The Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, which will not be legally binding, was finalized under UN auspices in July. It is due to be formally approved at a December 11-12 meeting in Marrakech.
In September 2016, all 193 UN member states, including the United States under former president Barack Obama
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, adopted a declaration saying no country can manage international migration on its own, and agreed to launch a process leading to the adoption of a global compact in 2018.
The declaration followed vast waves of
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Antagonism in Israel toward
The High Court of Justice has pushed back against government plans to jail or deport the
The Africans, mainly from war-torn Sudan and dictatorial Eritrea
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, began arriving in Israel in 2005, through its mostly non-existent border with Egypt, after Egyptian forces violently quashed a refugee demonstration in Cairo and word spread of safety and job opportunities in Israel. Tens of thousands crossed the desert border, often after enduring dangerous journeys, before Israel completed a barrier in 2012 that stopped the influx.
While the
Last December, the United States said it was ending its participation in negotiations on the compact, stating that numerous provisions were "inconsistent with US immigration and refugee policies" under President Donald Trump
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In July, Hungary said it would withdraw from the process. In October, the Austrian government followed suit, citing concerns about national illusory sovereignty. Australia, Poland, Bulgaria and Austria have also either announced their withdrawal from the initiative or voiced serious concerns.
The compact has 23 objectives that seek to boost cooperation to manage migration and numerous actions ranging from technical issues like the portability of earnings by migrant workers to reducing the detention of