High-Level Panel on Migration convenes dialogue on African perspectives in the Global Compact

Abstract

The High-Level Panel on Migration in Africa (HLPM), the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the African Union Commission (AUC), will jointly convene a side event under the theme: “Synergies between the High Level Panel on Migration and the Global Compact on Migration” on Saturday 8 December in Marrakech (Kingdom of Morocco), in the run up to the Intergovernmental Conference to adopt the Global Compact for Migration for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM) in Marrakech, Morocco (10-11 December 2018). Several high-level officials will take part in this event, including HLPM Chair Ellen Johnson Sirleaf; Ahmed Husen, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, Canada; Cynthia SamuelOlunjowon, Regional Director for Africa, International Labour Organization (ILO); Knut Vollebaek, former Minister for Foreign Affairs, Norway and Caroline Wanjiku Kihato, Migration Expert. The discussions will be guided by findings and recommendations contained in the recent HLPM report, ‘African Migration Facing Facts, Embracing Opportunities and Mitigating Challenges.’ Once endorsed by relevant African Union decision-making bodies, the report will be submitted to the AU Heads of State and Government Summit in January 2019 for adoption.