International Migrants Day 2022; December 12th.

FORUM: “Migration and inclusive societies.” International Migrants Day 2022. Understanding changes in scale, emerging trends and shifting demographics related to global social and economic transformations, such as migration, help us make sense of the changing world we live in and plan for the future. The World Migration Report 2022, the eleventh in the world migration report series, has been produced to contribute to an increased understanding of migration throughout the world. Follow the conversation with the hashtags: #InternationalMigrantsDay, #18December, #MigrantsDay, #safeMigration, #RegularMigration, #OrderlyMigration.

Statement by the United Nations Secretary General on International Migrants Day 2022; December 18th.

On this International Migrants Day, we reflect on the lives of the over 280 million people who left their country in the universal pursuit of opportunity, dignity, freedom, and a better life.

Today, over 80 per cent of the world’s migrants cross borders in a safe and orderly fashion.

This migration is a powerful driver of economic growth, dynamism, and understanding.

But unregulated migration along increasingly perilous routes – the cruel realm of traffickers – continues to extract a terrible cost.

Over the past eight years, at least 51,000 migrants have died – and thousands more have disappeared.

Behind each number is a human being – a sister, brother, daughter, son, mother, or father.

Migrant rights are human rights. They must be respected without discrimination – and irrespective of whether their movement is forced, voluntary, or formally authorized.

We must do everything possible to prevent the loss of life – as a humanitarian imperative and a moral and legal obligation.

We must provide for search and rescue efforts and medical care.

We must expand and diversify rights-based pathways for migration – to advance the Sustainable Development Goals and address labour market shortages.

And we need greater international support for investments in countries of origin to ensure migration is a choice, not a necessity.

There is no migration crisis; there is a crisis of solidarity.

Today and every day, let us safeguard our common humanity and secure the rights and dignity of all.

United Nations Secretary-General.

Statement by the IOM Director-General on International Migrants Day 2022; December 18th.

CAMPAIGN: Reflect on the lives of the over 280 million people who left their country in the universal pursuit of opportunity, dignity, freedom, and a better life. 

EVENTS: On December 18th, the UN Migration, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants will host a webinar to mark the International Migrants Day 2022 from the IOM Headquater in Switzerland.

PUBLICATION: The World Migration Report 2022 presents data, statistics and research on migration, global economic and social shifts and policy about human mobility. Interactive World Migration Report 2022.

Let us mark the International Migrants Day on December 18th by acknowledging the contributions of migrant workers and committing to provide a remedy for all those who faced abuses and fell through the cracks.