Conference on Irregular Migration
A Conference on “Irregular Migration – Legal and Policy Perspectives” took place in the Millennium UN Plaza Hotel, New York on 21 and 22nd January 2010. The Conference was jointly organized by International Organization for Migration and Center for Migration Studies.
There were in all 7 panel presentations by experts covering the scope of irregular migration, legal aspects pertaining to irregular migration, addressing the human costs of irregular migration, effective assistance/protection of irregular migrants, impacts of economic crisis on migration, the policy options of states on irregular migration and partnerships at all levels.
Among the various presenters was Archbishop Celestino Migliore, Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the UN and Rev. Florenzo Maria Rigoni, Scalabrinian Missionary from Chiapas, Mexico who worked for many years with migrants and shared very touching stories.