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Migration

Expert group meeting on international migration and development in the Arab region: Challenges and opportunities

Overview

The Population Division of the 51³Ô¹Ï 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 51³Ô¹Ï Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) in Beirut, Lebanon from 15 to 17 May 2006.

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Intergovernmental Conference to adopt the Global Compact for safe, orderly and regular migration

Overview

 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.

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