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South Asia Consultation on the Global Compact for Migration

Participants of the South Asia Consultation on the Global Compact for Migration (GCM) Migrant Forum in Asia organized a South Asia consultation on the implementation of the Global Compact for Safe Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM) on 4-6 July 2019 in Kathmandu Nepal. Participants of the consultation included CSOs, trade unions from Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. The consultation had the following objectives: (1) To discuss and provide updates on the Colombo Process (CP), Abu Dhabi Dialogue (ADD), and South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC); (2) To discuss synergies between the Regional Consultative Processes (RCPs) and...

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Circular 33: Global Compact for Safe, Orderly, and Regular Migration (GCM)

Dear All, Greetings from MFA Secretariat. We are sharing with you the updates through the consultations and revisions on the modalities of the International Migration Review Forum (IMRF), entitled “Format and organizational aspects of the international migration review forum”. After the release of the Zero Draft of the IMRF on 7 June 2019, there was an informal inter-governmental consultation on 11 June 2019, initiated by co-facilitators H.E. Agustin Santis Maraver, Permanent Representative of Spain H.E. Masud Bin Momen, Permanent Representative of Bangladesh. Before the scheduled inter-governmental consultation, civil society representatives assessed the document and produced proposals for the IMRF modalities....

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Nepal National CSO Consultation on the Implementation of the Global Compact for Migration

MFA and the National Network for Safe Migration organized the Nepal National Consultation on the Global Compact for Migration on 22 May 2019 in Kathmandu, Nepal.

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Circular 32: GCM International Migration Review Forum Zero Draft

Dear Friends, Hope all goes well. Greetings from the Secretariat. We are writing to share with you the Zero draft of the International Migration Review Forum (IMRF). The IMRF serves as the primary inter-governmental global platform for Member States (MS) to discuss and share the progress on the implementation of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration which was adopted in December 2018 in Marrakesh, Morocco. The first informal inter-governmental consultation on the said zero draft,titled, "Format and organizational aspects of the international migration review forums", will be taking place today, 11 June 2019 at the UN Headquarters...

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MFA is a regional network of non-government organizations (NGOs), associations and trade unions of migrant workers, and individual advocates in Asia who are committed to protect and promote the rights and welfare of migrant workers.

It is guided by a vision of an alternative world system based on respect for human rights and dignity, social justice, and gender equity, particularly for migrant workers.

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