Global Compact for Migration
What is the Global Compact for Migration?
With the adoption of the (GCM), Member States committed to making migration work for all.
The GCM is the first-ever intergovernmentally negotiated UN agreement on a common approach to managing international migration.?
With this comprehensive approach, Member States aim to facilitate safe, orderly and regular migration, while reducing the incidence and negative impact of irregular migration through international cooperation and a combination of measures put forward in the GCM.
Why a Global Compact for Migration?
Migration is a global reality. There are an estimated 281 million international migrants worldwide, and the majority of migrants around the world today travel, live and work in a safe, orderly and regular manner. Nonetheless, migration undeniably affects our countries, communities, migrants and their families in very different and sometimes unpredictable ways.
On 19 September 2016, Heads of State and Government came together for the first time ever at the global level within the UN General Assembly to discuss issues related to migration and refugees.
In adopting the? :
193 UN Member States recognized the need for a comprehensive approach to human mobility and enhanced cooperation at the global level
They committed to elaborate a Global Compact on Refugees and to adopt the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM), in two separate processes. The two Global Compacts, together, present complementary international cooperation frameworks that fulfil their respective mandates as laid out in the New York Declaration, which recognizes that migrants and refugees may face many common challenges and similar vulnerabilities.
What does the Global Compact for Migration offer?
The GCM offers a cooperative framework, comprising 23 objectives, implementation, as well as follow-up and review. Each objective contains a commitment, followed by a range of actions considered to be relevant policy instruments and best practices. To fulfil the 23 objectives, Member States commit to draw from these actions to achieve safe, orderly and regular migration along the migration cycle.