Migrants are sending home a record amount of money, boosting the economies of the countries they left behind.
Displaced by war or seeking better lives for themselves and their families, people around the globe are on the move and, in many cases, so is their money.
International remittances sent home by migrants continue to rise and were up more than 650% between 2000 to 2022 – from US$128 billion to US$831 billion. That’s according to a report from the U.N.’s International Organization for Migration highlighting how international migration remains a driver of human development and economic growth.
U.N. investigators found nine UNRWA staff members 'may have been involved' in Hamas' attacks on Israel last year.
Extreme forms of violence, human rights violations and exploitation afflict those fleeing for safety by land and sea.
The U.N. refugee agency’s report documents lives upended by persecution, conflict, violence and human rights violations.
WHO warns disease and hunger are at alarming levels in the Congo, where almost 10 million people are on the move.
People's health, nature and farmland all suffer from the spiraling negative impacts, says the U.N. health agency
Landlocked between Russia and China, Mongolia depends on Russia to meet its energy needs and China to buy its exports.
The guidance comes weeks before the U.N. General Assembly takes up the issue of AMR at its high-level meeting this month.
More than a third of the funds will support aid efforts for people in Yemen (US$20 million) and Ethiopia (US$15 million).
