Migration and Youth: International Migrants Day 2014

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December 18, 2014 marks International Migrants Day.  UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon highlighted, “We live in the ‘age of mobility.’ International migration is a major global trend an estimated 232 million people live outside their countries of birth.” Young people aged 15-24 represent about one-eighth (28.2 million) of global migrant population, and they are