How the UK Can Promote Global Development Through Immigration Pathways and Why They Should

Related Sustainable Development Goals and Global Compact for Migration Objectives

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This blog was originally published by CGD. Please click here for the original blog post.

The Global Compact for Safe, Orderly, and Regular Migration (GCM) calls on countries of destination to both expand regular migration pathways and take steps to increase the development impact of these pathways. Migration can have a positive impact on the economic development of migrants themselves, their families, their countries of origin, and their country of destination, if aspects such as integration, remittances, and skill transfers are prioritised.

This paper, produced by the Center for Global Development (CGD) and the UK office of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), outlines lessons for the UK Government to implement if they are to increase the development potential of both their existing and new immigration pathways, particularly in the agriculture, nursing, and green technology sectors.

The paper is also complimented by a short blog.