Are you a member of the NGO Committee on Migration who is planning on participating in the Civil Society Preparatory Day, the Multi-Stakeholder Hearing, or the IMRF itself?

Please fill out this form: https://forms.gle/VtWrjGVkFoS6ascS8
 

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IMRF Updates

The International Migration Review Forum and the multi-stakeholder hearing will be held from 16-20 May 2022. The registration process is now closed, however the IMRF will be broadcast live on UN Web TV with interpretation in all official languages. Thus, if you did not or were unable to register, you will still be able to follow the events through webcast. 


Progress Declaration - Rev 3

A third revised draft (Rev 3) of the Progress Declaration is now available. Click here to read Rev 3. A comparison of the UN Member States' Rev 2 to the key priorities of the NGO Committee on Migration can be accessed here, and summaries and recordings from the previous townhalls can be found on this page.


Civil Society Open Letter to Co-Facilitators on Rev 3

The Civil Society Action Committee, in collaboration with co-drafters from the NGO Committee on Migration, sent an open letter to all UN Member States and the Co-Facilitators of the Progress Declaration of the IMRF.

The letter expresses deep disappointment in relation to Rev 3 of the Progress Declaration. It calls for a reaffirmation of the GCM, acknowledging that detention is never in the best interest of the child, avoiding criminalization of migrants, and additional proposals for Rev 4.

Click here to read the full letter. We encourage you to share this document with your networks and contacts in Permanent Missions to the UN. 


Civil Society Preparatory Day

The Civil Society Action Committee will culminate its year-long preparatory process to the International Migration Review Forum (IMRF) with a self-organized, open Civil Society Preparatory Day that will take place on Sunday, 15 May 2022, from 9:00am-5:00pm (EDT).

This preparatory meeting, open to all of civil society and held in a fully hybrid format (in-person and online),  aims to share and consolidate the key civil society joint inputs and points of engagement for the May 16 Multi-Stakeholder Hearing and the rest of the IMRF (17-20 May). 

All are welcome to join online, or in person in New York. Click here to register. The deadline to register for in-person participation is Friday, 6 May 2022.
 

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PMC People's Forum
 

The People’s Migration Challenge (PMC) is convening to mobilize a parallel event to the IMRF to drive practical and much needed action to assess the GCM implementation. Following the reflection series and regional consultations under the auspices of PMC, the People’s Forum aims to provide space for civil society to engage in a grounded and meaningful discussion on migration policy.

Mark your calendars and join the PMC through a hybrid format in New York and online on 16-20 May 2022! Click here to view the program agenda, and click here to register. The registration deadline is 13 May.

PMC is calling for side events to the People's Forum, open to all who are planning to organize a side event around the IMRF week. Click here to learn more and join. The deadline is 6 May.
 

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NGO Committee on Migration: Priorities and Practices for Solutions

The NGO Committee on Migration produced a four-page advocacy document, entitled Priorities and Practices for Solutions in the SDGs, the Global Compact for Migration, and the International Migration Review Forum in 2022 and beyond.

The document reflects the advocacy priorities of the NGO Committee on Migration and will guide our upcoming visits with representatives of Permanent Missions to the UN, in the lead up to the International Migration Review Forum (IMRF).

It calls attention to the following thematic areas: 

1. Lessons of COVID-time: make permanent and replicate positive practices and partnerships
2. Climate change
3. Migrants in vulnerable situations, including mixed migration
4. Children in migration
5. Xenophobia, racism and fostering inclusion

This document provides concrete examples of solutions that have been developed by the worldwide membership of the NGO Committee on Migration: practitioners and advocates, networks and organizations with members on the front-line at grass-roots, national, regional, and international levels; partners with States, local authorities, and business. Many of these whom are migrants, refugees, diaspora, or their family members. 

Click here to read the priorities document.
 

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12 Key Ways for States to Get Back on Track: Unified global civil society Position Paper for the IMRF

The 12 Key Ways Position Paper is a unified statement of global civil society for the UN General Assembly's International Migration Review Forum (IMRF) May 17-20, 2022, convened to examine implementation (or not) of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration. 

The 12 Key Ways reflect the priorities of the NGO Committee on Migration and more than 150 other leading civil society networks and organizations around the world, who prepared, signed and have united in vigorous advocacy of the document directly to UN Member States since November 2021.

Click on the following links to access this document in Arabic, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.

The global Civil Society Action Committee is still accepting signatures to the 12 Key Ways: join the more than 150 organizations who have already signed and add your organization’s endorsement here.
 

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Renew your CoM Membership & Join a Subcommittee!

We are continuing the process of collecting annual membership dues and convening subcommittees.

The NGO Committee on Migration organizes many of its activities through member participation in the following four subcommittees:

• Climate-Induced Displacement
• Children in Migration
• Migrants in Vulnerable Situations / Mixed Migration
• Xenophobia, Racism & Social Inclusion

By formally joining a subcommittee, you will be able to receive a link to access the online subcommittee gatherings, which precede the general portion of each Member Meeting.

Click here to renew your CoM membership and here to join one of the four subcommittees listed above!