Read about the WRMC’s work on repurposing frozen assets to assist those forcibly displaced by acts of grand corruption.
Corporate Citizenship & Refugee Inclusion
The World Refugee & Migration Council (WRMC) and Institute for Canadian Citizenship (ICC) share a common interest in advancing the goal of a more supportive national response for refugees and migrant workers. And we believe the Canadian business sector can both be transformative in and benefit from this effort. For this reason, the WRMC and […]
Solutions for the Global Governance of Climate Displacement
A group of forward-thinking organizations led by the WRMC have come together to talk about prevention and preparation for, what we know will be one of the most challenging consequences of climate change – climate migration.
Corporate Social Responsibility for Refugee and Migrant Workers
There are some good examples of successful efforts to institutionalize new corporate CSR “codes of conducts” standards, which this initiative aims to build upon. For example, the guiding principles of the UN Social Compact that were developed by Harvard Professor John Ruggie who also served as the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative on Human Rights and […]
Financing Affordable Housing for Refugees, Internally Displaced in Colombia
Over the last several years, Colombia has received close to two million refugees from Venezuela as a result of the ongoing severe economic and political problems. This inflow of mainly poor and unskilled Venezuelans, coupled with the already significant number of internally displaced Colombians (IDPs), has become a major challenge for Colombia and is exacerbating […]