![]() Said the Chairperson of the RMFM, Muferihat Kamil Ahmed, Minister of Labor and Skills, The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. ![]() It is common knowledge that this area is facing new challenges which are particularly urgent to be addressed”. “The need for gatherings of key stakeholders in labour mobility, migration governance and regional integration such as this can never be overstressed. Under the coordination of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the RMFM brought together the ministers alongside stakeholders including, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, the East African Community, the African Union Commission, other UN agencies, Technical Working Groups, and donors. The governments further committed to establish new structures to give gender, private sector engagement, and migrant workers’ health, mechanisms for the enforcement of ethical recruitment standards, and promised to continue training private recruitment agencies.Įnhancing the protection of human rights of the 3.6 million migrant workers – in a region that hosts two of largest migration corridors in Africa, and managing migration for development and economic growth, through human mobility, gender-sensitive migration governance, and regional integration shaped the focus of the discussion. They also committed to adopting the recommendations of the TWGs on youth employment, return and reintegration of migrant workers, gender and diaspora, private sector engagement, and consular services. In a signed joint progress statement, the Ministers further agreed to strengthen high-level ministerial meetings and Regional and National Technical Advisory Committees (TACs) and existing RMFM Technical Working Groups (TWGs) working on bilateral labour agreements, ethical recruitment, migrant workers' rights, skills development and job creation. Addis Ababa – Labour Ministers representing governments from 11 countries in East and Horn of Africa have today (20/3) committed to strengthen regional and national collaboration, coordination and advisory structures on labour mobility, gender-sensitive migration governance, and regional integration for development and economic growth.Īt the 4th Regional Ministerial Forum on Migration (RMFM) focused on labour mobility, migration governance and regional integration in East and Horn of Africa, Ministers from Burundi, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Rwanda, United Republic of Tanzania, and Uganda agreed to, to unite as a block to address migration issues in the region and establish a more robust negotiating position in their engagement with migrants' countries of destination, in particular Gulf countries and the European Union.
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