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“We Must Get Rid of the Idea That Migrant Workers Steal Our Jobs” – A Malaysian View on Labor Migration
Sumitha Shaanthinni Kishna, from the Malaysian NGO 'Our journey,' is a practicing lawyer who provides legal representation for migrants and refugees in labor, immigration and...
“Migration Is Not Everyone’s Cup of Tea. That’s Why Civil Society Must Engage the Host Community” – a View From Egypt
Lara Ibrahim works for the Gozour Foundation for Development in Cairo, Egypt, providing life and professional skills and vocational trainings to refugees, asylum-seekers and...
“To Me, Climate Change Is a Moral Issue” – An In-Depth Look at Climate Change and Displacement With Kayly Ober
Kayly Ober is Senior Advocate and Program Manager of the Climate Displacement Program at Refugees International, an NGO that advocates on behalf of refugees and displaced people...
“We Can’t Do ‘Business as Usual’ Anymore” — An Ecuadorian Perspective on the GFMD
Daniel Almeida is the Latin America Regional Advocacy Advisor for Care International, a global confederation working to end poverty. Based in Quito, Ecuador, Mr. Almeida attended...
Take a Look at the Deliberations of Civil Society!
Throughout the Quito GFMD Summit, Zulma Sofia Patarroyo, a Colombian creative facilitator, accompanied civil society representatives and quite literally put on paper the main...
The Global Forum on Migration and Development in Action — Impressions From the Quito Summit
Roula Hamati, from the Cross Regional Center for Refugees and Migrants in Lebanon, and William Gois, Regional Coordinator of Migrant Forum Asia talked with us about their...
The 12th GFMD Summit is Over — The Time for Action Begins Now!
With four intense days fully packed with panel discussions, bilateral exchanges, small-table conversations and coffee-break encounters, the annual Summit of the Global Forum on...
Let’s Put Migrants at the Heart of Our Discussions and Bring Our Hearts to the Discussions Too
During the opening ceremony of the 12th Global Forum on Migration and Development Summit, Stella Opoku-Owusu invited participants to “remember to put migrants at the heart of our...
The Reality of Mixed Migration Movements Is Not Worth Political Panics and Crises
Mixed migration is the movement of diverse groups of people originating from different regions, who use the same migration routes. Among them, you may find refugees fleeing...