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The adoption of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM) in Marrakech in December 2018 marked an important juncture in the development of normative and regulatory frameworks for international cooperation on migration. Amidst rapidly changing modes of mobility and patterns of migration at regional and transregional levels, the imperative for evidence-based and data-driven understandings and responses to migration has become more pronounced, particularly to support the development gains for and from irregular migrants. UNDP’s recent report, ‘Scaling Fences: Voices of Irregular African Migrants to Europe,’ applies a human-development lens to bring out the experiences of irregular migrants from Africa and produce practical suggestions on expanding legal pathways for migrants in line with the Global Compact.
At this virtual event, which will mark AFFORD’s African Diaspora and Development Day (AD3) 2020, speakers will discuss UNDP’s report, explore the motivations and everyday realities experienced by ‘irregular migrants’ from Africa, and the scope for legal and other policy pathways to operationalise the Global Compact.
- Dr Jesper Bjarnesen, Senior Researcher, Nordic Africa Institute
- Elizabeth Donnelly, Deputy Director, Africa Programme, Chatham House
- Dr Jide Okeke, Regional Programme Coordinator for Africa, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
- Professor Francis Omaswa, Executive Director, African Center for Global Health and Social Transformation (ACHEST)
Chair: Stella Opoku-Owusu, Deputy Director, African Foundation for Development (AFFORD)
ORGANIZER: Chatham House
WEBSITE: https://chathamhouse.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN__a_n6BqEQVGDAKObJw_BIg