Value of migration may finally be recognised

Putting migration on the agenda for UN development goals will benefit families as well as helping to transform perceptions of the issue, write Peter Sutherland and William Lacy Swing.

IN 2000, the UN established the Millennium Development Goals to drive progress on important development objectives, such as reducing poverty, promoting gender equality, and curbing disease.

But the architects of the goals neglected one critical issue: migration. Fortunately, it looks like world leaders will not make the same mistake with the post-2015 development agenda.