In October 2008, the Philippines will host the 2nd Global Forum on
Migration and Development on the theme, “Protecting and Empowering
Migrants for Development.” The forum shall have three roundtable
discussions focusing on migration, development and human rights; the
stronger development impact of legal migration; and policy and institutional
coherence and partnerships. I believe that the forum should also
16 Mode 4 refers to Movement of Natural Persons, defined as the supply of a service by a
service supplier of one Member, through presence of natural persons of a Member in the
territory of any other Member.
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answer the question of how migration governance could be improved on the
regional and global levels in two ways: