国际英语资讯:Migration is a positive global phenomenon -- UN chief
<p><span word="UNITED">UNITED</span> <span word="NATIONS">NATIONS</span>, <span word="Jan">Jan</span>. 11-- <span word="UN">UN</span> <span word="Secretary">Secretary</span>-<span word="General">General</span> <span word="Antonio">Antonio</span> <span word="Guterres">Guterres</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Thursday">Thursday</span> <span word="asked">asked</span> <span word="governments">governments</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="treat">treat</span> <span word="migration">migration</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="positive">positive</span> <span word="global">global</span> <span word="phenomenon">phenomenon</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="refrain">refrain</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="setting">setting</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="barriers">barriers</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="legal">legal</span> <span word="international">international</span> <span word="migration">migration</span>.</p><p>"<span word="Let">Let</span> <span word="me">me</span> <span word="emphasize">emphasize</span>: <span word="migration">migration</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="positive">positive</span> <span word="global">global</span> <span word="phenomenon">phenomenon</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="powers">powers</span> <span word="economic">economic</span> <span word="growth">growth</span>, <span word="reduces">reduces</span> <span word="inequalities">inequalities</span>, <span word="connects">connects</span> <span word="diverse">diverse</span> <span word="societies">societies</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="helps">helps</span> <span word="us">us</span> <span word="ride">ride</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="demographic">demographic</span> <span word="waves">waves</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="population">population</span> <span word="growth">growth</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="decline">decline</span>," <span word="Guterres">Guterres</span> <span word="told">told</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="informal">informal</span> <span word="meeting">meeting</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="UN">UN</span> <span word="General">General</span> <span word="Assembly">Assembly</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="working">working</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="Global">Global</span> <span word="Compact">Compact</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Migration">Migration</span>, <span word="an">an</span> <span word="intergovernmentally">intergovernmentally</span> <span word="negotiated">negotiated</span> <span word="agreement">agreement</span> <span word="toward">toward</span> <span word="safe">safe</span>, <span word="orderly">orderly</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="regular">regular</span> <span word="international">international</span> <span word="migration">migration</span>.</p><p><span word="Migrants">Migrants</span> <span word="make">make</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="major">major</span> <span word="contribution">contribution</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="international">international</span> <span word="development">development</span> -- <span word="both">both</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="work">work</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="sending">sending</span> <span word="remittances">remittances</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="home">home</span> <span word="countries">countries</span>, <span word="he">he</span> <span word="said">said</span>, <span word="noting">noting</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="remittances">remittances</span> <span word="added">added</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="nearly">nearly</span> 600 <span word="billion">billion</span> <span word="U">U</span>.<span word="S">S</span>. <span word="dollars">dollars</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="year">year</span>, <span word="three">three</span> <span word="times">times</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="development">development</span> <span word="aid">aid</span>.</p><p><span word="States">States</span> <span word="need">need</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="strengthen">strengthen</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="rule">rule</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="law">law</span> <span word="underpinning">underpinning</span> <span word="how">how</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="manage">manage</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="protect">protect</span> <span word="migrants">migrants</span> -- <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="benefit">benefit</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="economies">economies</span>, <span word="their">their</span> <span word="societies">societies</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="migrants">migrants</span> <span word="themselves">themselves</span>. <span word="Authorities">Authorities</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="erect">erect</span> <span word="major">major</span> <span word="obstacles">obstacles</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="migration">migration</span>, <span word="or">or</span> <span word="place">place</span> <span word="severe">severe</span> <span word="restrictions">restrictions</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="migrants">migrants</span>' <span word="work">work</span> <span word="opportunities">opportunities</span>, <span word="inflict">inflict</span> <span word="needless">needless</span> <span word="economic">economic</span> <span word="self">self</span>-<span word="harm">harm</span>, <span word="as">as</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="impose">impose</span> <span word="barriers">barriers</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="having">having</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="labor">labor</span> <span word="needs">needs</span> <span word="met">met</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="orderly">orderly</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="legal">legal</span> <span word="fashion">fashion</span>, <span word="he">he</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p>"<span word="Worse">Worse</span> <span word="still">still</span>, <span word="they">they</span> <span word="unintentionally">unintentionally</span> <span word="encourage">encourage</span> <span word="illegal">illegal</span> <span word="migration">migration</span>. <span word="Aspiring">Aspiring</span> <span word="migrants">migrants</span>, <span word="denied">denied</span> <span word="legal">legal</span> <span word="pathways">pathways</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="travel">travel</span>, <span word="inevitably">inevitably</span> <span word="fall">fall</span> <span word="back">back</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="irregular">irregular</span> <span word="methods">methods</span>. <span word="This">This</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="puts">puts</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="vulnerable">vulnerable</span> <span word="positions">positions</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="undermines">undermines</span> <span word="governments">governments</span>' <span word="authority">authority</span> <span word="itself">itself</span>."</p>
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