Feb 1, 2019
Close to 190 countries are set to adopt the groundbreaking UN Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration. Among its many features, the Compact recognizes the contributions of migrants to the development of their host and origin countries. Migrant workers fill gaps in the labour market in host countries.
Increased migration is the increasing number of people moving across national borders. The above article is from the UN department of Economic and Social affairs, which talks about how migrants often send money back home to their families, and about the new Global Compact that has been created to make it easier and cheaper to do so, which encourages further increases in migration.
