Scalabrini International Migration Network Promotes Third Forum on Migration and Peace in Mexico

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On October 20 and 21, 2011, within the framework of Migration Week organized by the Instituto Nacional de Migración of Mexico, the Third International Forum on Migration and Peace will be held in Mexico City. Its objective is to continue the process of international networking for the promotion of human dignity and peaceful co-existence as a universal right for all. The Forum brings together representatives of governments and civil society with the purpose of promoting discussion and dialogue on the multifaceted implications of the phenomenon of migration, and to promote the peaceful coexistence of peoples and democracy.

The Third Forum considers how violence impacts on international migration and refugee flows; and how governmental actors (legislators, executives and judges) and civil society actors can define and implement policies and programs to promote security for migrants and refugees crossing international borders as well as develop new civil relationships that allow peaceful coexistence.

The International Forum on Migration and Peace is organized by the Scalabrini International Migration Network (SIMN) in coordination with entities within the countries where the Forum is held. This Third Forum is organized in coordination with the Presidency of Mexico and with the Instituto Nacional de Migración.

The International Forum on Migration and Peace is organized by the Scalabrini International Migration Network (SIMN) in coordination with the SIMN members in the countries where the Forum is hold, and with the support of other entities.

On September 1-3, 2010, within the framework of the celebracion of the Bicentennial of Independence of Latin American countries, the Second International Forum on Migration and Peace was held in Bogota, Colombia. Its objective was to continue the process of international networking for the promotion of a fully human and peaceful co-existence as a universal right for all with the representatives of governments and civil society and to maintain a high-level dialogue on the multi-faceted relationships between international migration and peaceful coexistence in inclusive democracies.

This Second Forum considered how violence and lack of independence might lead to conflict, and a weak democracy, with the subsequent difficulty of achieving peaceful coexistence. With the overall goal of seeking workable solutions for the promotion of new civil relationships that allow for coexistence and democracy, the focus of this Forum is “Migration, Peaceful Coexistence and Independence: Toward New Perspectives on Citizenship and Democracy.

Publication of the Proceedings of The “First International Forum on Migration and Peace”

The Proceedings of the First International Forum on Migration and Peace, were recently published in Spanish and English. Organized by the Scalabrini International Migration Network (SIMN), 218 experts gathered in La Antigua, Guatemala on January 29th and 30th, 2009 under the slogan “Boarders: Walls or bridges?”

To purchase your copy of this interesting publication, please contact:
Scalabrini International Migration Network (SIMN)
27 Carmine Street
New York, NY 10014-4423
E-Mail: secretary@simn-cs.net