Statement of the 2011 Civil Society Days
— December 2, 201129-30 November 2011
Geneva, Switzerland
Presented on 1 December 2011 to the Opening Plenary of States, Civil Society and Observers, Global Forum on Migration and Development 2011 by William Gois, Chair of the Civil Society Days of the 2011 GFMD.
Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, fellow migrants and colleagues,
Human mobility is happening, is unstoppable, and affects us all. We all know as well that we need to do better at responding to this global phenomenon. When are we going to catch up with this? Which kind of change do we want—change we manage or change we cannot?