The 2024 Regional Migration Review Forums (RMRFs) for the implementation of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly, and Regular Migration (GCM) kicked-off on 11 March with the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) RMRF. The region includes over 50 countries, located in Europe, North America, the Caucasus, Central Asia and Western Asia (see UNECE Member States below).
The Regional Review was chaired by the Republic of Moldova and the Government of Spain, whose summary of the event will inform the 2026 International Migration Review Forum (IMRF).
Action Committee members participated in one virtual pre-consultation in the lead-up to the RMRF, and an in-person Multi-Stakeholder Hearing (MSH) on the morning of the Review.
During the stakeholder consultation organised by the United Nations Network on Migration (UNNM), AC members placed emphasis on key migration trends that have adverse impacts on migrants’ lives and called for more meaningful participation of civil society in the regional reviews, as well as increased spaces for interaction with governments. In the MSH, members highlighted some concerning developments in migration globally, but also emphasised best practices and solutions to pressing issues across Europe, North America, the Caucasus, Central Asia and Western Asia.
A Summary Report of the stakeholder consultation was compiled by AC member and Stakeholder Rapporteur, Irem Arf, of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC). The Report was shared on 5 March 2024, prior to the Regional Review, to inform the meeting.
List of AC members at the UNECE Review:
- ActAlliance
- African Foundation for Development (AFFORD)
- Bloque Latino Americano sobre Migración
- Building and Woodworkers International (BWI)
- Council of Global Unions (CGU)
- International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC)
- International Detention Coalition (IDC)
- International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)
- Migration Youth and Children Platform (MYCP)
- Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
- Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO)
- Secours Catholique-Caritas France (SCCF)
- Solidarity Center
Member States of the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) include: Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Moldova, North Macedonia, Romania, Russian Federation, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Uzbekistan.
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