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GCM Commentary: Objective 5: Enhance availability and flexibility of pathways for regular migration

Blog post written by Kees Groenendijk (Radboud University) and forms part of a series of blog posts analysing the final draft (objective by objective) of the UN’s Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration.

The Final Draft of the Global Compact for Migration in Objective 5 deals with four categories of regular migration: labour migration, family migration, migration due to climate change and academic mobility. As to the first and second categories, the text, during the negotiations in 2018, clearly has turned vaguer and elements supportive of migrants’ rights were deleted.

 

Full blog post here

 

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