Migration and Refugees at the UN. Toward new Global Compacts and the Emergence of an International Migration Regime
- Autores: John Slocum
- Localización: Notes internacionals CIDOB, ISSN-e 2013-4428, Nº. 179, 2017, págs. 1-6
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
Despite the prevalence of populist anti-immigrant sentiment in many parts of the world, within the UN context a new international migration regime is slowly emerging.
We are witnessing a crucial phase of the path toward a multilateral migration regime, as the process of “internationalizing” migration policy moves toward something potentially more robust and consequential.
A defensive posture, based on a fear of “watering down” refugee protection, is evident in UNHCR’s institutional response to efforts to broaden the definition of refugees to include those displaced by environmental factors.
The Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework is unlikely to hold states to binding commitments regarding the thorniest problems facing the global refugee regime: burden-sharing, responsibility-sharing, and resolving protracted refugee situations.
The relative autonomy of the migration compact process from national-level politics (and EU politics as well) means that, for many actors, the global arena offers a more open platform for discussion of policy innovation than does the national political space.
The migration side is moving faster and in a more expansive direction, with possibilities for progressive change still present.
But the migration compact still lacks a substantive focus and a clear raison d’être.
