At the close of the 14th GFMD Summit, held in Geneva on 23-25 January 2024, we document the thoughts and reflections on the 2022-24 GFMD “‘There is no GFMD Without Civil Society.’ Civil Society Co-Facilitators Reflect on the 14th Summit of the 2022-24 Global Forum on Migration and Development”
“The overall message is the priority to ensure that the human rights of people that are on the move, internally or externally, are respected. As “Coordinating Civil Society Efforts”
On the final day of the GFMD Summit in Geneva, the GFMD Civil Society Mechanism co-hosted a side event highlighting multistakeholder partnerships and ethical storytelling “‘Narratives are at the heart of everything’: Multi-stakeholder Action to Change Migration Narratives Highlighted at the 14th Summit of the Global Forum on Migration and Development”
“We are beginning to better understand as a society, and particularly in the international arena, the close connection between the climate crisis and migration,” says “Defending the Right to Remain”
“Migration governance has been restricted to the national environment, it does not include subregional, regional and global levels,” regrets Victor Genina, policy advisor for Red “Fostering Coordination for More Coherent Migration Policies”
“If you think of all of the accepted parameters and indicators of development, that is, supporting education, supporting health, supporting investment, all of the Sustainable ““If There Was a Time for Greater Dialogue, It is Now””
“Unfortunately we see the way currently at the global, regional and national levels, migration is being governed, exposing migrant workers to exploitation and human rights “Migration Governance Should Not Expose Migrant Workers to Exploitation”
“They are pushed back, they are detained, they are disappeared, they are killed.” Ms. LeVoy, director of the Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants “Migrants’ Rights Are Human Rights”
“Migrants are not just there to be spoken about, they have a voice. They just don’t have a platform to have their voices heard. Our “Migrants Are Not Just There To Be Spoken About, They Have a Voice”
“Our main call for governments and civil society is to include youth in their discussions, in their actions and in their implementation plans, to make “Amplifying the Voices of Youth”
