Migration is beneficial ‘part of human history’, says UN envoy
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International migration “has been with us forever”, and a safe and orderly means of facilitating it is “in everybody’s interest”, said a senior United Nations official.
As the final round of negotiations on a global compact for safe, orderly and regular migration took place at UN Headquarters in New York, Louise Arbour said on Wednesday that migration should not be seen in terms of good or bad, but as “a phenomenon that’s been part of human history”, with immense benefits if well handled.
Ms. Arbour, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on International Migration, explained to Omar Musni the impact the global compact could have throughout the world.
International migration “has been with us forever”, and a safe and orderly means of facilitating it is “in everybody’s interest”, said a senior United Nations official.
As the final round of negotiations on a global compact for safe, orderly and regular migration took place at UN Headquarters in New York, Louise Arbour said on Wednesday that migration should not be seen in terms of good or bad, but as “a phenomenon that’s been part of human history”, with immense benefits if well handled.
Ms. Arbour, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on International Migration, explained to Omar Musni the impact the global compact could have throughout the world.