Background and overview of the #GFMD14 starting this week in Geneva – #France will hand over chairmanship to #Colombia

New Research Handbook on the Institutions of Global Migration Governance

My colleagues Antoine Pécoud and Hélène Thiollet have edited a comprehensive and innovative Research Handbook on the Institutions of Global Migration Governance, published with Edward Elgar. Three sections with a total of 27 chapters cover 1. an in-depth analysis of Intergovernmental Organisations 2. Intersections, Conversations and Arragangements in Global Migration Goverrnance and 3. Fifty Shades of Governance: From Public to Private, From Formal to Informal.I had the pleasure to co-author a chapter with Hélène Thiollet and Catherine Wihtol de Wenden on “Global encounters: exploring the political foundations of global migration governance” – with particular focus on the GFMD and the UN High Level Dialogues on Migration and Development.

Assessment and Outlook: #Migrant Civil Society and Global #Migration Governance after the 1st International Migration Review Forum and in the 2024 #GFMD process

I have contributed a blogpost to the ASILE Forum on The Partnership Approaches in the UN Global Compacts on Refugees and and Migration – assessing the space for migrant civil society and other stakeholders in last years IMRF and the follow-up, including the next GFMND scheduled for January 2024 in Geneva. It is an ongoing struggle – hence I chose the title Sisyphus keeps on rolling. You can find the full text and the link to the original contribution here:

Chapter out now: “Multi-Level #Migrant Civil Society Activism in Southeast Asia” – Full handbook open access

The “Routledge Handbook of Civil and Uncivil Society” in #SoutheastAsia has just been published. These handbooks usually provide a very comprehensive overview of the field – but on the downside tend to be very pricey (175 pounds for the printed version in this case). Therefore it is great, that the whole book can be downloaded for free, including my article on “Multi-Level Migrant Civil Society Activism in Southeast Asia”. You cann find the download link here:

Out now: My book “Global Migration Governance from below” – discount available

My book “Global Migration Governance from Below: Actors, Spaces, Discourses” has now been published in the Palgrave Pivot series. It builds upon 15 years of participant observation at all levels of migration governance – and it is very much related to this blog. When working on the manuscript, I went back to my blog entries to see what my immediate impressions of these events were, went through documents uploaded here which are now no longer available at their original source and used the interviews and guest contributions. If you are interested in the book, the publisher sent me a flyer which provides a 20 percent discount until September 18, 2022 – you can find it here:

Out now: Special Issues on #Migration Politics across the World / Regions in Global Migration Governance

A new Special Issue on The Politics of Migration Policies has been published in Third World Quarterly, guest edited by  Katharina Natter and Hélène Thiollet. And Sandra Lavenex and Nicola Piper have guest edited a SI in the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies on “Regions in Global Migration Governance”. I had the pleasure to contribute to both SIs; find more information on the content and free epapers here:

Schedule of migrant civil society events during the #IMRF is taking shape #migration2022

Only two weeks are left until the first International Migration Review Forum (IMRF) will take place in New York. The meetings at the United Nations headquarter will not be the only events, though – migrant civil society has announced several parallel and preparatory events, most of which will take place in a hybrid format. Here is an overview which will be updated as more events are announced:

“Space for migrant civil society is shrinking at the UN”: Interview with Colin Rajah on the upcoming IMRF

It is less than two months until the first International Migration Review Forum (IMRF) will take place at the UN headquarter in New York. While preparations and consultations are ongoing, several migrant civil society networks have sent an open letter to the President of the General Assembly, to express their concerns on the shrinking space for civil society in the UN in general and calling for meaningful participation in the upcoming IMRF. I have talked to Colin Rajah, Coordinator of the Civil Society Action Committee about the background of the letter, the main demands of migrant civil society, the “zero draft” of the IMRF progress report and plans for ”invented”, i.e. independently organized spaces for civil society during the IMRF.

Global Migration Governance Outlook 2022: All eyes on the IMRF

2022 is going to be a crucial year for global migration governance – with the first International Migration Review Forum (IMRF) expected to set the standards for the implementation and monitoring of the Global Compact for Migration (GCM). In this blogpost, I will provide an overview of the confirmed events and schedules, including the “migration week” starting February 14, and a note on the GFMD:

GFMD Blog Reloaded –free eprints and open access articles

The Philippine delegation to GFMD 2021 in UAE

Things have been a bit quiet around here in the past year, but with the upcoming International Migration Review Forum (IMRF) on the horizon this May, it is high time to reload this blog. I will post my “Global Migration Governance 2022 Outlook” in the next days. Until then, please find below a list of resources I have published during the blog hiatus, many of which are open access or come with a link to the free eprint: