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Migration is a fundamental part of human behaviour. Climate change, environmental pollution, natural disasters, violent conflicts, economic insecurity are some of the reasons why people migrate. While inequalities and power structures exacerbate the reasons to leave one’s home, the lines between forced and chosen migration are rarely clear.

Our social democratic vision for the future is a world in which migration is a free choice and mobility is based on the values of human rights and global solidarity. Based on the Global Compacts on Migration and on Refugees, and the Sustainable Development Goals and through close collaboration with the UN Network on Migration, OHCHR, the Treaty Body System, Special Rapporteurs, and civil society we work to strengthen the promotion and protection of human rights of all migrants.

Media

  • Media Center
  • Migration
  • 2026

The Real Migration Crisis Is Governance

Ahead of the International Migration Review Forum 2026, the Spotlight Report on Global Migration 2026 was published, highlighting what must change in migration governance.

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  • Media Center
  • Migration
  • 2025

Growing Use of Externalisation in Migration Governance

Alarmed by the growing use of externalisation in migration governance, the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants calls for collective reflection.

  • Human Rights and Development
  • Media Center
  • Migration
  • 2025

International Day Against Racism: Racial Discrimination Against Migrants and Refugees

The fight against racial discrimination goes hand in hand with the fight for human rights, says Dr Ibrahima Guissé of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.

Related Events

  • Event
  • Human Rights and Development
  • Migration
  • 2025

Side Event HRC 59: Protecting Migrants’ Rights at Borders: Independent Monitoring in EU and Global Contexts

This side-event explored how to bridge global & European efforts to push for more humane, transparent & rights-compliant border management policies.

  • Event
  • Human Rights and Development
  • Migration
  • 2024

Where are Human Rights in the Discussion on Climate Change and Human Mobility?

FES Geneva and partners organized a side event at the HRC 56th session on climate change and human mobility.

  • Event
  • Migration
  • 2024

UPR ONLINE LAUNCH REGISTRATION – EPU INSCRIPCIÓN EN LÍNEA PARA EL LANZAMIENTO – INSCRIÇÃO PARA EVENTO ONLINE SOBRE RPU

Online Launch: UPR and the role of national and regional civil society coalitions.

Publications

Hacia objetivos más ambiciosos

Sheill, Kate ; Townhead, Laurel | Bonn : Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Enero de 2024

reflexiones sobre el Primer Foro de Examen de la Migración Internacional

Towards more ambitious goals

Sheill, Kate ; Townhead, Laurel | Bonn : Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, January 2024

reflections on the First International Migration Review Forum

Reconstruir mejor

Bartmann, Yvonne (Hrsg.) ; Lienert, Salome | Berlin : Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Politica Global y Desarrollo ; Geneva : Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Geneva Office, Octubre de 2020

un llamamiento a ser valientes

Reconstruire en mieux

Bartmann, Yvonne (Hrsg.) ; Lienert, Salome (Hrsg.) | Berlin : Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Politique Globale et Développement ; Geneva : Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Geneva Office, Octobre 2020

un appel au courage

Contact

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    Elena Müller

    Assistant Program Officer Human Rights