New York, March 7th, 2022 – SIMN participated in the informal consultations hosted by the two cofacilitators of the Progress Declaration on the implementation of the United Nations Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, excellencies Rabab Fatima and Olivier Maes, Permanent Representatives of Bangladesh and Luxembourg. The Progress Declaration will be adopted as a result of the first International Migration Review Forum (IMRF), to be held on 16-20 next May, and, depending on the content of the commitments States adopt, will determine if the Global Compact is still a living and relevant agreement to address the needs and rights of both migrants and host communities. Continue reading SIMN Makes Proposals on the Progress Declaration of the Global Compact on Migration, to Be Adopted as a Result of the 1st UN IMRF →

New York, December 10, 2021. The Scalabrini International Migration Network (SIMN), like many other actors involved in the migration topic, wishes to express its consternation at the death of more than 50 migrants and dozens of injured in Chiapas, Mexico. SIMN also joins the pain of the family members and reiterates its call, like that of many other civil society organizations, to comprehensively attend to the flows of people who, from different parts of the continent and outside it, go through different countries in the region, including Mexico, seeking to reach the United States to start a life with greater opportunities. Continue reading SIMN Expresses Its Consternation at the Fatal Accident in Chiapas and Reiterates Its Call for Regular Migration Routes →