Looking at the two global migration and governance compacts resulting from the 2016 UN Declaration on Refugees and Migrants, this book asks what the international community can do to affirm and strengthen safe migration for the benefit of economic growth and prosperity.

Preface

Acknowledgements

1. A Tale of Two Compacts

2. The International Refugee Regime

3. The International Migration Regime

4. Pressures for Change

5. Negotiating the Global Compacts

6. Toward the Future

Appendix 1: Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration

Appendix 2: Global Compact on Refugees

Index

Elizabeth G. Ferris is a Research Professor at the Institute for the Study of International Migration, Edmund Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, Washington, USA, and formerly served as Senior Adviser at the Office of the Global Summit on Large Movements of Refugees and Migrants, United Nations Office of the Secretary-General.

Katharine M. Donato is the Donald G. Herzberg Professor of International Migration, and Director of the Institute for the Study of International Migration, Edmund Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, Washington, USA.