Migration in Development

Migrants all over the world send massive amounts of money back home. In total, this is an amount many times bigger than what Western countries spend on development aid. This money plays a role in the economic and social development of the home countries. Yet migration does not appear in the Millennium Development Goals that were established by the United Nations. At the same time, development organisations are giving more and
more attention to the function and potential of these cash flows.

Are migrants the missing link in accomplishing the millennium development goals? Or are they being used by western governments to solve the problems in their home countries?

Moderator:
Alejandra Slutzky

Guests:
Ronald Lucardie, Cordaid
Cristina Reyna, IFOR and diaspora solidaria
Brid Brennan, TNI and Transnational Migrant Platform
Sylvia van den Berg, AYNI Bolivia