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Don’t Let Migrants Fall Through the Gaps in Protection
Gaps in protection are situations in which States fail to protect migrants from human rights violations, explains Helena Olea, associate director for programs at Alianza Americas.
13th GFMD Summit Opening Ceremony: Time to Change the Approach on International Migration
Civil society highlights strong and inclusive partnerships, respect for fundamental rights, and social protection.
Civil Society Representatives Pick Advocacy Priorities for the GFMD Summit
Civil society delegates chose four advocacy priorities for the GFMD Summit: social protection, regularization, fighting xenophobia, access to services.
Civil Society Urged: Be Bold in Rebuilding for Migrants Post-COVID
COVID-19 pandemic offers unique window of opportunity to rebuild boldly, creating equitable, inclusive societies that do not leave migrants behind.
Civil Society Representatives Get Ready for the GFMD Summit
Delegates look at need to expose root causes of protection gaps affecting migrants and to ensure reliable data for policymaking.
Second 2020 GFMD Friends of the Forum
The second GFMD Friends of the Forum (FoF) meeting for this year took place on 1 October 2020. Due to the protocols in place for...
“The focus on partnerships reflects a collective intention and political will to move from the stage of diagnosing of the problem, to finding effective and creative solutions.” – Civil Society at the Abu Dhabi regional consultations
An opportunity for inclusive dialogue and for activating broad cooperation The 2020 Regional Consultations in the lead up to the Global Forum on Migration and Development...
European Civil Society at the OECD GFMD Regional Consultation: “The discussion on migrants has to be reframed, from start to end”
The European Regional Consultation was held at the beginning of July, as part of six regional discussions that took place in preparation of the annual...
Asia Pacific Consultations – CSOs at the Bali Process: “Country of destinations need to look at reforming their hard-line policies”
Partnerships and cooperation between countries and other stakeholders on the six key themes of the 2020 GFMD The third Regional Consultation held this year as...