GCM Statement: Migrants in Crisis Situations Around the Globe
Migrants in crisis situations around the globe: Rights-based policy action urgently needed (Download full statement in PDF-form here.) GENEVA, 10 June 2015 – In recent weeks we have witnessed a heightening of migrant and refugee crises and the callous response of nations focused on blocking access and deterrence…
GCM Launches MICIC Campaign
The Global Coalition on Migration (GCM), along with the Migration and Development Civil Society Network (MADE), launched a year-long campaign to co-organize a series of regional civil society consultations on the MICIC (Migrants in Countries in Crisis) Initiative. GCM and MADE will organize a series of independent, parallel, civil society…
“The Making of a Climate Refugee”
Published in Foreign Policy, January 2015 Recent coverage in Foreign Policy of the legal challenge in New Zealand courts that could result in recognition of the world’s first “climate refugee.” Read the full article here. Teitiota is a contender to become the world’s first climate refugee, albeit an accidental one. So far, New Zealand courts…
GCM Participation at COP20 — Lima, Peru
From December 6-8, GCM participated in the People’s Summit on Climate Change and the Rights of Nature Tribunal, parallel events to COP20, in Lima, Peru. GCM participated as part of the Climate Space, a loose configuration of grassroots organizations globally that have been engaging in advocacy around the COPs for…
GCM Statement: End the Immigration Detention of Children
GCM Statement on the International Day of Action to End the Immigration Detention of Children November 20th, 2014 As government delegations gather at the United Nations in New York to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, migrants’ rights advocates, civil society organizations, and…