What We Do?

Our Mission

Our Mission: Unite efforts of migrants’ organizations to share experience of survival and more effective migrants’ rights’ protection.

Main objectives of the "Forum"

• Lobby more humane migration policy;
• Participate in development of migration legislation;
• Defense of the rights of each migrant asking for protection from illegal actions of the bureaucrats;
• Creation of constructive collaboration with all branches of the government (both on Federal and regional levels);
• Formation of a favorable attitude of the society towards migrants.

Major Activities

• Strengthening capacities of migrants’ NGOs' capacity building (training in strategic planning, cooperation with government, fundraising, etc.);
• Assistance in creation of new NGOs;
• Creation of coalitions of public and human rights NGOs for more effective protection of human rights and migrants’ interests;
• Formation of Centers of Social Adaptation of Migrants and Local Population (mutual adaptation);
• Constant cooperation with the State Duma of the Russian Federation, Federal Migration Service, MIA (suggest amendments to draft laws on migration);
• Development of the regional network of the Information Agency "Migration" (IAM);
• Publication activities (publication of the popular monthly bulletin "Vestnik Foruma", brochures and methodological materials);
• Children programs;
• Humanitarian aid, including the action "From hand to Hand"