Global civil society has responded with both relief and disappointment to UN Member States’ consensus approval of the formal outcome of the first International Migration Review Forum (IMRF) on 17–20 May that assessed implementation of the Global Compact for Migration.
Civil society representative Colin Rajah and migrant representative Elana Wong delivered statements at the 19 May opening session of the IMRF, ahead of government discussions on the implementation of the Global Compact for Migration (GCM).
Conditions for migrants must serve as the benchmark to measure progress in implementing the Global Compact for Migration, non-governmental stakeholders emphasized at an informal hearing on the eve of the International Migration Review Forum.
At the IMRF on 17–20 May, global civil society will stress its key role in future successful implementation of the Global Compact on Migration as representatives highlight issues arising from direct work with migrants.
Global civil society representatives gather in New York and online to look back on four years of implementing the Global Compact for Migration (GCM), ahead of the IMRF taking place on 17-20 May.
Civil Society Action Committee coordinator Colin Rajah reflects on four years of the Global Compact for Migration implementation, the participation of civil society, and expectations and priorities for the first International Migration Review Forum, which begins on Tuesday, 17 May, at the UN in New York.