Publications - Released in 2015
The people of Asia and the Pacific are on the move. Migrants from countries across the region play a key role as development actors, helping drive GDP growth in their countries of destination, while supporting families and even communities in their countries of origin. The benefits of migration, however, remain under-acknowledged. Too often, prejudice against migration and unilateral approaches guide responses to migration challenges, rather than evidence-based and cooperative ones.
The Asia-Pacific Migration Report 2015: Migrants' Contributions to Development, produced by the Asia-Pacific Regional Thematic Working Group on International Migration, including Human Trafficking, provides an insight into how labour migration, the dominant migration trend in the Asia-Pacific region, can contribute to development in countries of origin and destination in the Asia-Pacific region.