A global view on the Global Compact for Migration – Introduction
Farahat A, Bast J (2022)
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2022
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Book Volume: 55
Pages Range: 3-18
Issue: 1
DOI: 10.5771/0506-7286-2022-1-3
Abstract
Ever since the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM or “theCompact”) was agreed in November 2018 and eventually adopted by the UN GeneralAssembly, it has sparked heated debate in public and academic discourse. While somepraised the GCM as the first internationally consented document ever to comprehensivelyaddress all phases of migration (departure, transit, arrival, immigration or return), and es‐sentially regard it as a human rights instrument that complements and strengthens existingobligations under international law,1 others were more critical. Critique has been raised notonly by right-wing populist movements or governments who were quick to (falsely) accusethe Compact of introducing a right to immigration,2 but also by progressive actors fromcivil society and academia. For them the Compact entails the risk that states could use itas an excuse to bypass obligations following from human rights treaties, and to introducefurther requirements for regular migration, in fact bringing more migrants in a situation ofirregularity
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Farahat, A., & Bast, J. (2022). A global view on the Global Compact for Migration – Introduction. Verfassung und Recht in Übersee, 55, 3-18. https://dx.doi.org/10.5771/0506-7286-2022-1-3
MLA:
Farahat, Anuscheh, and Jürgen Bast. "A global view on the Global Compact for Migration – Introduction." Verfassung und Recht in Übersee 55 (2022): 3-18.
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