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New Working Paper Series on #Migration, Mobility, and Forced Displacement #MIASAmigration
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
Posted in Migration, West Africa
Tagged Africa, civil society, development, ECOWAS, Government, human rights, migration, Migration infrastructures, mobility, refugees, Sanctuary Cities, Translocality
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Reportage from the first Youth Forum in Marrakech #Youth4Migration
Migrant and refugee youth voices must be heard and taken seriously: That was one of the central messages of the inaugural Youth Forum held in in Marrakech last December. The event was part of the “migration week” and took place … Continue reading
Posted in Gfmd, global compact, Migration
Tagged Africa, gfmd, human rights, migration, mobility, refugees, social movements, youth
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Updates on Marrakesh #ForMigration Week(s)– events, themes, locations… #GFMD
(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
Global Compact #ForMigration has been agreed upon – but questions regarding the modalities of adoption remain
On July 13th, the Global Compact #ForMigration has been agreed upon – but that much-lauded event by no means constitutes the end of the process. The formal adoption will take place in the “Migration Week” in Marrakech. At the center of … Continue reading
Posted in Gfmd, global compact, Migration
Tagged Africa, development, global compact, global governance, human rights, migration, mobility, refugees, United Nations
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Out now: Our Special Issue(s) on “Challenging State Sovereignty: A Multi-level Approach to Southeast and East Asian #Migration “
The multi-level dimension of migration governance is gaining increasing attention – and that includes the regional and sub-regional level. As a contribution to this research, Nicola Piper, Jürgen Rüland and yours truly have guest edited a two-part special Issue for … Continue reading
On a right(s) path? My first thoughts on the Zero Draft of the Global Compact #ForMigration
The zero drafts for the Global Compacts on Migration and Refugees are out now, with the compact for “safe, orderly and regular migration” having been being made available earlier this week. The compact is to be agreed upon in a … Continue reading
Posted in EU, Gfmd, GFMD in General, ILO, Migration, UN HLD
Tagged Asia, development, Economic development, global compact, Government, human rights, migration, mobility, refugees, United Nations, USA
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Bridging the „micro“ and the „macro”: The Mayoral Forum on #Migration and #Development An interview with Colleen Thouez (UNITAR)
“How can we connect the global debates with the policies on the ground?” was one of the main questions that kept coming up during the recent cluster of events in Berlin on global migration governance, development and the global compact … Continue reading
Posted in Gfmd, Migration
Tagged berlin, cities, development, governance, Mayoral Forum, migration, mobility, refugees
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How many international #migrants, how many #refugees? It’s (not that) complicated…
..but how many forced migrants? That’s more complicated. There are 2 numbers everybody has in mind when talking about migrants and refugees: 244 million international migrants, and 65 million refugees and other “forcibly displaced persons”. But how do these numbers … Continue reading
Posted in Gfmd, Migration, UN HLD
Tagged Forced migration, gfmd, internal migration, IOM, migration, mobility, refugees, United Nations
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Today is #InternationalMigrantsDay : Compact instead of Convention? A Collection of #MigrantsDay ressources
Today is International Migrants Day, marking the 26th anniversary of the adoption of the “International Convention on the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families” by the General Assembly of the United Nations. Since last year there … Continue reading
Posted in EU, Gfmd, Uncategorized, WTO
Tagged Asia, development, human rights, ILO, IOM, migration, mobility, refugees, United Nations, USA
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3rd European #Migration Forum – Application process has started
A “Call for Expressions of Interest” for the 3rd meeting of the European Migration Forum has been released. The forum will take place in Brussels, 2-3 March 2017, with the theme “Migrants’ access to the EU, to rights and to … Continue reading
Posted in EU, Migration
Tagged civil society, development, European Union, human rights, Migrant worker, migration, mobility, refugees
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