Around our globe today, millions of people are on the move - living or trying to live in countries not their own. In some cases, this movement is voluntary.
People move across borders for work, education or family reasons.
In many more cases, the migration is forced, as people flee civil unrest and war, or search for adequate agricultural land or employment simply for survival. In recent years, the displacement of people has accelerated. At the same time, the typical response to migrants and other displaced people has deteriorated from acceptance and assistance to hostility and rejection. The fundamental human rights of migrants are too easily violated or ignored. The violation of their rights contributes to increasing social disintegration and declining respect for the rule of law.