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Migration and Development

Highlights of Migration and Development Activities- 2006-2007

Chosen 3 years ago as the topic for this year’s top-most consideration, a wide number of conferences, regional and international, have been convened on the subject of migration and development in recent months, including heads of state as well as ministers of interior, foreign affairs, security, justice and planning worldwide.

ICMC has been invited to speak again as one of only 5 non-government organizations worldwide chosen to participate in the High Level Dialogue. You will see below the ICMC statement to the HLD as well as other related articles.

You will find below various documents relating to MIGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT, the most recent documents appearing first.

A Partner's Report
End report of the Civil Society Day on Migration and Development –
King Baudoin Foundation, Brussels, 2007.
General Context and Objectives of the Global Forum on Migration and Development
Evaluating the Event - general observations
- Discussions by government representatives (July 10-11, 2007)
- Meeting of civil society representatives (July 9, 2007)
- Report of the Civil Society Day of the Global Forum on Migration and Development
Input received from Catholic Bishop's Conferences (July 9-11, 2007)
Priorities for the Debate on Migration and Development - January 14, 2007
Getting Practical on Migration and Development - May 15, 2007
Bringing Experience and Practice to the Migration and Development Table - May 2, 2007
Rights, Migration and Development: Bridging the Gap - A Statement by the International Catholic Migration Committee at a meeting among States, Civil Society and the Steering Committee of the Global Campaign for Ratification of the International Convention on Migrant Workers - December 4, 2006
A Partners’ Perspective
Statement by Richard Williams, EU Representative ECRE (European Council on Refugees and Exiles)
EU- Africa Ministerial Conference on Migration and Development - November 22-23, 2006
A Partners’ Perspective
Tripoli Conference: ECRE warns and welcomes- press release from ECRE - November 22-23, 2006
Statement by H.E. Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio, Head of the Delegation of the Holy See - 61st session of the General Assembly
High Level Dialogue on International Migration and Development - New York, September 15, 2006

Statement of the International Catholic Migration Commission to the UN High Level Dialogue on International Migration and Development
United Nations General Assembly, New York - September 14, 2006

Roundtable # 2: Migrant Rights and Combating Migrant Smuggling and Human TraffickingFor other language versions please click the following links:

French version

Spanish version

Human Rights is the Bridge
ICMC position for the UN High Level Dialogue on International Migration and Development - 7 September 2006
The "Issue of the Decade": Migration and Development
By John K. Bingham, Head of Advocacy, ICMC
Summary of the informal interactive hearings of the July 12 General Assembly on international migration and development -12 July 2006
See webcast of the Informal Interactive Hearings of the General Assembly with Non-Governmental Organizations, Civil Society organizations and the private Sector on International Migration and Development
12 July 2006, United Nations Headquarters, New York.
Informal Interactive hearings of the UN General Assembly with non-governmental organizations, civil society organizations and private sector on: International Migration and Development, presentation made by the ICMC - 12 July 2006
Comments on the Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions
“Migration and Development: Some concrete orientations” COM (2005) 390 final - May 2006
Joint Written Statement submitted by the International Catholic Migration Commission and Caritas Internationalis to the Commission on Human Rights
Sixty-Second Session - Geneva, 13 March - 21 April 2006