Prospects for the Global Compact for Migration
Prospects for the Global Compact for Migration

Author(s): Patryk Kugiel
Subject(s): International relations/trade, Security and defense, Migration Studies, Asylum, Refugees, Migration as Policy-fields
Published by: PISM Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych
Keywords: Global Compact for Migration; United Nations; regulating international flow of people; universal principles and standards on migration; border controls; security;
Summary/Abstract: The Global Compact for Migration being negotiated at the UN will be the first such document to comprehensively regulate international flows of people. Although it will not be legally binding, its significance lies in strengthening universal principles and standards on migration and to facilitate cooperation between states in this area. After the withdrawal of the U.S. from the negotiations, the shape and impact of the document to be signed in December this year depends to a large extent on the involvement of the European Union. Poland can use the last stage of the talks to call for better security guarantees for host countries and improved border controls.

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