The purpose of International Migrants Day

Member States, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations observe the International Migrants Day to, inter alia, promote the human rights and fundamental freedoms of migrants, share experiences and develop measures to protect migrants action.

The Assembly stressed the need for further efforts to ensure respect for the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all migrants. It is estimated that one in 35 people in the world is a migrant, living and working in a country other than his or her own. There are migrants in all countries.

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The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Labor Organization, and the International NGO Commission on Human Rights jointly held an expert meeting on the same day to discuss the world's migration issues. The meeting called on the international community Attach importance to the rights and dignity of immigrants and recognize their contributions to the development of host countries.

According to relevant United Nations materials, the number of immigrants in the world has increased significantly in the past 10 years. There are currently about 120 million to 130 million immigrants around the world. The United Nations also pointed out that intolerance against immigrants in recent years has , discrimination, exclusion, hatred and other incidents occur one after another and are on the rise.

The 55th United Nations General Assembly passed relevant resolutions on December 4, designating December 18 as the "International Migrants Day." The General Assembly also requested all member states to promote human rights and the basic freedom of immigrants. and formulate relevant measures to protect all rights of immigrants to commemorate this day.

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