Labour Migration and Human Development 2011 Annual report

Labour migration and migration and development are important issues on the social, economic and development agendas of governments worldwide. Social factors and economic disparities within and between countries, together with demographic factors and environmental pressures, are key drivers of national and international migration. As a result, large proportions of the estimated 214 million international migrants1 and 740 million internal migrants2 have migrated as a result of a combination of some or all of these factors