Migration

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.

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Thursday, 28.04.2022 - Online

Grassroots Voices: Spotlight on Migrant Perspectives towards the IMRF

Upcoming report about key issues affecting migrants at the grassroots, national and regional levels.

The Spotlight Report on Global Migration (SRGM) was published in April 2022 as a contribution to the International Migration Review Forum (IMRF) process. It focuses on key issues affecting migrants at the grassroots, national and regional levels, and brings grassroots organizations, activists, and communities’ voices to the forefront in speaking to decision-makers at the policy-level.

The report is a joint effort of the Global Coalition on Migration (GCM) with the support of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) to generate momentum for rights-based, migrant-centred, and gender-responsive implementation of the Global Compact for Migration. These organizations see the UN International Migration Review Forum as a key moment for states to renew commitment to this human rights agenda through concrete pledges, benchmarks, and new ways of approaching migration policy

The report contains six articles targeted at decision-makers in the context of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration as well as policy makers in general. The following topics are addressed: Regular labour pathways; access to services; social protection and economic, social and cultural rights; criminalization – detention and returns; migrant workers’ rights; protection at the borders; climate related displacement.

For more information go to www.spotlightreportmigration.org.

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Hacia objetivos más ambiciosos

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Reflexiones sobre el Primer Foro de la Migración Internacional
Bonn, 2024

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Towards more ambitious goals

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Reflections on the First International Migrationv Review Forum
Bonn, 2024

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Reconstruir mejor

Reconstruir mejor

Un llamamiento a ser valientes
Berlin, 2021

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Reconstruire en mieux

Reconstruire en mieux

Un appel au courage
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Salome Lienert

Program Officer
Migration and Human Rights

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