UN Action Plan for International migration for development and reduce its economic and social costs

For only second time in UN history, High-level Dialogue puts international migration at centre stage with theme of Making Migration Work   New York: The United Nations considers actions to harness the benefits of international migration for development and reduce its economic and social costs, when delegates from more than 150 countries, including dozens of ministers and hundreds of civil society representatives, gather for a High?level Dialogue on International Migration and Development on 3-4 October. The global number of international migrants has risen from 175 million in 2000 to 232 million in 2013, according to figures released last month by the Population Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs.