Thematic Focus: Global Compacts Round-up

Global Compact on Refugees:

On 20 July 2018, UNHCR circulated an advance version of the Global Compact on Refugees. This Q&A with Volker Türk, Assistant High Commissioner for Protection, sets out some of the thinking behind the global refugee compact and how it might make a difference. See also his remarks to the informal exchange with Member States on the global compact on refugees.

I will post analyses and commentary as they become available.

Global Compact for Migration:

"Australia Could Withdraw from Global Compact for Migration," The Australian, 23 July 2018 [text]

Countries Reach Agreement on Migration Compact, Seek to Build Momentum (SDG Knowledge Hub, July 2018) [text]

Global Compact Lays the Groundwork for International Cooperation on Migration (Migration Policy Institute, July 2018) [text]

"The Global Migration Plan That Every UN Country Agreed to—Except the US and Hungary," QZ, 20 July 2018 [text]

"Hungary to Quit U.N. Migration Pact Shunned by Washington," Reuters, 18 July 2018 [text]

Kenya’s Draft National Migration Policy Integrates Global Compact Commitments (IOM, July 2018) [text]

Long Live Multilateralism: Why the Global Compact for Migration Matters (Refugees Deeply, July 2018) [text]

What Does the Final Draft of the Global Compact for Migration Say about Education? (World Education Blog, July 2018) [text]

Related posts:
- News: Global Compact for Migration Finalized (13 July 2018)
- Thematic Focus: Global Compacts Round-up (9 July 2018)

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