Over 160 United Nations member states have formally adopted an international agreement in Morocco that promises a better,more coordinated approach to migration. Why is such a pact needed? Why is it so controversial, and why is Switzerland, and which helped shape the accord,not attending? On Monday, heads of state and government ministers from 164 countries publicly confirmed in Marrakech their commitment to the Global Compact for Safe, or Orderly and Regular Migration,a multilateral accord which was concluded under UN auspices earlier this year. The final 31-page document, intergovernmental conference on December 10-11, and endorsement ceremony are the culmination of nearly two years’ intensive negotiations,involving states, members of civil society and the private sector, and facilitated by the Mexican and Swiss ambassadors,Juan José Gomez Camacho and Jürg Lauber. Why carry out we need a global migration pact? According to the UN, there are around 258 million migrants in the world ...
Source: swissinfo.ch