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"The Global Compact is a historic opportunity to achieve a world in which migrants move as a matter of genuine choice. It's time for the international community to come together to more responsibly and humanely manage the movement of people." – IOM Director General William Lacy Swing at IOM’s International Dialogue on Migration in New York. More here.
“Migration is often misperceived as the failure to adapt to a changing environment. It is, however, one of the main coping and survival mechanisms that is available to those affected by environmental degradation and climate change. ” – Sylvia Lopez-Ekra, IOM Ghana Chief of Mission. More here.
“The future of Syria will be grim if current needs are not being addressed with a greater sense of urgency." – IOM Director General William Lacy Swing at the Syria Brussels Conference. More here.
“The migrant crisis continues unabated. By better understanding the risks facing these people, we can do more to protect them." IOM spokesperson Leonard Doyle. More here.
“As long as you look on migration as a problem, as something to solve, you’re not going to get anywhere. You have to look at it as a human reality that’s as old as humankind. It’s mankind’s oldest poverty reduction strategy. As citizens, we have to find a way to manage it.” – IOM DG William Lacy Swing. More here.
"Instead of bringing wealth and stability to millions, Lake Chad’s surface has shrunk dramatically over six decades—feeding only the poverty that today feeds so much violence. We meet in Oslo this week to save this once beautiful place. Let’s not miss our chance." – IOM Director General William Lacy Swing. Read more here.
“[Migration] has to be managed in a responsible manner which is not always being done right now. We all have a responsibility toward people on the move.” – IOM Director General William Lacy Swing. Read more here.
"Today’s narrative about migration has become unacceptably toxic and negative.“ – IOM Deputy DG Laura Thompson at the World Economic Forum 2017. Read more here.
"While every country has a right to patrol its own borders, IOM believes in bridges rather than walls." – IOM Spokesperson Leonard Doyle. Read more here.
"These data – 18,501 deaths over three years – are simply shocking. And we don’t believe we are anywhere near counting all of the victims. We are past the time for counting. We must act to make migration legal, safe and secure for all." – IOM DG William Lacy Swing on migrant deaths in 2016. Read more here.