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GFMD Roundtable Says Whole-Of-Society Approach Needed to Skill Migrants for Employment
Strategies must prioritize regularization for all migrant workers, include soft and technical skills, and recognize migrant communities as contributors.
GFMD Summit Hosts Roundtable Discussion on Fostering Partnerships to Achieve Migration-Related Goals
Proposal for Concessional Financing Facility for Migration endorsed by most State and civil society delegates.
GFMD Summit Hosts Roundtable Discussion on Approaches to Preventing Irregular Migration
Participants highlight inclusive social protection, expanded regular pathways, better data and strong partnerships.
It’s Time To Step up and Put Labor Migrants at the Center
As countries were hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, they began to withdraw onto themselves, jeopardizing collaborative work for a more just migration system. This unilateralism is one of the biggest challenges for labor migrants today, says William Gois, Regional Coordinator of the Migrant Forum in Asia.
GFMD Summit Civil Society and Government Delegates Exchange on Building Back Better after COVID-19
Social protection for all, expanded and improved regular pathways, and strong, inclusive partnerships identified as key to global recovery.
Finding Remedies So People Don’t Become Undocumented
Many undocumented migrants entered the country where they are regularly, explains Michele LeVoy, Director of the Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants. They became undocumented for reasons beyond their control. We need to fix the policy failures that allow irregular migration.
Culture of Human Rights Needed to Close Gaps in Migrant Protection
Positive migration narratives, access to services and systemic COVID-19 recovery all key to closing protection gaps.
Roundtable Discussion at 13th GFMD Summit Tackles Labor Migration Governance
Delegates highlight human-centered approaches, better data, regular pathways, skills matching and partnerships.
GFMD Summit Side Event Highlights Non-payment of Wages and Benefits for Migrant Workers
Better data, concerted international action and social protection identified as key in fight against wage and benefit theft.