The Equal Partnerships project and the Mixed Migration Centre organized a migration workshop at the 9th Africities Summit, from 17th to 21st of May, in Kisumu, Kenya.

Governments and international agencies must work with grassroots groups and civil society to extend support to migrants and IDPs, overcoming perceptions that they are transient populations and instead working towards integrating them into the city as residents.

At the International Migration Review Forum, member states are meeting to discuss how far states have come in implementing the Global Compact on Migration. Can the multilateral approach be revived? Here, three leading experts from civil society organizations explain what needs to be on the agenda – and why all hope is not lost.

Cities in sub-Saharan Africa are increasingly faced with the challenge of protecting their inhabitants from the consequences of climate change. The Global Cities Fund for Migrants and Refugees, supported by the Robert Bosch Stiftung, is helping them to do so. The first five cities to receive funding have now been selected.

Almost half a million people from 185 nations live in the British city of Bristol. Mayor Marvin Rees sees this as both his city’s richness and its opportunity. As a member of the Leadership Board of the Mayors Migration Council, he is working with colleagues from other cities to find global solutions for the city of the future.