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Quick Link to this page: www.unesco.org/shs/migration   International Migration and Multicultural Policies The overall aim of UNESCO's programme on International Migration is to promote the respect for the human rights of migrants, and to contribute to peaceful integration of migrants in society.   "We recognize that migration continues to increase -- driven by the age-old pursuit of a better life, as well as by increasingly understood phenomena such as climate change. And so, we accept that we must take effective action without delay." Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General, in his address to the Global Forum on Migration and Development, 10 July 2007 More information on UNESCO's programme ...     News     UNESCO Book Project for 2010 on Migration, Environment and Climate Change 10-10-2009 (UNESCO) - Climate change is one of the major concerns for the international community. Among its consequences, its impact on migration is the object of increasing attention from both policy-makers and researchers. As the Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change put it, “greater resource scarcity, desertification, risks of droughts and floods, and rising sea levels could drive many millions of people to migrate.’  More...       The book "Migration without Borders" receives the 2009 Silver Book Award from the Association of Borderland Studies (ABS) 02-07-2009 (UNESCO) - Migration without Borders. Essays on the Free Movement of People received the 2009 Silver Book Award from the Association of Borderland Studies (ABS), an American learned society which promotes border studies.  More...       Niger accedes to the Migrant Workers Convention 03-04-2009 (UNESCO) - The accession of Niger to the Migrant Workers Convention on 18 March 2009 brings the total number of State Parties to the Convention to 41. Niger’s accession comes after recent inclusion of Paraguay (23 September 2008), Jamaica (25 September 2008) and Rwanda (15 December 2008).  More...       People on the Move : Handbook of Selected Terms and Concepts 13-08-2008 (UNESCO) - New Publication from The Hague Process on Refugees and Migration (THP Foundation) in cooperation with UNESCO  More...     Email this page     Printable version Quick Link to this page: www.unesco.org/shs/migration

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