Statement by the global labour movement on the United Nations Secretary General’s Biennial Report on the Implementation of the Global Compact for Migration
On 5 December 2024, United Nations Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, presents to the UN General Assembly his 3rd biennial report on the implementation of the Global Compact on Migration. The report also includes a limited set of indicators to assist reviews of the Compact alongside a strategy for improving disaggregated migration data, and recommendations on strengthening cooperation on missing migrants and providing humanitarian assistance to migrants in distress.
The global labour movement welcomes Guterres' calls for a focus on human rights of migrants irrespective of their status, including the importance of ensuring that labour migration pathways are not only regular, but “rights-based and underpinned by decent work for all.” The global labour movement also puts forward a set of solutions to decisively steer us in the right direction.
