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Update on the 6th World Social Forum on Migrations #WSFM in Johannesburg: Schedule available
More information has been released about the upcoming 6th World Social Forum on Migrations (#WSFM) that will take place from the 5th until the 8th December 2014 at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. The program will consist of Plenary … Continue reading
Posted in Migration, WSFM
Tagged Circular migration, civil society, development, domestic work, gender, global governance, human rights, Immigration, integration, Migrant worker, migration, multiculturalism, NGO, Philippines, South Africa, UN migrant worker convention, World Social Forum, WSFM
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Out now: My first 2 articles on the 2014 #GFMD in Stockholm
Two shorter articles/comments I have written on the 2014 Global Forum on Migration and Development in Stockholm (GFMD) are now available online: One has been published in the journal Development + Cooperation (German version: Entwicklung + Zusammenarbeit), the other in … Continue reading
Posted in Gfmd, GFMD Civil Society Days, GFMD Government Meeting, GFMD in General, IAMR, Migration, PGA
Tagged Circular migration, civil society, development, domestic work, gfmd, global governance, human rights, Immigration, Migrant worker, migration, NGO, pga, UN migrant worker convention, United Nations
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New #ILO Protocol on Forced Labour adopted
Non-binding, informal processes, “best practices”, “voluntary” frameworks – all fine and good. But once more, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) has demonstrated to be the place where legally binding agreements that benefit labour migrants can be reached. During its annual … Continue reading
#GFMD2014 : Civil society unease over UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moons reference to “illegal (status of) migrants” #gfmd2014se
From a migrant civil society perspective, there was a lot to like about the opening speech of UN General Secretary Ban Ki-Moon for the GFMD common space. For once, he was the first after 4 speakers who explicitly mentioned the … Continue reading
Posted in Gfmd, GFMD Civil Society Days, GFMD Government Meeting, GFMD in General, Migration, UN HLD
Tagged civil society, development, gender, gfmd, global governance, Government, human rights, Immigration, Migrant worker, migration, multiculturalism, NGO, Non-governmental organization, UN migrant worker convention, undocumented migrants, United Nations
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Interview on the #GFMD in Sweden: “Limited civil society participation a huge missed opportunity for governments”
It is less than a month until the 7th Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) will take place in Stockholm, Sweden. As reported on this blog, Amnesty International (AI) and the Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women (GAATW) have … Continue reading
Posted in Gfmd, GFMD Civil Society Days, GFMD Government Meeting, GFMD in General, Migration, PGA, UN HLD
Tagged Amnesty International, civil society, gender, gfmd, global governance, human rights, integration, Migrant worker, migration, NGO, Non-governmental organization, Sweden, UN migrant worker convention, United Nations
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#GFMD 2014: Civil Society calls for “meaningful participation”
Amnesty International (AI) and the Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women (GAATW) have proposed a joint civil society letter to the Swedish Chair of the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD), asking to increase the interaction between governments and … Continue reading
#Migration Outlook 2014 Pt. II: People’s Global Action on Migration, Development & Human Rights #PGA
The dates have been announced for this year’s People’s Global Action on Migration, Development & Human Rights (PGA). The event will take place in Stockholm, Sweden, on 9-11 May (Friday-Sunday) – and thus right before the 2014 Global Forum on Migration and … Continue reading
Posted in Gfmd, GFMD Civil Society Days, Migration, PGA
Tagged Circular migration, civil society, development, domestic work, gender, gfmd, global governance, human rights, International Catholic Migration Commission, Migrant worker, migration, multiculturalism, NGO, pga, Sweden, UN migrant worker convention
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#Migration Outlook 2014 Pt. I: 6th World Social Forum on Migrations (#WSFM) in Johannesburg
Finally, the dates for the 6th World Social Forum on Migrations (WSFM) have been announced: It will take place from the 5th until the 8th December 2014 in Johannesburg, South Africa. The last two WSFMs have marked the first meetings in Latin … Continue reading
Posted in Migration, WSFM
Tagged Africa, Circular migration, civil society, development, domestic work, gfmd, global governance, human rights, Johannesburg, Migrant worker, migration, multiculturalism, NGO, Non-governmental organization, South Africa, UN migrant worker convention, World Social Forum, WSFM
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#IAmAMigrant – Today is International #MigrantsDay
Today International Migrants Day is being commemorated for the 14th time. Sadly, it is the first time since 2002 that the NGO “December 18″ – named after the day when the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted the “International Convention … Continue reading
Posted in Gfmd, ILO, Migration, UN HLD
Tagged civil society, development, domestic work, gfmd, global governance, human rights, iamr, ILO, International Labour Conference, International Labour Organization, International Migrants Day, Migrant worker, migration, multiculturalism, NGO, Non-governmental organization, Public international law, Storify, UN migrant worker convention, United Nation, United Nations, United Nations General Assembly
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Out now: My book chapter “A Tale of Two Tactics: Civil Society and Competing Visions of Global Migration Governance from Below”
Today, the edited volume by Martin Geiger and Antoine Pecoud “Disciplining the Transnational Mobility of People” has been published. The contributions critically examine how “a core feature of contemporary migration politics lies in the claim to regulate and discipline the … Continue reading
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Tagged Circular migration, civil society, development, domestic work, gender, gfmd, Global Forum on Migration, Global Forum on Migration and Development, global governance, human rights, iamr, ILO, Immigration, International Catholic Migration Commission, International Labour Organization, Mexico, Migrant worker, migration, NGO, Organization, pga, Philippines, UN migrant worker convention, United Nations, World Social Forum
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The GFMD, Migration, Development and Human Rights 