Priority Topics

Labour migration is a critical driver of economic resilience, growth and prosperity. Among the estimated 281 million international migrants, nearly 60% are labour migrants.

In 2023, global remittances exceeded USD 669 billion – more than three times the amount of official development aid- showcasing their substantial economic influence and their potential for financial inclusion of migrants.

Forced displacement is often protracted with an average duration of 20 years. Durable solutions are therefore critical to reduce protracted displacement and to restore fundamental rights of displaced populations.

Climate change and environmental degradation are reshaping migration and displacement, and are expected to do so even more in the future. Climate change could force 216 million people across six world regions to move within their countries by 2050.

While migration is a global phenomenon. It's effects are particularly tangible at the local level where city actors are at the forefront of managing the challenges and opportunities of human mobility.

In many countries migrant workers and forcibly displaced persons are not covered by social protection systems. The exclusion is not only a violation of human rights. It also has socio-economic repercussions on migrants and society as a whole.

Migrants and their descendants maintain links with their homelands and make important contributions to the sustainable development in their country of origin.