United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday opened the General Assembly’s first-ever thematic debate on international migration and development with a strong call for an intelligent, cooperative approach, focused on the positive “to harness the unstoppable force of migration for the greater good”. The day-long informal debate, seen as a major contribution to the Assembly’s [...]

Adolescents and youth migration: A reality to be taken into account Migration is not a new phenomenon; however, there are new demographic revelations with the estimated 214 million international migrants (World Migration Report 2010). For instance, women now comprise approximately 49 % of the world’s migrants – the so-called “feminization” of migration. More important is [...]

Well how does it feel to watch blockbuster movies? For me since childhood, I have been fond of Hollywood movies like Titanic. I remember I use to mimic Spiderman with my primary school mates. Lately I enjoyed watching Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. What surprised me recently was a news item that “Ban Ki-moon, [...]