IRIN
BANGKOK,
5 October 2009 (IRIN) - Most migrants do not move from developing to
developed countries, and when they do, rather than hurting host
economies, they benefit them, according to a new report by the UN
Development Programme (UNDP).
The UNDP's Human Development Report 2009,
launched globally on 5 October in Bangkok, dispels several myths about
migration, instead underlining the economic and social benefits for
countries.
"Mobility can bring large gains in
development," Jeni Klugman, director of the report, told IRIN. "It's
presently very much constrained by a whole range of barriers, and
reform [of] these barriers could allow much greater potential to be
released."
The annual report calls for several migration reforms, including for
states to ensure basic rights for migrants, and the mainstreaming of
migration into national development plans.
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