Migration
Inter-regional workshop on collecting and using migration-related data for development: Cooperation and exchange in the European-African corridor
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International Migrants Day 2017
Message on the International Migrants' Day: Message of the Secretary-General
Statement by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for International Migration
International Migrants Day 2016
Expert group meeting on international migration and development in Latin America and the Caribbean
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Expert group meeting on international migration and development in the Arab region: Challenges and opportunities
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The Population Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs organized an expert group meeting on challenges and opportunities of international migration for development in the Arab region. The meeting was held at the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) in Beirut, Lebanon from 15 to 17 May 2006.
Eleventh coordination meeting on international migration
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Intergovernmental Conference to adopt the Global Compact for safe, orderly and regular migration
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 The Global Compact for Migration represents a historic opportunity to improve international cooperation on migration, and to strengthen the contributions of migrants and migration to sustainable development. Today, there are over 258 million migrants around the world living outside their country of birth. This figure is expected to grow as a result of a number of factors including overall population growth, increasing connectivity, trade, rising inequality, demographic imbalances and climate change.