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The IV World Social Forum on Migrations begins in Quito Ecuador. The forum
klcks off Friday, October 8, with a conference, press conference, panels,
workshops and cultural events. In this report, musicians from the
Association of Culture and Art from Andean Peru perform for participants of
the forum. Ecuadorian organizer Fernando Ponce inaugurates the event. Nelsy
Lizarazo, an organizer of the forum, describes the four main issues the
forum takes on, and expresses hope that some governments in South America
are responding to the calls for reform. Rufino Domínguez Santos, a community
activist and immigrant to the United States from Oaxaca, talks about the
root causes of migration – neoliberalism – and asserts the proactive role
taken by immigrants. Australian immigration expert Stephen Castles remarks
on the lack of a global governing body for migration. William Gois, a member
of the international committee of Migrant Forum ASIA, speaks of how migrants
are no longer viewed as passive recipients of social services, but as
protagonists. Carline Meriliene, a Haitian immigrant living in Ecuador,
explains why she and other immigrants are participating in the forum.

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