National governments and mayors meet in New York to assess progress towards the UN Global Compact for Migration at the first-ever International Migration Review Forum (IMRF). Mayors launch the Call to Local Action for Migrants and Refugees and present 70 local actions to support migrants and refugees and contribute to the 2030 Agenda.

This IMRF Side-Event will formally launch the Call to Local Action for Migrants and Refugees, and will be co-hosted by the GFMD Mayors Mechanism partners, together with the German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development and UNHCR.

Local and regional governments are coming to the IMRF showing how local governments concretely spearhead ambitious, people-centered, and inclusive action on migration and displacement.

The Equal Partnerships project holds a city migration workshop at the 9th Africities Summit where the Mayors Mechanism Call to Local Action will be discussed

The Mayors Mechanism invites you to a briefing session for local and regional governments on the International Migration Review Forum (IMRF) to be held on Wednesday 13 April 15:00-16:00 (CEST).

This Peer Learning event will gather MM members, international partners and other local actors to discuss and identify the realities, initiatives and challenges of local and regional governments to preserve the life and dignity of all people unconditionally.

On the 16th of February, 2022, the UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, briefed Member States and Stakeholders on his 2nd report on the progress of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration. Read our response!

At the November 2021 - Friends of the Forum meeting, France and Senegal confirmed their co-chairmanship of the GFMD, starting in July 2022 until December 2023.

This year’s GFMD marked its most inclusive Summit ever — offering local and national governments a true opportunity to come together in common dialogue.

On March 29, 2021 the Mayors Mechanism, together with the governments of Canada, Ecuador and the International Organization for Migration, launched ‘It Takes a Community’.