Incluye bibliografíaThe book includes four chapters related to studies on African and Latin American migration, at different and similar scales regarding some countries of Europe. The documents were presented by their authors at the workshop "Strengthening national capacities to deal with international migration: Maximizing development benefits and minimizing negative impacts", jointly organized by the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). The studies addressed African and Latin American migration to Europe; international migration in Africa and institutional frameworks; and recent African migration to South America and institutional frameworks. They are accompanied by a report on the workshop presented by their authors.Introducción. -- I. Africans in the Southern European countries: Italy, Spain and Portugal. Andreu Domingo i Valls and Daniela Vono de Vilhena. -- II. Migration patterns and immigrants characteristics in North-Western Europe. Helga A. G. de Valk, Corina Huisman and Kris R. Noam. -- III. Recent African immigration to South America: The cases of Argentina and Brazil in the regional context. Pedro F. Marcelino and Marcela Cerrutti. -- IV. International migration: Trends and institutional frameworks from the African perspective. John O. Oucho. -- Annexes. Annex 1 Report of the Interregional Workshop on International Migration. -- Annex 2 List of participants. -- Annex 3 Biosketch of participants