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.
Amman, Jordan: Amman Climate Academy and Park
With the support of the MMC Global Cities Fund for Migrants and Refugees, the City of Amman is rehabilitating an open space near the Al Hussein Refugee Camp to create a public park where refugee and Jordanian children can play,…
Children and Caregivers City Project
Ramallah, Palestine: Durable Qaddura
With the support of the MMC Global Cities Fund for Migrants and Refugees, the City of Ramallah is upgrading Qaddura Refugee Camp’s solid waste collection system and rehabilitating its public park to improve quality of life and promote healthy play…
Children and Caregivers City Project
Global Cities Fund for Migrants and Refugees Announces Six New African City Grantees Delivering Solutions for People Affected by Climate Crisis
On the sidelines of COP27, the Global Cities Fund for Migrants and Refugees announced six additional African cities grantees addressing the needs of migrants and displaced people affected by the climate crisis.
Climate Migration Press Release
City-to-city cooperation between Switzerland and Lebanon
The city-to-city partnership between Zurich, Switzerland, and Tyre, Lebanon, has resulted in bike-sharing stations for the use of refugees and city residents.
Municipal Finance In The News
The Legacy of Beirut’s Mobile Health Clinic
In the year since it launched, Beirut’s Global Cities Fund-supported Mobile Health Clinic has provided more than 1,000 local migrant and refugee residents with free, safe access to Covid-19 testing and vaccines.
Pandemic Response Blog
The Global Cities Fund for Inclusive Pandemic Response Progress Report
This report illustrates how the GCF’s inaugural grantees are improving the lives of 5,000+ migrants, refugees, IDPs, and other marginalized city residents in Barranquilla, Beirut, Freetown, Lima, and Mexico City.
Pandemic Response
Global Mayors Joint Statement: Welcome Afghan Refugees Now
The Mayors of the MMC’s Leadership Board, along with other mayors and city-led organizations representing over 240,000 cities from around the world, issued an urgent statement calling on national governments to immediately open their doors to Afghan refugees
Statement
Municipality of Beirut and UN-Habitat Launch Mobile Health Clinic to Support Covid-19 Response
The Municipality of Beirut launched the first municipal mobile health clinic, in partnership with UN-Habitat through the MMC's Global Cities Fund. The clinic will provide free and non-discriminatory COVID-19 testing and other basic medical services.
Pandemic Response In The News
Pandemic Relief: Beirut Test-Drives Mobile Medicine for Migrants
Beirut is one of five cities benefiting from the million-dollar Global Cities Fund for Inclusive Pandemic Response, inaugurated by the MMC to respond to the needs of cities regarding migrants, refugees and internally displaced people during the pandemic.
Pandemic Response In The News
Beirut, Lebanon: Municipal Mobile Health Clinic
With the support of the MMC Global Cities Fund for Migrants and Refugees, the City of Beirut established its first Municipal Mobile Health Clinic to provide free and non-discriminatory healthcare to more than 3,500 residents, including migrants and refugees from…
Pandemic Response City Project