about 10 years ago // #AcrossBorders

Human migration is as old, and as inevitable, as a person’s choice to dream of a better future, yet is contradicted by a patchwork of rules and regulations designed to reverse such a process, writes William Lacy Swing, director general of the International Organization for Migration, in this exclusive #AcrossBorders op-ed.

over 12 years ago // Contributor: William Lacy Swing

This week, the U.N. General Assembly convenes the Second High-Level Dialogue on International Migration and Development. In this exclusive editorial, Ambassador William Lacy Swing, head of the foremost agency on migration, argues migration as a powerful tool for development, contrary to what some believe as “simply a problem to be solved.”