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Blog post written by Syd Bolton and Catriona Jarvis (The Last Rights Project) 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.In summary, Objective 8 of the Global Compact for Migration contains three new elements: to save lives and preven…

Blog post written by Bethany Hastie (University of British Columbia) 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.Objective 15 aims to ensure that all migrants, regardless of migration status, have access to basic services. This objecti…

Blog post written by Elif Mendos Kuşkonmaz (Queen Mary University of London / University of Portsmouth) 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.Objective 11 calls for collaboration amongst states on border management that facilitat…

Blog post written by Jean-Baptiste Farcy and Sylvie Saroléa (Université catholique de Louvain) 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 aim of Objective 6 is to ensure decent work for all migrants. This requires actions to prote…

The Centre for the Study of Global Human Movement Events Bulletin – 12th November 2018WHAT’S ONLet us know if you have an event that you would like us to share in our newsletter or on our websiteThe Centre for the Study of Global Human Movement – Research Seminar SeriesShelter Design Project: ‘Healthy Housing for the displaced’ Tues 13th November, …

Blog post written by Dr Izabella Majcher, a Refugee Law Initiative Research Affiliate specialised in EU immigration and asylum policy. Izabella is a researcher at the Global Detention Project and a volunteer visitor to immigration detainees with the Ligue Suisse des Droits de l’Homme. She holds a PhD in international law from the Graduate Institute…

Blog post written by Dr Tugba Basaran (University of Cambridge) and Professor Nicola Piper (University of Sydney) andforms 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.Objective 20 commits in its title to work toward “faster, safer and cheaper re…

Blog post written by Stefanie Grant (Independent Researcher) and forms part of a series of blog postsanalysing the final draft (objective by objective) of the UN’s Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration.The New York Declaration and the UN Global Compact on Migration together re-state the role of consular protection in the context of…

Blog post written by Kathryn Allinson, a Refugee Law Initiative Research Affiliate undertaking a PhD in Law at Queen Mary University of London, 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 overall purpose of objective 17 is the erad…

Blog post written by Dr Justine N Stefanelli (British Institute of International and Comparative Law) 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.Objective 13 addresses the use of immigration detention and aims to ensure that detention…

Blog post written by Amal de Chickera (Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion) and formspart of a series of blog postsanalysing the final draft (objective by objective) of the UN’s Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration.Objective 4 of the Global Compact on Migration aims to “Ensure that all migrants have proof of legal identity an…

Blog post written by Elisa Fornalé, Aylin Yildiz and Federica Cristani (University of Bern) 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.Objective 18 gives prominence to the concrete actions required to pave the way to cross-border mobi…

Latest situation report summaryBy September 2018, some 89,000 refugees and migrants, almost a quarter of whom children, arrived in Europe through the Mediterranean migration routes. Most children arrived in Greece and Spain.Between January and September 2018, nearly 16,700 children benefited from UNICEF specialized child protection support in Greec…

Blog post written by Dr Christina Oelgemoller (Loughborough University) and Nicholas Maple (RLI) 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.Objective 23 of the Global Compact for Migration is titled ‘Strengthen international cooperati…

Blog post written by Katharine T. Weatherhead, a Refugee Law Initiative Research Affiliate undertaking a PhD in Law at Queen Mary University of London. Katharine’s research is primarily focused on the law and politics of asylum in the EU. The working title of her doctoral thesis is ‘Unravelling Mediterranean Migration: Legal and political knowledge…