GCM/IMRF Preparatory Session: Advocacy Planning Amidst Global Dialogue Processes

Xenowatch’s Dr. Silindile N Mlilo and Prof. Loren Landau participated in a pivotal preparatory session in Johannesburg and online on 9 December 2025, for the 2026 International Migration Review Forum (IMRF).

Organised by the African Non-state Actors Platform on Migration and Development, with Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) and Lawyers for Human Rights, this gathering focused on shaping a unified “African agenda for IMRF 2026.”

Prof. Landau presented online on “Geopolitics, shifts in the global order, wars, funding and impact on Human Rights & Mobility,” framing the urgent challenges within the current global landscape.

This session marks an important step in ensuring robust civil society, trade union, and diaspora input into Africa’s position for the GCM implementation review.

Together, we are strengthening advocacy for rights-based migration governance.