Making migration work for everyone

The document proposes a transition to "Migration Order 3.0" to replace inadequate post-war migration frameworks. It highlights how climate change, biodiversity loss, and geopolitical tensions are creating overlapping migratory patterns that strain existing systems. The author identifies the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM) as the blueprint for this new order, aligning it with the UN Sustainable Development Agenda to turn social backlash into economic growth and integration.

• The author describes the evolution of migration governance through three stages: Migration Order 1.0 (national-level controls), Migration Order 2.0 (post-WWII international norms and institutions like the UNHCR and IOM), and the proposed Migration Order 3.0, which aims to make migration work for all stakeholders.
• Current migration patterns are increasingly "mixed," meaning the traditional categories of migration for work, education, and family; irregular migration/trafficking; disaster-driven displacement; and refugee flight are overlapping, straining systems designed to manage them separately.
• Environmental degradation is identified as a driver of future population displacement, specifically through the impacts of climate change and the loss of biodiversity.
• The Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM), overseen by the IOM, is presented as the primary tool for implementing Migration Order 3.0 and is aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Agenda's Target 10.7.

APA

Haque, S. (2019). Making migration work for everyone. World Economic Forum. https://www.weforum.org/stories/sustainable-development/making-migration-work-for-everyone/

Chicago

Haque, Shahidul. Making migration work for everyone. World Economic Forum, 2019. https://www.weforum.org/stories/sustainable-development/making-migration-work-for-everyone/.

Wikipedia

{{cite press release |last1=Haque |first1=Shahidul |title=Making migration work for everyone |publisher=World Economic Forum |date=28 June 2019 |url=https://www.weforum.org/stories/sustainable-development/making-migration-work-for-everyone/ |access-date=23 October 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@misc{haque2019making, author = {Haque, Shahidul}, title = {{Making migration work for everyone}}, publisher = {World Economic Forum}, year = {2019}, month = jun, url = {https://www.weforum.org/stories/sustainable-development/making-migration-work-for-everyone/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }