Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD)

As an intergovernmental body, the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) has been invited to provide substantive input to the 2018 High-Level Political Forum (HLPF), showcasing its contribution towards the 2030 Agenda in general, and particularly for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and respective targets that are most relevant to GFMD’s mandate. Taking up this invitation, the ad hoc Working Group on the 2030 Agenda and the Global Compact on Migration under the co-chairmanship of Germany and Bangladesh prepared the following GFMD contribution along the template for submitting HLPF contributions. The report is based on references of GFMD Summit meetings, workshops, sessions of the Platform for Partnership (PfP) and Common Space discussions. It analyzes the interlinkages between the goals in focus of the 2018 HLPF and migration. In addition, it examines how interventions in the migration context in GFMD countries – ranging from small-targeted projects to wider programmes or reforms – have contributed to achieving the goals featured in this year’s HLPF. In line with the 2018 HLPF theme to “create truly inclusive, sustainable and resilient societies,” the report provides insights into the issues of migrants’ access to services and migration in the context of climate change and disasters...

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