Guadalajara, Jalisco, November 30, 2017 – Within the framework of the global preparatory meeting for the United Nations Global Compact on Migration, to be held in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, from December 4 to 6, 2017, Corporativa de Fundaciones, the International Scalabrini Migration Network (SIMN), Coparmex Jalisco, Universidad del Valle de Atemajac (UNIVA), and the government of the State of Jalisco, organized a Forum on Innovation in the Governance of International Migration: Towards an Active Participation of the Private Sector and Migrants, which took place in Guadalajara, Jalisco, on November 28, 2017, with the participation of representatives of local and national political and business actors.

The main objective of this event was to encourage the local and state governments of Jalisco and the federal government of Mexico to adopt a program of socio-labor integration of migrants, deportees and returnees based on entrepreneurship and social innovation with the active participation of entrepreneurs, including businessmen who are migrants.  Continue reading Forum on Innovation in the Governance of International Migration: Towards an Active Participation of the Private Sector →

November 21, 2017

The Scalabrini International Migration Network, founded by the Missionaries of St. Charles, Scalabrini, operates 270 programs for migrants worldwide, including a job creation center, a clinic, three schools and a youth center in Haiti.  We are disturbed by the November 20 announcement by the U.S. government terminating Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haiti, a decision which will leave over 50,000 Haitians residing in the United States vulnerable to deportation.

According to the Center for Migration Studies of New York, member of the SIMN network, Haitians protected by TPS have resided in the United States an average of 13 years, owning 6,200 mortgages, and 1,400 businesses.  More than 80 percent participate in the workforce, sending millions of dollars back to Haiti annually.  They have 27,000 US-citizen children.  Continue reading Statement of the Scalabrini International Migration Network (SIMN) on The Termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haiti →