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Adoption of the Global Compact #ForMigration

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Channel: United Nations · 2018 · News & Politics

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Heads of states and delegates from 164 countries, joined by representatives of civil society and the private sector, have adopted a cooperative framework to make international migration safer, more dignified for millions of migrants, and more economically beneficial for countries.

The Moroccan minister of foreign affairs and international cooperation, Mr. Nasser Bourita, banged his gavel announcing the news, while outlining the various efforts his country has made to bring about global consensus on international migration.

Along with Climate Change, unregulated migration has become a pressing issue in recent years. Every year, thousands of migrants lose their lives or go missing on perilous routes, often fallen victims at the hands of smugglers and other predators. 
Welcoming the overwhelming global support for the Global Compact for Migration, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said “unregulated migration bears a terrible human cost: a cost in lives lost on perilous journeys across deserts, oceans and rivers; and a cost in lives ruined at the hands of smugglers, unscrupulous employers and other predators.”

Guterres also said “more than 60,000 migrants have died on the move since the year 2000. This is a source of collective shame. And of course, behind every number is a person – a woman, a child, a man, who simply dream for what any of us dream – opportunity, dignity and a better life.”

The adoption of the Compact, also known as Marrakech Compact, coincides with the 70th anniversary of Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a document in which it is grounded. Guterres said “it would be ironic if, on the day we commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, we would consider that migrants are to be excluded from the scope of the Declaration.”


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The Global Compact for Migration represents a historic opportunity to improve international cooperation on migration, and to strengthen the contributions of migrants and migration to sustainable development. Today, there are over 258 million migrants around the world living outside their country of birth. This figure is expected to grow as a result of a number of factors including overall population growth, increasing connectivity, trade, rising inequality, demographic imbalances and climate change.

Migration provides immense opportunity and benefits – for the migrants, host communities and communities of origin. However, when poorly regulated it can create significant challenges. These challenges include overwhelming social infrastructures with the unexpected arrival of large numbers of people and the deaths of migrants undertaking dangerous journeys.

In this context, following 18 months of consultation and negotiations, UN Member States have agreed to adopt a Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (draft outcome document available in all official languages). It is the first-ever UN global agreement on a common approach to international migration in all its dimensions.

The Global Compact for Migration is non-legally binding. It is grounded in values of state sovereignty, responsibility-sharing, non-discrimination, and human rights, and recognizes that a cooperative approach is needed to optimize the overall benefits of migration, while addressing its risks and challenges for individuals and communities in countries of origin, transit and destination.

Find out more about the process to develop the Global Compact for Migration on the UN Refugees and Migrants website.

OBJECTIVES
The Global Compact for Migration comprises 23 objectives for better managing migration at local, national, regional and global levels. The Global Compact for Migration:

aims to mitigate the adverse drivers and structural factors that hinder people from building and maintaining sustainable livelihoods in their countries of origin;
intends to reduce the risks and vulnerabilities migrants face at different stages of migration by respecting, protecting and fulfilling their human rights and providing them with care and assistance;
seeks to address the legitimate concerns of states and communities, while recognizing that societies are undergoing demographic, economic, social and environmental changes at different scales that may have implications for and result from migration;
strives to create conducive conditions that enable all migrants to enrich our societies through their human, economic and social capacities, and thus facilitate their contributions to sustainable development at the local, national, regional and global levels.

Read More: https://undocs.org/A/CONF.231/3

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