A “Wake-up Call” on the Importance of Safe, Orderly, and Regular Migration for Prosperous Societies

Related Sustainable Development Goals and Global Compact for Migration Objectives

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IOM's blog underscores how well managed migration can serve as an accelerator to bring us back on track to reach the Global Goals in the time of COVID-19.

Migration is both a development accelerator and a development outcome. When well governed, it has the potential to improve wider development trajectories in communities where migrants are from or where they are. International migrants made up 3.5 percent of the world’s population in 2019, contributing nearly 10 percent of global GDP. Yet the benefits of migration are not measurable in monetary terms alone. The knowledge, support, networks, and skills that migrants transfer between societies are building blocks for more prosperous societies. Shaping our world at every turn, migration is a global phenomenon that touches us all.

In sum, we need to bring back the recognition of the centrality of migration for joint prosperity to accelerate progress towards improved development outcomes in the ‘Decade of Action’ in order to achieve the SDGs by 2030. Together, we can work towards a better future for all and achieve the promise of leaving no one behind — a promise that is ever more important as we respond and recover from the pandemic. But, to do so, we need to move past the paradox and re-root our way forward firmly within the global frameworks of the 2030 Agenda and GCM.