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The current special issue examines the development of an emerging global ~governance on migration and the spaces, roles, strategies and alliancemaking ~of a composite transnational civil society engaged in issues of rights ~and the protection of migrants and their families. This question is connected ~with how different actors – the United Nations, international organizations, ~governments and a wide variety of civil society organizations and regional ~and global trade unions – perceive the root causes of migration, global ~inequality and options for sustainable development. The contributions ~included in the special issue interrogate from different perspectives the ~positionality and capacity of civil society to influence the Global Forum for ~Migration and Development. They examine the opportunities and challenges ~faced by civil society in its endeavor to promote a rights-based approach ~within international and intergovernmental fora engaged in setting up a ~global compact for the management of migration and in other global policy ~spaces.