After a long time of neglect, migration has entered the arena of international politics with a force. The 2018 Global Compact for safe, orderly and regular migration (GCM) is the latest and most comprehensive framework for global migration governance. Despite these dynamics, migration is still predominantly framed as a state-centric policy issue that needs to be managed in a top-down manner. This book proposes a difference approach: A truly multi-stakeholder, multi-level and rights-based governance with meaningful participation of migrant civil society. Drawing on 15 years of participant observation on all levels of migration governance, the book maps out the relevant actors, “invited” and “invented” spaces for participation as well as alternative discourses and framing strategies by migrant civil society. It thus provides a comprehensive and timely overview on global migration governance from below, starting with the first UN High Level Dialogue in 2006, evolving around the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) and leading up to the consultations for the International Migration Review Forum in 2022.
Author(s): Stefan Rother
Series: Mobility & Politics
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 136
City: Cham
Acknowledgements
Contents
Acronyms and Abbreviations
1 Introduction: A Bottom-Up Perspective on Global Migration Governance
Overcoming the Nation-State Bias in Global Migration Governance
References
2 How Did We Get Here? Civil Society in the Emerging Regional and Global Governance Framework on Migration
Regional Migration Governance as an Intermediary Level?
Top-Down Global Migration Governance
Invited and Invented Spaces of Participation
The Long and Winding Road to Marrakesh: Early Stages of global migration Governance
The UN Migrant Worker Convention
New Dynamics and the United Nations High-Level Dialogue on Migration and Development (UN-HLD)
The Global Forum on Migration and Development
References
3 What Are We Talking About? Dominant Paradigms…
Migration Management and the Struggle for Human Rights
Remittances and Circular Migration
References
4 … and Alternative Discourses (What Are We Talking About?)
Three Major Themes
Mainstreaming the Agenda
The 5-Year Action Plan
Migrants in Countries in Crisis
Now and How: TEN ACTS
References
5 Who Are the (Other) Actors and What Are Their Strategies? Alternatives to the Alternative Discourses
The MRI/Global Coalition/Action Committee Cluster: 3 Phases of Organizing
The Women in Migration Network (WIMN)
The International Migrants Alliance (IMA)—an Alternative to the Alternative Discourse?
Churches Witnessing With Migrants (CWWM)
The World Social Forum on Migration (WSFM)
References
6 Conclusion: What Is It Good for? Discursive and Formal Achievements and Ongoing Campaigns
Advocacy for the ILO Convention 189
The Global Compact and the International Migration Review Forum
References
Index
