Prevention of human trafficking by promoting safe migration Safe, orderly and regular migration? The role of the Global Compact for Migration – Leah Sullivan, GAATW-IS and Berenice Valdez Rivera, IMUMI
The GCM, signed by states in December 2018, aims to ensure a coherent global response to international migration in all its dimensions. Although the GCM is non-binding and several destination countries refused to sign it, it has the potential to impact the lives of migrants and civil society working with migrants.
Leah and Berenice were both involved in the GCM negotiations process and will share what the GCM is, how it can promote or hinder safe migration, and how civil society can become involved in its implementation and monitoring.
Q&A and discussion
Prevention of human trafficking by promoting safe migration, part 1
This is one area where most of the participants work. Safe migration typically involves: in origin countries – providing information about visa and working conditions abroad (or in another city or state); in destination countries – outreach to migrant worker communities and provision of information to migrants about their rights and the working conditions in the country, supporting their self-organising, and referring them to support services.
The aim of these two sessions is to share experiences and methods of work in different countries and regions, and different sectors of work, and to reflect on the limitations this approach may have.
Facilitated discussion with:
Natividad Obeso, AMUMRA, Argentina Pooja, Srijan Foundation/Jharkhand Anti-Trafficking Network, India
Muluken Shiferaw, OPRIFS, Ethiopia
Amin Muftiyanah, Yasanti, Indonesia
Alex Au, Transient Workers Count Too, Singapore
Q&A and/or interventions from the floor
Prevention of human trafficking by promoting safe migration, part 2. Facilitators: Diana Cano From Mexico and Chus Alvarez From Coloumbia
Facilitated discussion with:
Graziella Rocha, ASBRAD, Brazil
Livia Valensise, Ban Ying, Germany
Alison Clancey, SWAN, Canada
Francien Winsemius, FairWork, the Netherlands
Farah Salka, Anti-Racism Movement, Lebanon
Q&A and/or interventions from the floor
Open space, part 2
We recognise that participants from so many and diverse countries may wish to network and discuss topics unrelated to the theme of the consultation. We are allocating this time for such conversations. Participants can bring their coffee and snacks in the room and gather around tables per topic.
There is no pre-planned list of topics and speakers for these spaces. Instead, we provide the time and space and participants can decide what to discuss. Anyone with interest in a certain topic can convene a session by announcing to the group what the session is about and giving it a title which we will write somewhere. Other participants will look at the proposed topics, decide where to go and add their names to the table they want to attend.
The convener will facilitate the conversation and it is up to her/him to decide how to do it. No in-depth knowledge or advance preparation is required.
Based on the responses to the questionnaire we were thinking that the following topics may be of interest, but more will be proposed at the meeting:
• Migration from South America to the US (Safe Horizon interested)
• Other migration corridors/ origin and destination countries (see the list of participants)
• How to measure the impact of prevention activities (CHS Alternativo, Platform for Labour Action and La Strada Macedonia interested)
• GAATW Secretariat (meet the team, find out what we’re working on, etc.)
• Domestic work, including:
o Labour inspections (Sintrasedom interested)
Domestic workers in diplomat households (Ban Ying and La Strada Czech Republic interested)
LRC-KJHAM mengusulkan stategi kampanye pencegahan trafficking dengan promosi migrasi yang aman. Strategi tersebut melalui maksimalisasi sosial media, diskusi-diskusi di komunitas dengan menggunakan media film dokumenter, video, dll.