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International Migrants Day

Andreas IllmerDecember 18, 2012

The UN marks International Migrants Day on December 18, highlighting the role of migrants in the global economy - and their suffering at the hand of rising xenophobia and tightening budgets in times of austerity.

Migrants in Lampedusa (photo: Gaia Anderson)
Image: Gaia Anderson

The UN marks International Migrants Day on December 18, highlighting the role of migrants in the global economy - and their suffering at the hand of rising xenophobia and tightening budgets in times of austerity.

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