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The Coordinator's Briefing 19 October 2021-President of the General Assembly's Keynote Address
Antonio Vitórino, Coordinator of the United Nations Network on Migration and Director General of the International Organization for Migration, Excellencies, Distinguished delegates, I wish you all a very good morning...
UN Network on Migration in the Maldives Formally Launched
PRESS RELEASE —LOCAL Male’ – The UN Network on Migration in the Maldives (hereinafter referred as “the Network”) was formally launched virtually today (31 May 2021) by the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the...
UN Networks on Migration Established in Nearly a Third of UN Country Teams
Geneva – This week, the United Nations in Zambia established its Network on Migration, bringing the total number of country Networks to 50. Maximizing the collective expertise and capacity of the UN system, these Networks...
UN Network on Migration Launches “Migration Network Hub”, a Knowledge and Solutions Platform on the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration
Geneva – The United Nations Network on Migration launches today (18/03) the Migration Network Hub. It is the first knowledge platform and connection hub that supports UN Member States in the implementation, follow-up and...
UN Network on Migration Launches in Support of Government of Iraq’s Migration Governance Efforts
Baghdad — On 17 March, following a kick-off meeting in February, the United Nations Network for Migration was formally launched in Iraq. The Network supports the international community’s efforts towards the implementation of...
First Regional Review of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration Concludes in Asia and the Pacific
The first regional review of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration in Asia and the Pacific concluded today with a call for greater collaboration among countries in the region to implement this global...
UNICEF issues report – “Building Bridges for Every Child: Reception, Care and Services to Support Unaccompanied Children in the United States”
Download the full report here Download photo, video and b-roll here NEW YORK, 26 February 2021 – A new approach is needed to ensure that unaccompanied migrant and asylum-seeking children in the United States receive proper...
Arab Region: Multi-stakeholder Consultation held in Preparation for the Regional Review of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration
Cairo – A Multi-stakeholder Consultation session starts today in preparation for the Regional Review of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM) in the Arab region which will take place on 24-25...
Our challenge for the future: rethinking migration from a global perspective
After years of field experience, study and research, we can recognize that migration is no longer an emergency. Migration, writ large, is structural: it is a sociological phenomenon embedded in the history of humanity.