In the previous post, I explored how motivations for migration can fall anywhere along the spectrum between voluntary and forced movement. Now, let’s take a closer look at forced migration, which affects 122.6 million people worldwide. This number has grown steadily over the past 15 years. Here’s a way to picture it: if we gathered […]
As noted in my previous post, people migrate for many different reasons, a reality that dates back to the earliest days of human history. Since ancient times, people have moved across regions and continents in response to seasonal changes and environmental shifts like droughts. As history unfolded, new drivers of migration emerged—from the expansion of […]
In recent decades, the world has become increasingly interconnected, and the migration phenomenon, which has been occurring for centuries, is gaining more attention as it reaches record highs. Around 281 million people are international migrants, representing almost 3.5% of the global population. If they were grouped in a single country, it would be the 5th […]
