Entries by Transnational Migrant Platform

Global Coalition on Migration Urges Stronger, Concrete Commitments to Protect the Human Rights of Migrants

September 18, 2016 /0 Comments/in , /by

Members of the Global Coalition on Migration (GCM) including Transnational Migrant Platform (TMP) will participate in two upcoming press briefings of migrant organizations from around the globe in conjunction with the September 19 UN High Level Summit to address large movements of refugees and migrants. Read here the complete MEDIA ADVISORY: media-advisory-high-level-summit-12sept For a time schedule […]

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

August 2, 2016 /0 Comments/in , /by

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”

August 2, 2016 /0 Comments/in , /by

“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 […]

TMP European Seminar

July 25, 2016 in /by

Strengthening alliances toward Social Justice, Migrant & Refugee Rights, and Solidarity in the EU, September 2016   From the 23rd to 25th September 2016, various organizations from 16 different countries came together in Amsterdam – at the International Institute for Research and Education – in order to share experiences in working for migrant and refugee […]