12 July 2018 — International migration “has been with us forever,” and a safe and orderly means of facilitating it is “in everybody’s interest”, said a UN envoy.

UNHCR/A. D’Amato Risking their lives to reach Europe from North Africa, a boatload of people, some of them likely in need of international protection, are rescued in the Mediterranean Sea by the Italian Navy.
Speaking to UN News during the final round of negotiations on a global compact for safe, orderly and regular migration, Louise Arbour said that migration should not be seen in terms of good or bad, but as “a phenomenon that’s been part of human history”, with immense benefits if well handled.
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