Migration - "Everybody has Purpose" | Awake at Night

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Published Jun 22, 2024

Amy Pope has always championed humane and orderly migration as an opportunity for societies, not a problem. Now the first female Director-General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) she is campaigning for a fundamental shift in attitudes towards newcomers.

“You just give somebody a little space. Everybody has purpose. Everybody has dreams, everybody wants to be seen.”

Human migration is likely to rise over the coming decades, with the IOM predicting that hundreds of millions of people could be displaced due to climate change alone. In this episode, Amy Pope reflects on how better to prepare communities and why celebrating the contributions of migrants is a win-win for societies around the world.

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