By Dean Chisambo
The International Organization for Migration (OIM) has expressed their gratitude that Malawi is on the right track in dealing with issues of migration in the African continent.
Speaking during the High -Level Stakeholder Workshop for the Drafting of the Global Compact for Migration National Implementation Plan ( GCM NIP) and structuring of the related National Coordination Mechanism, OIM Chief of Mission Nomagugu Hanyana Ncube said Malawi is one of the twelve countries in Africa that is voluntarily signed up to be country for GCM.
Ncube revealed that signing up to be a champion country for GCM does not mean that the country knows everything about Migration but it is an open commitment in order to take forward the agenda of migration and to recognise the development potential within the national migration framework.
She disclosed that the implementation of migration in this country will address issues like Migration in development, labour migration, diaspora migration, migration and education, migrants protection and migration and data.
On his part Principal secretary in the ministry of Homeland security, Steve Kayuni, said Malawi being one of the champions since 2021 they are geared towards having the implementation plan hence they are torchbearers on the issues of migration.
He stated that the status of the country on migration is a mix bag saying the opportunity is there and also challenges which need to be teased out in the policy framework that is supposed to be developed to make sure that Malawi is geared towards teasing out the challenges.
The workshop brought together the civil society organization, representative of communities and the government officials.
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