One year after hosting the 2023 Roundtable on Global Migration Law in the EU, we are pleased to share the newly published summary report. Key themes include access to basic services, regular migration pathways and decent working conditions. 🔗 Download the Summary Report PDF here: https://lnkd.in/eRxwntQX
The Summary Report of the international roundtable on ‘Global Migration Law in the EU’ is now available on the GML Hub website (https://lnkd.in/gAWEarXx; PDF is available here: https://lnkd.in/epBkxehP) Key takeaways: 1. The debate on migration should not be separated from the broader debates on equality, labour, economic growth, and social justice. 2. Complementary implementation of the Compact and the Convention needs to be promoted. UN treaty bodies and international organizations such as the IOM and ILO can stimulate this cross-fertilization by consistently and explicitly relying on the Compact and the Convention (along with other international human rights instruments). Regional human rights bodies might also play a role in these processes. 3. The Committee on Migrant Workers needs to be integrated into the UNNM’s Executive Committee and Thematic Groups. The IOM needs to work towards this integration and take initiative in promoting the Convention along with the Compact. 4. Academic and policy-oriented studies into how the Convention and the Compact add value to the creation of national and EU migration law are needed. These studies would increase awareness about both instruments and inform the debate regarding endorsement and ratification. 5. EU and national legislators and policy makers need to avoid legislative initiatives that potentially weaken migrant rights enshrined in the Convention and the Compact. The roundtable was held as part of the joint activities of the ACMRL and the UN Committee on Migrant Workers (CMW), the Roundtable provided a forum for various stakeholders to discuss the relationship between the Migrant Workers Convention and the Global Compact for Migration and explore the added value of both instruments for migration law and policies in the EU. The Roundtable gathered over 30 participants, among them representatives from: the UN CMW; the United Nations Network on Migration; IOM - UN Migration Geneva; IOM The Netherlands; the European Economic and Social Committee; the Governments of Portugal and the Netherlands; civil society organizations from the Netherlands and Belgium; Everaert Advocaten Immigration Lawyers; academics from the Netherlands, Geneva Graduate Institute, and the United Kingdom; and students of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam). The roundtable was co-funded by the VU Interdisciplinary Centre for European Studies (VICES), and the Municipality of Amsterdam. The ACMRLwould like to thank them for their support and collaboration.