{"id":24220,"date":"2019-12-26T09:36:32","date_gmt":"2019-12-26T09:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ceo-na.com\/?p=24220"},"modified":"2019-12-26T15:46:28","modified_gmt":"2019-12-26T15:46:28","slug":"migration-a-work-for-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/servidor-mxigen1.com\/ceona-antiguo\/ceo-life\/travel\/migration-a-work-for-all\/","title":{"rendered":"Migration: A work for all"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The UN\u00a0International Migrants Day\u00a0is annually held on December 18 to recognize the efforts, contributions, and rights of migrants worldwide.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Migration is a global phenomenon driven by many forces. It starts with aspirations for dignity, safety and peace, but in almost every situation, it turns out to be always extreme, and, too often, even fatal. Migration, is, in essence, a courageous expression of the individual\u2019s will to overcome adversity and to live a better life, but barely a day goes by without multiple media reports \u2013 whether in traditional or newer forms of media \u2013 focusing on aspects of migration, frequently on negative aspects.<\/p>\n<p>Under this ideals, on December 4th, 2000, the General Assembly, taking into account the large and increasing number of migrants in the world, proclaimed 18 December <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/sections\/issues-depth\/migration\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">International Migrants Day<\/a>. On that day, in 1990, the Assembly adopted the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families.<\/p>\n<p>Now, under the current global estimate that there are over 270 million international migrants in the world, which equates to more than 3.3% of the global population, and the fast-changing globalization process along with important advances in communications and transportation that generates\u00a0a sense that we are in the midst of a period of considerable uncertainty, it is time to work on an agenda that promises to leave no one behind.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24222\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ceo-na.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-17-at-16.27.01.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"579\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"http:\/\/servidor-mxigen1.com\/ceona-antiguo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-17-at-16.27.01-200x120.png 200w, http:\/\/servidor-mxigen1.com\/ceona-antiguo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-17-at-16.27.01-300x179.png 300w, http:\/\/servidor-mxigen1.com\/ceona-antiguo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-17-at-16.27.01-400x239.png 400w, http:\/\/servidor-mxigen1.com\/ceona-antiguo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-17-at-16.27.01-500x299.png 500w, http:\/\/servidor-mxigen1.com\/ceona-antiguo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-17-at-16.27.01.png 579w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 579px) 100vw, 579px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To fully attempt the commemoration of the International Migrants\u2019 Day, here are some interesting facts considering the widespread of migrants across the world, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sites\/un2.un.org\/files\/wmr_2020.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to The World Migration Report 2020<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The number of international migrants globally in 2019: 272 million (3.5% of the world\u2019s population).<\/li>\n<li>52% of international migrants were male; 48% were female.<\/li>\n<li>74% of all international migrants were of working age (20\u201364 years).<\/li>\n<li>India had the largest number of migrants living abroad (17.5 million), followed by Mexico and China (11.8 million and 10.7 million respectively).<\/li>\n<li>The top destination country remained the United States (50.7 million international migrants).<\/li>\n<li>The number of internally displaced persons due to violence and conflict reached 41.3 million.<\/li>\n<li>The number of stateless persons globally in 2018 was 3.9 million. Bangladesh,\u00a0C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire and Myanmar\u00a0had the largest number of stateless persons in the world.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;All migrants are entitled to equal protection of all their human rights. On this International Day, I urge leaders and people everywhere to bring the Global Compact to life, so that migration works for all,&#8221;\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sg\/en\"><small>UN Secretary-General, Ant\u00f3nio Guterres.<\/small><\/a><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/development-agenda\/\">2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development<\/a>\u00a0recognizes for the first time the contribution of migration to sustainable development. 11 out of the 17\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/sustainable-development-goals\/\">Sustainable Development Goals<\/a>\u00a0(SDGs) contain targets and indicators relevant to migration or mobility. The Agenda&#8217;s core principle is to &#8220;leave no one behind,&#8221; not even migrants, but efforts must be constant and rigid to really see a change regarding migrants.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe width=\"1100\" height=\"619\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dNRoDxhFCKA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UN\u00a0International Migrants Day\u00a0is annually held on December 18 to  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":24224,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53,49],"tags":[99,1385,3089,1317,846],"class_list":["post-24220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opinion","category-travel","tag-ceo","tag-ceo-northam","tag-international-migrants-day","tag-migrants","tag-migration"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/servidor-mxigen1.com\/ceona-antiguo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/servidor-mxigen1.com\/ceona-antiguo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/servidor-mxigen1.com\/ceona-antiguo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/servidor-mxigen1.com\/ceona-antiguo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/servidor-mxigen1.com\/ceona-antiguo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24220"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/servidor-mxigen1.com\/ceona-antiguo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24225,"href":"http:\/\/servidor-mxigen1.com\/ceona-antiguo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24220\/revisions\/24225"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/servidor-mxigen1.com\/ceona-antiguo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/servidor-mxigen1.com\/ceona-antiguo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/servidor-mxigen1.com\/ceona-antiguo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/servidor-mxigen1.com\/ceona-antiguo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}