On August 28 and 29, 2017, the “Regional Consultation of the African Civil Society Organization on the Global Compact on Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration” took place at AZALAÏ Grand Hotel of Bamako in Mali. Around 50 organizations took part in the consultation, including 81 participants from the five (5) regions of Africa, the African diaspora and the United States. These included migrant organizations, diaspora networks, academics and researchers, as well as trade union representatives, women’s groups, NGOs, human rights organizations, national human’s rights councils…

In addition to the high-level personalities representing the Malian government, the consultations also experienced the effective presence of the representative of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), the representative of the African Union (AU) Special envoy for the Sahel countries and the consultant of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in charge of Civil Society consultations on the global compact.

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