Global Coalition on Migration (GCM) Reflections on the September 19 Outcome Documents: Most of the work is yet to be done, and States need to act now

Statement: GCM Reflections on the September 19 Outcome Documents Or view the statement as PDF: GCM-Statement-9-19-Outcome-Document

Don’t Lower the Bar on Children’s Rights: End the Detention of Migrant Children!

Statement: End Child Detention of Global Coalition on Migration Or view the PDF: GCMStatement-EndChildDetention.docx

General Assembly decision makes International Organization for Migration part of UN system

25 July 2016 – The United Nations General Assembly today unanimously adopted a resolution approving an agreement to make the International Organization for Migration (IOM) part of the UN system as a related organization. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=54545#.V5s6aFenoU7 19 September 2016 – High Level Summit to Address Large Movements of Refugees and Migrants In June 2016, the Global Coalition on Migration (GCM) […]

Over 100 NGOs to European Council: don’t try to curb migration at the expense “of fundamental values and human rights”

“The European Union is set to open a dark chapter in its history unless it rejects the European Commission’s proposal on migration, a coalition of more than 100 NGOs warned on Monday. Shifting towards a foreign policy that serves the single objective of curbing migration, the EU and its member states risk further undermining their […]