Basic migration facts
- Migration can occur within a country or internationally.
- International migration is linked to the trend of globalization, but has been happening for centuries.
- Less than 3% of the world's population are migrants.
- Migration occurs for economic, political and social reasons. Migrants are a diverse group that should not be lumped together and stereotyped.
- Migration can be legal or illegal, regular or irregular. People's status can change for many reasons.
- Approximately half of all migrants are women.
- Migrants' entitlement to family reunion with spouses and children is now recognised as a human right.