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Out now and Open Access: A Symposium on the Global Compact #forMigration

Posted on July 21, 2020 by Stefan Rother

A symposium with 9 reflections and reports on the Global Compact for safe, orderly and regular Migration (GCM) has been published in the Newsletter of the American Political Science Association’s (APSA) Organized Section on Migration and Citizenship. A main focus … Continue reading →

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New Working Paper Series on #Migration, Mobility, and Forced Displacement #MIASAmigration

Posted on December 1, 2019 by Stefan Rother

A new series of interdisciplinary working papers on Migration, Mobility, and Forced Displacement has been launched at the Maria Sibylla Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA). The institute is based at the University of Ghana. Earlier this year, … Continue reading →

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Out Now: Assessments of the #GFMD and the Global Compact #ForMigration – which road from Marrakesh?

Posted on June 24, 2019 by Stefan Rother

More than half a year has passed since the Global Compact on safe, orderly and regular migration has been agreed upon at the end of 2018 in Morocco and New York. Talks about the implementation and monitoring of the compact … Continue reading →

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Interview on the Marrakesh PGA: “Equality of Rights for Everyone, Everywhere”

Posted on November 29, 2018 by Stefan Rother

The People’s Global Action on Migration, Development & Human Rights (PGA) is a long-established Civil Society event that started in New York in 2007 and will take place for the 13th time this year in Marrakech – right after the … Continue reading →

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Updates on Marrakesh #ForMigration Week(s)– events, themes, locations… #GFMD

Posted on November 23, 2018 by Stefan Rother

(s)A full calendar is awaiting everybody that will come to Marrakech for the migration week(s) starting on December 1 and ending December 11. I have compiled an updated list of the major invents which you can find below. Besides the … Continue reading →

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Events and dates for the “migration week(s)” in Marrakech – #GFMD application has started #ForMigration

Posted on July 27, 2018 by Stefan Rother

In December, the “migration week(s)” will bring U.N. member states, international organizations, migrant civil society and other stakeholders to Marrakech, Morocco. The major “official” events will be the Intergovernmental Conference to Adopt the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular … Continue reading →

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A Global Compact from Below? Civil society issues “Ten Acts” for a compact on human #mobility and #migration

Posted on October 31, 2017 by Stefan Rother

The consultations on the proposed ““Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration” are entering into their final phase. The final regional civil society consultation will take place this week for the Pacifc region in Fiji, followed by a stocktaking … Continue reading →

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PGA opening in Berlin: A time to be excited or cautious? #MigrantRightsBerlin

Posted on July 3, 2017 by Stefan Rother

The 2017 Peoples’ Global Action on Migration, Development and Human Rights (PGA) has started today in Berlin. More than 130 migrants grassroots and civil society representatives have gathered at the Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation (FES) in order to discuss strategies and advocacy with … Continue reading →

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#GFMD10 Civil Society Day opening – livestream online now / GFMD app #GFMD_CSD

Posted on June 29, 2017 by Stefan Rother

The GFMD 2017 Civil Society Days have just been opened in Berlin by the Chair Wies Maas (pictured) and Co-Chair Berenice Valdez Rivera. As in previous years, some of the sessions will be streamed live, you can find the video … Continue reading →

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From Dawn Till Dusk: Two migrant civil society events at the Brandenburg Gate #GFMD

Posted on June 27, 2017 by Stefan Rother

While the GFMD government meeting will start tomorrow, migrant organisations will gather for two events at the Brandenburg gate – one of them taking place in the morning of Wednesday 28 June, a second one in the evening. The first … Continue reading →

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