Volume II of the Agenda for the Protection of Cross-Border Displaced Persons

Date Shared:

Wednesday, October 16, 2019 - 18:15

Countries and areas:

Global

2030 Agenda migration-relevant and related target Labels:

Goal 10: Reduced inequalities

Goal 13: Climate action

GCM Thematic Cluster Areas:

Objective 1: Collect and utilize accurate and disaggregated data as a basis for evidence-based policies

Objective 5: Enhance availability and flexibility of pathways for regular migration

Contributors:

Civil Society

Chairmanship:

Ecuador 2019

Tags:

Migration Handbooks, Migrant Protection and Assistance, Climate Change and Disaster Displacement, Forced Migration

Summary:

Volume II of the Agenda for the Protection of Cross-Border Displaced Persons in the Context of Disasters and Climate Change provides for examples of humanitarian protection mechanisms for the admission and stay of cross-border disaster-displaced persons.

It compiles a broad set of humanitarian protection measures, which may be based on regular immigration law, regional or bilateral agreements on the free movement of persons, exceptional immigration categories, or provisions related to the protection of refugees or similar norms of international human rights law.

Link:

For more information:

https://www.preventionweb.net/files/61735_protectionagendavolume2.pdf

GFMD Source:

GFMD 2019 - Background Paper RT 1.1 "Providing regular pathways from crisis to safety"