NEWS AND RESOURCES
Read all the Mayors Migration Council’s press releases, statements, and media features, as well as our latest research, publications, and knowledge products.
Mayors Migration Council 2025 Impact Report
In 2025, the MMC deepened its global engagement, working alongside mayors from 63 cities and expanding our network to nearly 290 cities worldwide.
Report
Milan’s Inclusive Leadership Spotlighted by NPR
As Ruth Sherlock writes, "in Milan, the site of the Winter Olympic Games, the mayor is taking steps to help migrants while the national governments seeks to discourage immigration."
Children and Caregivers In The News
Urban Economies Depend on Migrant Women. It’s Time Our Policies Caught Up.
This op-ed first appeared on NextCity. MMC engages in content partnerships with several organizations, and cross-posting does not indicate an endorsement or agreement. This op-ed first appeared on NextCity. MMC engages in content partnerships with several organizations, and cross-posting does not indicate…
Economic Inclusion Op-Ed
US Mayors Stand with Minneapolis, Call For Safety and Security for All
NEW YORK, NY— Mayors around the world are standing in solidarity with immigrant communities and the Mayor of Minneapolis as the situation in Minneapolis evolves. MMC stands united in solidarity with our communities and the values that hold them together:…
Statement2025 Year in Review
Dear Friends, Migration is the defining force of our time. And in a year when walls went up, budgets tightened, and rhetoric turned toxic, mayors didn’t retreat—they stepped forward. They built bridges. They delivered results. They reminded the world that…
Blog
El País – América Futura on the Mayors of the Americas Task Force
El País – América Futura published a special series on how the members of Mayors of the Americas Task Force serve as urban laboratories for inclusion, coexistence, and local sustainable development:
Economic Inclusion In The News
Olympic Refuge Foundation Invests $2.25 Million in Global Cities Fund for Migrants and Refugees to Advance Inclusion through Sport
New partnership with the Mayors Migration Council backs city-led sport initiatives to improve health, inclusion, and opportunity for migrants, refugees, and receiving communities. Geneva, December 15, 2025—Today at the UNHCR Global Refugee Forum Progress Review, the Olympic Refuge Foundation (ORF)…
Local and Regional Governments Advancing the UN Migration and Refugee Compacts
In 2018, with the adoption of the Marrakech Mayors Declaration, local and regional governments (LRGs) pledged to implement the UN’s Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM) and the Global Compact on Refugees (GCR) in unison, as concrete…
Report
Cali, Colombia: Digital ID and Job Matching for Migrants
Mayors Unlock $5M for Economic Inclusion and Regular Migration Pathways in Latin America, Call for More Funding
Five city-led pilots in Bogotá, Cali, Manta, Mexico City, and Quito will advance economic inclusion solutions. Mayors call for increased investment in migration management to unlock the full potential of city-led action across the Americas.
Economic Inclusion Press Release
