats to sustainable fisheries, as well as the livelihoods of those who depend upon them. Good border management can help States maintain security, protect biodiversity, and promote small-scale fishers’ access to productive resources, services and markets.

Larry, President of the Marshalls BillFish Club, recognizes that the balanced fishing industry sustains the livelihoods of many of those residing in the country. He understands the importance of linking border management and sustainable maritime responses in order to ensure that the fishing industry is not overly exploited.
 
Target 14.2 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) calls on governments and stakeholders to sustainably manage and protect marine and coastal ecosystems to avoid significant adverse impacts, including by strengthening their resilience, in order to achieve healthy and productive oceans. As we enter the “Decade of Action”, it is essential that innovative border security measures protect seascapes as well the livelihoods dependent on those ecosystems, in order to achieve the SDGs by 2030.
 
The “Migration Information and Data Analysis System” (MIDAS) for border management, implemented by IOM and funded by the RMI Government, is the first of its kind in the Pacific region. With the mobile system and training provided, border management capacities to collect, process, store, and analyze relevant information in real time were strengthened.
 
Through the “Mainstreaming Migration into International Cooperation and Development” (#MMICD) project funded by the European Union, IOM produced a series of videos to show the #MigrationConnection between different sectors and capture what this means in practice for people and communities. For more information, please visit https://eea.iom.int/mmicd.