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World|politics|December 10, 2018 / 05:05 PM
UN members adopt global migration pact

AKIPRESS.COM - Leaders from more than 150 countries have agreed upon a global pact that sets a roadmap "to prevent suffering and chaos" for global migration despite opposition and several withdrawals, including from the United States, Aljazeera reports.

The Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM) was agreed upon on Monday at an intergovernmental conference in Marrakech, Morocco.

A non-binding agreement, the GCM aims to better manage migration at local, national, regional and global levels, including reducing the risks and vulnerabilities the migrants or refugees face at different stages of their journey.

The pact was approved in July by all 193 member nations except the US, which backed out last year.

In addition, Australia, the Netherlands, Austria, Bulgaria, Hungary, Czech Republic, Poland, Dominican Republic, Chile, Latvia, Slovakia, Estonia and Italy either refused to attend the conference or ruled out signing the agreement.

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