A very small percentage of the world‘s population resides outside the country in which they were born. According to the UN migration agency's latest figures, most of them migrate to find work, sending home more than half a trillion dollars.
Police in North Macedonia have reportedly detained 81 migrants found in a truck near the country's border with Serbia. The driver of the vehicle had apparently ignored a police warning to stop for a check. He later abandoned the vehicle.
In a recent report, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization has said that studying trends linked to the lack of water could help communities to adapt and alleviate migratory pressure. Migrants can share good practices, skills and knowledge transfer, and use remittances for managing water resources.
France has started a program to take in 500 Syrian and Iraqi refugees over the next 18 months. Filipinos in the US are tense as they may face deportation after President Donald Trump announced he would tighten immigration laws and an inquiry shows German police could have prevented the mass sexual assaults and robberies in Cologne on New Year's Eve in December 2015. Read more all this and more in today's roundup.