UNB, Dhaka :
High-level government officials and civil society representatives from Bangladesh gathered here on Thursday for a National Consultation on how to ensure the global debate on the future of migration governance reflects Bangladesh’s interests, in particular on respect towards migrant’s basic rights. Foreign Secretary M Shahidul Haque talked about the need for the compact
to be conceptualised as a “legal instrument comprising of laws, norms, mechanisms, provisions and practices aimed at assisting states and other stakeholders in governing migration, ensuring rights of migrants and for the benefit of all.” Haque emphasized that migration should be safe, orderly, regular, as well as responsible.
He mentioned that the compact is intended as an internationally negotiated framework, which should consider the normative framework in protecting the human rights of migrants. He summarised his statement by highlighting the need to include civil society in the development of the compact and that there should be a legally binding aspect to the compact. René Holenstein, Ambassador of Switzerland, shared that migration is a complex process. “In order to be effective, we must make political choices about it.
Our three priority choices are labour mobility, trafficking and migrants’ contribution to development – all of these issues can’t be discussed in isolation,” he said, adding that governance is the key in achieving the process of migration and there must be a political will to implement the process.
High-level government officials and civil society representatives from Bangladesh gathered here on Thursday for a National Consultation on how to ensure the global debate on the future of migration governance reflects Bangladesh’s interests, in particular on respect towards migrant’s basic rights. Foreign Secretary M Shahidul Haque talked about the need for the compact
to be conceptualised as a “legal instrument comprising of laws, norms, mechanisms, provisions and practices aimed at assisting states and other stakeholders in governing migration, ensuring rights of migrants and for the benefit of all.” Haque emphasized that migration should be safe, orderly, regular, as well as responsible.
He mentioned that the compact is intended as an internationally negotiated framework, which should consider the normative framework in protecting the human rights of migrants. He summarised his statement by highlighting the need to include civil society in the development of the compact and that there should be a legally binding aspect to the compact. René Holenstein, Ambassador of Switzerland, shared that migration is a complex process. “In order to be effective, we must make political choices about it.
Our three priority choices are labour mobility, trafficking and migrants’ contribution to development – all of these issues can’t be discussed in isolation,” he said, adding that governance is the key in achieving the process of migration and there must be a political will to implement the process.
