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#MiercolesDeMigrantes the World Refugee Council Rep. & Jornadas Migrantes

The 17 of April of this 2019, again here in #Geneva #TheGraduateInstitute had the pleasure to release the latest “World Refugee Council report - A call to action” and of course the event was organized and moderated by the Director, Global Migration Centre Prof. Professor Vincent Chetail.

The report contains 10 recommendations specific but not a limitation, that are aligned with the 23 objectives/ commitments from the Global Compact for Migration #GCM and of course with the 17 Goals from the #2030Agenda, this report is an urgent call for the private sector to get involved.

In the panel of discussion was integrated by Ms. Rosemary McCarney Ambassador, Permanent Mission of Canada to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva, Mr. Lloyd Axworthy, Chair, World Refugee Council, former Canadian Foreign Minister Lawrence L. Herman, World Refugee Council and Allan Rock, Special Adviser, World Refugee Council

The recommendation No1. Refers to acknowledge of “the problem”. for me what is really refreshing is that the Council, acting highly critical and honest about a global problem that they highlight that the lack of political leadership in the world, it’s a particular global crisis from weak political world “leaders” have developed into a more complex issue for migration and Internally Displaced Persons (IDP)

“Leaders shrink from intervening when conflict is preventable and decline to hold perpetrators to account when they commit crimes against refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs)” (World Refugee Council Report, 2019).

That first part the Council keep making emphasizing an important multilayer and heavily interlink situation, that is precisely the refugee community lack of integration and the place of vulnerability that governments are putting them into.

As a solution to that, they recommend “more effective responsibility sharing, financial arrangements, governance mechanisms, and accountability” (World Refugee Council Report, 2019) along with a real restructuring of the traditional system, tackling the resistance to change, innovate and implement new solutions.

Recommendation No2, refers to the political willingness to recognize the good practice to migration policies, currently taking place in Sweden, Uganda and Germany. That to that I’ll use as a reference to the integration of public policies in New Zeeland or Canada.

They mention the need to recognize and integrate this type of good practice to all levels of governments, from the local in the municipality to the international forums represented by states, like the Inter-Parliamentary Union.

That recognition should empower by effective integration of the internally displaced population, migrants and refugees, the retribution for all level and types of actors should be reciprocated by the private sector and the economy of the state.

The number three and four refer to strengthening responsibility sharing for refugees and IDP’s and the Protection to that population. In the third recommendation, they highlight the responsibility to protect from the sates involve (origin, transit, and destination) in an equal level the human responsibility to have a minimum of humanitarian response from society and the private sector, in order to integrate or host in an effective way that population.

Number four is also interlinked with the fifth that refers to Transforming the government for refugees and IDP’s, both make an important emphasis in the urge and necessity to modernize the “traditional” system inside institutions.

Even the mandates of diverse UN’s agencies are aligned, in a basic level, between one and other the way that they work in the field, is not as effective as should be, working in silos without an effective data sharing is leading to a duplication of information and actions.

Therefore, the Council urges to member states, Non-Profits and international actors to challenge their self and break the paradigm in their structures sharing in an effective and accountable way, their task and their projects, creating a wider and solid network that can create solutions for migrants and IDP’s.

The recommendation 6, 7, 8 and 9 makes an important call to the private sector, in this part that is the most important for me, and one of the members of the panel make an important comment on how the WTO should take the lead in implementing these type of recommendation, the Council manage to integrate a solid petition to the investors and the policymakers that have the capacity to interlink multiple topics in favor of migrants.

No. 6 is Building a solid financial base, in general, they give examples of how international aid is needed and works, the only problem is that the accountability and the use destination in for those funds sometimes makes donors to hold a bad experience, although “A fundamental reorientation is needed in the way in which humanitarian funds are mobilized and spent, to move away from care and maintenance, and toward supporting refugee self-reliance and empowerment and the development of countries hosting refugees.” (World Refugee Council Report, 2019) and they mention good practice examples implemented by the UN in 2016.

No. 7 is Mobilizing new sources of support, in this recommendation, the Council keeps highlighting the necessity of involving new actors, others that the stated, to address the responsibility to protect in favor of this population. The pathway to building a more resilient society, in general, is to create and generate a solid and effective network of the private sector, entreprenuriants, international Non-Profits, and academia that transform into a platform for migrants to have an active voice in the world.

No. 8 and No. 9 are about sharing data and using technology to that, not only from state or non-state position, but also from migrants and IDP’s positions. From a private sector position, they give the example of how “In 2017, Airbnb launched its Open Homes initiative, enabling proactive individuals in Canada, Germany, the United States and Greece to host refugees. The initiative not only supports those forcibly displaced but also has the potential to build political will” (World Refugee Council Report, 2019).

For the accountability part, they mention a short case of study in Switzerland and the possibility of how “Freeze or transfer part of a country’s allocation from international financial institutions from the country of origin to the host country in the case of mass displacement” (World Refugee Council Report, 2019). Could contribute in something for the community.

Finally, the No10. refers to Taking These Ideas Forward and they explain what is, The Global Action Network for the Forcibly Displace. That type of Network will require and holistic presence and representation all over the world, from politicians, to researchers and community leaders.

In my country Mexico, we are facing a challenging time, with the change of the federal administration and the lack compromises that the US current government is noted for. Therefore I make an #OpenCall to everyone who is currently in México city, to witness how a network is useful and attend to the International day study: Receiving migrations in Mexico. Policy, narratives, and host communities. In IFAL Casa de Francia

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