ABSTRACT
The chapter discusses the new significance of migrant remittances in development aid, focussing in particular on the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and its International Migration and Development Initiative (IMDI) launched in 2006. While remittances certainly contribute to poverty reduction and global redistribution, they can also be seen as a part of a neoliberal restructuring of migration management. In the case of the IMDI, the chapter concludes that its focus on highly qualified labour does not promote a general right to mobility and allows exceptions only to the extent that they are desirable for employers in the affluent countries. It ultimately reproduces rather than questions the border regime and its unequal treatment of human beings.
