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Thursday, 13 May 2021, 5:45 am Thai government instructed authorities to block refugees from Myanmar (Bangkok, May 12, 2021)–The Government of Thailand should protect refugees from Myanmar from being forcibly returned and establish protection mechanisms in line with international human rights law, Fortify Rights said today. On March 19, Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha instructed government agencies to prevent “illegal immigration” from Myanmar, according to government meeting minut...

Press Release – Fortify Rights Thai government instructed authorities to block refugees from Myanmar (Bangkok, May 12, 2021)The Government of Thailand should protect refugees from Myanmar from being forcibly returned and establish protection mechanisms in line with international … Thai government instructed authorities to block refugees from Myanmar (Bangkok, May 12, 2021)–The Government of Thailand should protect refugees from Myanmar from being forcibly returned and establish protecti...

Ada: GIZ Ghana holds 4-day training on migration governance and diaspora engagement LISTEN MAY 11, 2021 Ada, 10 May 2021: In a unique move to build the dialogue capacities of stakeholders in the migration and diaspora landscape, GIZ Ghana, through its Programme Migration & Diaspora (PMD) and funding from the German Government, undertook a four-day multi-stakeholder dialogue training and diaspora engagement capacity building for key state and non-state actors in migration governance in Ghana. ...

Rabat, May 11, 2021 (ECA) - The ECA Office for North Africa held on Monday, May 10, 2021, a workshop for the launch of its study on the recognition of African migrants’ skills in the Kingdom of Morocco, currently conducted as part of its programme for Migration Statistics and Skills Recognition in Africa. The meeting presented the methodology of the study, which aims to facilitate, on the one hand, the assessment of national policies in the field of skill recognition, and, on the other hand, ...

IOM When a person goes missing, the existing laws, procedures and inter-state cooperation enable families to make the necessary arrangements and reach closure about the loss of their loved ones. A new report from the International Organization of Migration (IOM)’s Global Migration Data Analysis Centre and Missing Migrants Project shows this is not the case for people across the United Kingdom who have missing migrant relatives. “The families who participated in the research in the UK are so...

Missing Migrants Berlin – When a person goes missing, the existing laws, procedures and inter-state cooperation enable families to make the necessary arrangements and reach closure about the loss of their loved ones. A new report from the International Organization of Migration (IOM)’s Global Migration Data Analysis Centre and Missing Migrants Project shows this is not the case for people across the United Kingdom who have missing migrant relatives. “The families who participated in the r...

From left to right, Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of ECLAC; Michele Klein Solomon, Regional Director for Central America, North America and the Caribbean of IOM; and Marcelo Pisani, Regional Director for South America of IOM. Government representatives from Latin America and the Caribbean committed themselves today to implementing the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration and ensuring that migration be an option, rather than an obligation, at the closing session of the ...

Representatives of Latin American and Caribbean countries reiterated their commitment today to the implementation of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, and they urged for viewing migration as a contribution to democracy, diversity and sustainable development and for respecting, protecting and fulfilling the rights of migrants and supporting them in their vulnerable situation, during a virtual regional meeting to review the Compact co-organized by the International Organ...

Sheikh Hasina seeks developed worlds enhanced role for quick recovery from pandemic Dhaka, Apr 26 (UNI) Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday sought the developed world and the development partners’ enhanced role in attaining quick recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic as she placed a four-point proposal at the 77th Session of the UN-ESCAP, according to a PMO release. While delivering her recorded statement aired in the 77th annual UN-ESCAP session, the premier simultaneously called...

Covid Pandemic: PM for stronger role of developed nations Bss, Dhaka Bss, Dhaka Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday sought a stronger role of the developed world and the development partners in attaining quick recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic. Delivering her recorded statement aired in the 77th Session of the UN-ESCAP, she placed a four-point proposal in this regard. The premier called for inclusive development approach, efficient policies and strategies on universal public health syste...