In a world where diaspora remittances dwarf foreign aid flows, the global development community cannot ignore the central role of migration in the post-2105 agenda.
“A development agenda without migration would be out of step with our times,” William Lacy Swing, director general of the International Organization for Migration told Devex in an exclusive interview on the sidelines of the recent Global Diaspora and Development Forum in Dublin, Ireland.
Swing, an 80-year-old former U.S. ambassador appointed in 2008 and just re-elected to another term as IOM chief, shared his views on how countries must adapt to the decline of the nation-state in the face of migration, why migration is in the national interest of both home and host countries, and the main challenges for dealing with migration in development programs.
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Joe Breen
Joe Breen is a Dublin-based freelance journalist and media lecturer. He was formerly a senior journalist at the Irish Times. He has lectured in journalism at Dublin City University and University College Dublin. He has also worked as a consultant in Azerbaijan for BBC Media Action.
