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Arab Region holds its First Regional Review of Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration
Beirut-Cairo, 24 February 2021–The first Regional Review of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM) in the Arab region started today. The two-day conference will be attended by Member States and all relevant stakeholders who will reflect on the progress made since the adoption in 2018 of the GCM – the first inter-governmentally negotiated agreement addressing international migration in all its dimensions.
The event was co-organized by the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for West Asia (ESCWA), and the League of Arab States (LAS), in collaboration with the Regional United Nations Network on Migration in the Arab Region.
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Arab Region to hold its First Regional Review of Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration
Beirut-Cairo, 24 February 2021–The first Regional Review of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM) in the Arab region started today. The two-day conference will be attended by Member States and all relevant stakeholders who will reflect on the progress made since the adoption in 2018 of the GCM – the first inter-governmentally negotiated agreement addressing international migration in all its dimensions.
The event was co-organized by the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for West Asia (ESCWA), and the League of Arab States (LAS), in collaboration with the Regional United Nations Network on Migration in the Arab Region.
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Migrants in Asia and the Pacific at Higher Risk of COVID-19 and its Socioeconomic Fallout
Bangkok – The COVID-19 pandemic and its socio-economic fallout pose great risks to migrants in the Asia-Pacific, a new United Nations report reveals. They are more likely to be exposed to the virus, lack access to health care and other essential services, be stranded in countries without work or social protection and face rising xenophobia. However, as essential workers and remittance providers, migrants are also key to recovering better.
Unlike nationals, migrants have generally not been included in social security provisions like unemployment insurance or income support. Migrants have also been disproportionately affected by border closures and lockdowns, leaving many vulnerable to exploitation and abuse.
Covid-19 pandemic: socio-economic fallout poses great risk to migrants in Asia-Pacific
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The Covid-19 pandemic and its socio-economic fallout poses great risk to migrants in the Asia-Pacific, a new United Nations report reveals on the International Migrants Day being observed today.
They are more likely to be exposed to the virus, lack access to health care and other essential services, be stranded in countries without work or social protection and face rising xenophobia, according to the statement issued by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP).