Other purposes of the meeting were to compare national advocacy agendas relating to migration, to develop a plan for a larger binational Spring Forum to bring in representation from additional sectors, and to set the stage for a binational advocacy agenda. Migrants in the transnational context must have the full range of human rights. Individuals must not be placed in a position of forced migration in order to survive. Follow up with international human rights mechanisms, such as the UN Commission for Human Rights, the Organization of American States, etc. Raise the annual quota on high skilled temporary workers.
International migration is a key component of the globalization of economic relations.
Emigration is central to maintaining a high rate of economic growth in developing countries, given their structural incapacity to generate the necessary employment opportunities and to have wages which would permit a decent standard of living for the population. This perspective should be included in the political agendas in each region. Different actors in each region's political forces and the economic situation at the world level should also be taken into consideration. The involved social organizations and sectors should address migration as part of the construction of a different future. Our aim is to empower people to demand that public policy in both countries change, so that migration will no longer be a marginalized topic but rather an important part of the discussion of globalization of the regional economy, a discussion in which the rights of migrants are valued as much as the rights of capital.