2024
21-22 May: On behalf of the Action Committee, Ian M. Kysel, Director of the Migrant Rights Initiative, delivered the AC’s key advocacy points at the International Dialogue on Migration (IDM) in New York, focusing on the theme of Regular Pathways.
In view of the 2024-2025 Regional Reviews, the Action Committee gathered key recommendations for the UN Network on Migration to enhance the inclusion, participation, and contributions of civil society in the the Regional Reviews.
2022
19 May: Statement by Colin Rajah, Coordinator of the Civil Society Action Committee (AC) and civil society representative, to present a summary of the Informal Interactive Multistakeholder Hearing and the International Migration Review Forum (IMRF) Plenary
19 May: Statement by Elana Wong, Global Focal Point of the Migration Youth & Children Platform (MYCP), the Major Group for Children and Youth, and migrant representative at the International Migration Review Forum (IMRF) Plenary
29 April: Open Letter to the UN Member States and the co-facilitators of the International Migration Review Forum (IMRF) Progress Declaration
15 March: Open Letter to the President of the UN General Assembly on the shrinking space for civil society in the United Nations (Español, Français), List of endorsers
2021
12 July: Remarks from Cecilie Kern, Global Policy & Research Advocate at Mercy International Association and Global Action Vice-Chair at the NGO Committee on Migration on the 2021 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLFP) Voluntary National Review (VNR) Lab on Migration
24 June: Open Letter to the co-facilitators of the Ministerial Declaration to be adopted for the 2021 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF)
21 March: Civil Society Policy Brief: Addressing Racism in Global Migration Governance and Policy
8 February: Open Letter to Member States on Universal Access to COVID-19 Vaccines
2020
10 December: Intervention by Alyna Smith, Advocacy Officer at Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants (PICUM) at the High-Level Virtual Policy Discussion to commemorate Universal Health Coverage Day 2020
13 November: Closing Remarks from Stéphane Jaquemet, Director of Policy at the the International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC) at the First Regional Review of the Global Compact for Migration in the UNECE Region
9 November: Summary Report from Michele LeVoy, Rapporteur and Director of the Platform for Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants (PICUM), at the Informal Multi-stakeholder Consultation of the GCM Regional Review in the UNECE Region
28 September: Civil Society Action Committee (AC) call to the Greek government and the European Union (EU) for the immediate humanitarian and human rights response to the Moria camp tragedy (Español, Français)
7 April: Civil Society Statement on Solutions for the COVID-19 Pandemic and New Solidarity with Migrants and Refugees
April: Non-Exhaustive Selection of Good State Practices for Migrants and Refugees by States and Inter-Governmental Bodies in addressing the COVID-19 Pandemic
12 March: Civil Society Action Committee (CS) Joint Statement on the current Greece-Turkey Border Crisis
2019
July: Joint Oral Statement delivered at the 41st Session of the Human Rights Council
16 July: Civil Society Action Committee (AC) Secretariat’s Open Letter to the UN Network on Migration on the Official Launch of the Migration Multi-Partner Trust Fund (MPTF)
25 June: Letter to co-facilitators on Modalities for the International Migration Review Forum (IMRF)
25 June: Language Proposals for the Format and Organisational Aspects of the International Migration Review Forums (IMRFs)
April: Civil Society Proposals to the UN Network on Migration (UNNM) and the Migration Trust Fund
Proposed Terms of Reference for the UN Network on Migration’s Civil Society Liaison
2018
10 December: Joint Civil Society Statement on the UN Conference to Adopt the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly, and Regular Migration (GCM)
13 July: Joint Civil Society Statement at the Conclusion of Negotiations on the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly, and Regular Migration (GCM)
9 July: Civil Society Statement on the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly, and Regular Migration (GCM) in Advance of the 6th and Final Round of Negotiations
8 June: Civil Society Baselines on Government Implementation, Follow-Up and Review of the Global Compact for Migration (GCM)
June: Civil Society Joint Statement on the Distinction Between Regular and Irregular Migrants
3 May: Civil Society Open Letter to UN Member States on the Global Compact for Migration (GCM) (Español, Français)
13 March: Civil Society Joint Statement on the Negotiations for a Global Compact for Safe, Orderly, and Regular Migration (GCM) (Español, Français)
2017
Seven Regional Civil Society Consultations for the Adoption of the Global Compact for Migration (GCM)
2016
19 September: Civil Society Statement & Scorecard on the Outcomes of the UN General Assembly Summit ‘New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants’
19 September: Civil Society Starting Points for the Outcome of the UN High-Level Summit on Addressing Large Movements of Refugees & Migrants (Español, Français)