{"id":25360,"date":"2018-12-13T05:23:55","date_gmt":"2018-12-13T05:23:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=25360"},"modified":"2018-12-13T05:23:55","modified_gmt":"2018-12-13T05:23:55","slug":"will-a-un-accord-on-migrants-and-refugees-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=25360","title":{"rendered":"Will a UN accord on migrants and refugees work?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"article-body\" readability=\"75.8089480048\">\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2018\/12\/members-adopt-global-migration-pact-181210092353957.html\">global compact for migration was adopted in Marrakesh<\/a>, Morocco after two years of intense negotiations, but some of the signatories remain divided.<\/p>\n<p>The agreement is non-binding, but for the UN, this is a unique opportunity to address the issue of immigration and refugee crises with world leaders.<\/p>\n<p>The deal stresses the need to protect migrants and resettle them, but many countries have pulled out of the deal, saying it encourages illegal migration.<\/p>\n<p>Can a compromise be reached with nations that rejected the accord?<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Presenter:<\/strong> Hashem Ahelbarra<\/p>\n<p><strong>Guests:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Stephen Kampyongo &#8211; Zambia&#8217;s minister of home affairs<\/p>\n<p>Michelle Levoy &#8211; director of PICUM (Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants)<\/p>\n<p>Leonard Doyle &#8211; head of communications at the International Organisation for Migration<\/p>\n<p><span>Source:<\/span>\u00a0<span>Al Jazeera News<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The global compact for migration was adopted in Marrakesh, Morocco after two years of intense negotiations, but some of the signatories remain divided. The agreement is non-binding, but for the UN, this is a unique opportunity to address the issue of immigration and refugee crises with world leaders. The deal stresses the need to protect&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":25361,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-middle_east_news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25360"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25360\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/25361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}