{"id":9651,"date":"2023-06-27T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-27T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wrmcouncil.org\/?p=9651"},"modified":"2023-12-08T09:26:15","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T14:26:15","slug":"policy-dialogues-on-migration-and-forced-displacement-in-the-americas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wrmcouncil.org\/fr\/news\/policy-dialogues-on-migration-and-forced-displacement-in-the-americas\/","title":{"rendered":"Policy Dialogues on Migration and Forced Displacement in the Americas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Groupe de travail sur \nla migration en Am\u00e9rique du Nord et centrale<\/strong> \u2014 Policy Dialogue on Irregular Migration and Forced Displacement<\/strong> 
Canadian Embassy, Washington, DC \u2014 27 June 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Groupe de travail sur \nla migration en Am\u00e9rique du Nord et centrale<\/a> members met with ambassadors and embassy staff from the region, including from Comprehensive Regional Protection and Solutions Framework (MIRPS) countries, representatives of government agencies and international organizations for a facilitated policy dialogue based on findings and recommendations issued by the Task Force. Read a summary of the key recommendations here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The event, hosted by the Embassy of Canada to the United States in Washington, DC, with the financial support of Global Affairs Canada, kicked off with a welcome address from Deputy Head of Mission for Canada Sara Cohen who set the stage for the policy dialogue by outlining Canada\u2019s focus on migration and forced displacement in the Americas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Task Force Co-Chair and former Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Lloyd Axworthy opened the dialogue by explaining the significance of the Task Force\u2019s work in the region. The Task Force \u201creally began with the purpose of finding practical solutions, effective policies, to take the language and the rhetoric and the commitments into something that would actually directly affect the lives of those who were being displaced.\u201d He described the work of the Task Force over the last two years, and its meetings through the region and held virtually, as a remarkable gathering of ideas, policy options and experiences shared by refugees and others displaced in the region. He noted that a major part of the Task Force\u2019s work has focused on mechanisms for improving regional cooperation and responsibility sharing, with a proposed regional Council, based in part on the Arctic Council, as an opportunity to better coordinate the various institutions and efforts around forced displacement while ensure active participation from migrants and displaced persons themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Andrew Selee<\/a>, President of the Migration Policy Institute and active Task Force member, moderated the discussion with Task Force members and participants. He stressed that among the many important recommendations to come from the work of his colleagues expanding legal pathways and creating specific opportunities to form a layered approach to protection along their journeys were crucial in a rapidly evolving migration situation in the region. He called on Task Force members who joined the policy dialogue in Washington, DC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n