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Día de Muertos
The Dia de Muertos celebrations were hard to miss at the start of the PGA… Apart from the festive occasion, there were also some political statements – the picture on the left refers to political...
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Forthcoming attractions (i.e.: my schedule)
For those not familiar with the GFMD process (and even for those who are), the mixture of main (further divided into government and civil society), parallel and side-events can be confusing and...
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A Mexican fighter for migrants’ rights called…. Machete!
And now for something completely different… A participant from Estonia pointed out at the Monday meeting that we should also focus on mass media like movies to bring forward the fight for migrants’...
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Opening of the Civil Society Days – what difference will they make?
The Opening Ceremony of the Civil Society Days (CSD) of the 5th GFMD has just come to a close. 186 civil society delegates, among them 73 migrants, will debate for two and a half days among themselves...
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One down, one to go: Uruguay First Country to Ratify ILO Domestic Worker...
Well, actually many more countries should be ratifying the convention, but for now two is the number that counts: If there won’t be at least two ratifications one year after the “decent work for...
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Out Now: „More than Remittances: Resisting the Dominant Discourse and Policy...
An article by Nicola Piper and myself has just been published as part of a Special Issue on “Rethinking Resistance in Development Studies”. The goal of this Special Issue of the Journal for Development...
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Bangladesh will chair the 2016 #GFMD
Next stop Bangladesh: It has just been confirmed that Bangladesh will host the 9th GFMD meeting in 2016. This completes the Troika of the non-binding process on migration and development which had been...
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Turkish GFMD Civil Society Days start today: livestream available #GFMDCSD
Today marks the start of the Civil Society Days of the Turkish Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD). For those of you who could not come to Istanbul, live streams of the opening and...
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#European #Migration Forum 2016: Call for applications open
The European Commission and the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) have launched the call for applications to participate in the 2nd meeting of the European Migration Forum, which will take...
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On International #MigrantsDay : No progress on UN Convention, #IamaMigrant...
Today is International Migrants Day, marking the 25th anniversary of the adoption of the “International Convention on the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families” by the General...
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Migrants on #InternationalWomensDay : Stop gender-based violence –and its...
Today is International Women’ Day and in the light of the current political situation, the rights of migrant and refugee women receive particular attention. Several migrant organisations have issued...
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Looking beyond ‘the refugee crisis’, can migrants be the new agents of...
Stefan Rother, Freiburg University This article is part of the Democracy Futures series, a joint global initiative with the Sydney Democracy Network. The project aims to stimulate fresh thinking about...
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Today is #InternationalMigrantsDay : Compact instead of Convention? A...
Today is International Migrants Day, marking the 26th anniversary of the adoption of the “International Convention on the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families” by the General...
View ArticleEvents and dates for the “migration week(s)” in Marrakech – #GFMD application...
In December, the “migration week(s)” will bring U.N. member states, international organizations, migrant civil society and other stakeholders to Marrakech, Morocco. The major “official” events will be...
View ArticleAuf gut Deutsch: Meine Beiträge zum #Migrationspakt
Migration wird am Besten global verhandelt – deshalb ist dieses Blog in der Regel auf Englisch gehalten. Da die Debatte zum Migrationspakt aber mittlerweile auch in Deutschland an Fahrt aufgenommen...
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