in some cases however disaffected youth are lured into joining by the promise of money and the sense of empowerment that comes with possessing a gun in the aftermath of war former youth combatants feel dispossessed as they no longer have weapons and cannot find decent employment and sustainable livelihoods in developed countries about per cent of all migrants were youth and the corresponding figures for developing and least developed countries were about and per cent respectively these figures point to the economic pull of migration especially for youth from least developed economies and the willingness of such youth to assume the burdens and risks associated with leaving their homes and social networks to seek work in other countries so that they can provide for themselves and their families