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Building Inclusive Migration Pathways to Drive Sustainable Urbanization

Join us for this high-level event that will take stock of and discuss emerging practices and innovative policies driven by local governments and urban changemakers to harness the power of migration to drive sustainable urbanization.

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Moderator

date November 7, 2024 | 09:00 - 10:30
place
ONE UN room A
organization
IOM - International Organization for Migration
country
Switzerland
language
English, Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish
Reference: 
UN-A 11
WUF12

Summary

Migration and urbanization go hand in hand. Migration is increasingly an urban phenomenon: already, one in five international migrants are living in just 20 cities, and around one in every two internally displaced persons (IDP) live in urban areas. At the same time, the increase in migratory flows around the world is a leading force behind urban growth. 

The complex interaction of these two megatrends brings both opportunities and challenges for migrants, communities, governments, and local authorities alike. While there is abundant evidence of the positive impacts of migration to advance targets across SDGs in urban contexts, these benefits are not guaranteed.   

Poorly managed urban migration can lead to gaps in the provision of basic needs and in the denial of migrant's rights including adequate housing, education, healthcare, or decent work,​ ​and heighten tensions within communities. On the other hand, well-designed and resourced urban integration of migrants and inclusion systems facilitate greater economic and social outcomes for the entire city.

Cities play a pivotal role in facilitating regular migration pathways by orchestrating a comprehensive ecosystem of actors, policies, and services that support migrants' integration, economic inclusion, and overall well-being.

Yet, building forward-looking and inclusive migration pathways that work well for urban contexts requires proactive measures and actions such as enabling multi-level coordination frameworks, building integration capacities, preparing host communities, ensuring buy-in from all stakeholders through inclusive programming and policy design, and empowering migrants to contribute positively to their new environments.

Objectives

This side event is to take stock of emerging practices and innovative policies driven by local governments and urban changemakers that facilitate effective regular migration pathways, accelerating replicable and scalable solutions for migrants' inclusion and integration in cities leveraging the positive impact of migration for sustainable urbanization.

To do so, the side event will bring the views of a broad range of stakeholders, including UN agencies, United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG), the Mayors Migration Council (MMC), representatives of Member States, local authorities and cities, urban practitioners, the private sector, and changemakers from civil society.

Session panelists

Panelist
Role
Organization
Country
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Representative of Government
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Representative of City
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Representative of civil society (migrants’ association/diaspora)