Local leaders in the Mediterranean contribute to rebalancing the migration narrative by drawing on migrants' potential to benefit cities, their economies and societies.
OUR STATEMENT available in English, French, Arabic and Spanish:
“#WeTogether, city leaders, under the auspices of United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG), the International Centre for Migration and Policy Development (ICMPD) and UN-Habitat, share a commitment to improve migration governance. On International Migrants Day, we underline our fundamental role in creating more inclusive societies.
"How are migrants contributing to our cities’ life?" ,"What are the main challenges to promote inclusion and integration of migrants faced by mayors?", "How would you improve migration governance?".
Listen to the voices of mayors from the Mediterranean region explaining how cities can foster the migration agenda and why creating inclusive societies demands major efforts and resources. Mayors highlight how migrants contribute to their cities’s life (in the economic, social or cultural dimension), the main challenges to promote inclusion and integration and why cities need a stronger role to improve migration governance.
? WATCH THE VIDEO: the role of cities in migration governance ? LISTEN TO THE VOICES OF MAYORS
Cities can foster the migration agenda by empowering migrants and refugees, making sure no one is left behind by strengthening social cohesion, overcoming crises and building paths to recovery in order to come out stronger.
Find out some of the initiatives implemented by MC2CM cities and get inspired:
Ask migration stakeholders in the Euro-Mediterranean region to acknowledge the role of cities in migration governance and the implementation of migration-related global agendas.
If you agree that we need to acknowledge the role of cities to make global agendas a reality and to build communities based on human rights and equal opportunities for all:
► Support this campaign on social media using the hashtags: #Cities4Migration, #WeTogether
► Download the Social Media Toolkit to make the hashtag #Cities4Migration loud and clear
► Share the statement: "Migration makes cities grow. Cities make migration work"
► Disseminate this video that helps understand why cities playa key role in the migration agenda
Do you want to know more about the Mediterranean Cities Migration Governance?
The Mediterranean City-to-City Migration Project (MC2CM) brings together city leaders, civil servants and local, national and international multi-disciplinary experts to discuss about, learn from and contribute to improved migration governance at urban level, including migrants' access to basic services and human rights. MC2CM aims at contributing to more open and inclusive cities by drawing on migrants' potential to benefit cities and their economies.
For more info, please visit the website dedicated to this project.