migration

Global cooperation needed to tackle migration challenges, experts tell UN panel

10 February 2004
Experts meeting at United Nations Headquarters in New York today called for a coordinated global response to the problems associated with international migration.
Kofi Annan with European Parliament President Pat Cox

Annan tells European Parliament that better migration policies will benefit all

29 January 2004
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today urged the European Union to better manage its legal immigration and strengthen the capacity of developing countries to give refugees adequate protection.
Joseph Chamie briefs journalists

Migration has moved to forefront of population policy discussion, UN official says

28 January 2004
The large flow of illegal migrants, the sometimes difficult conditions they face in host countries and the “lucrative but troubling” human trafficking market have brought migration policies to the forefront of population discussions, a United Nations expert said today.

Migration benefits both receiver and sender countries - Annan

9 December 2003
Launching the independent Global Commission on International Migration today in Geneva, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said migration provides enormous potential benefits to receiver countries as well as sender countries.

Migration benefits sender and receiver countries, Annan says, welcoming new panel

21 November 2003
Calling attention to the rights of migrants around the world, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today gave his backing to the establishment of a new global panel that will examine how international migration can be managed better.

Migration experts begin coordination meeting at UN

15 October 2003
Specialists in international migration today began a two-day coordination meeting at United Nations Headquarters in New York.
Joseph Chamie at press briefing in New York

World’s migrant population hits 175 million, UN reports

29 October 2002
With some 175 million people currently residing in a country that they were not born in, the number of migrants in the world has more than doubled since 1975, the United Nations reported today.