Representatives of migrants, said IOM chief, should participate in urban planning. “Cities are on the frontline demonstrating that, when factored into urban planning, human mobility as a whole is a key driver of sustainable development,” said António Vitorino, Director General of the International Organization for Migration ( IOM).īelieving that migration can be an accelerator of inclusive growth, he called for new national policies allowing migrants to become “active change-makers” in societies. The head of the UN migration agency told the HLPF it was time to incorporate them fully into urbanization plans. Many will be migrants from rural areas or other countries, forced to leave their homes due to climate change, economic distress and armed conflicts. This number is expected to keep rising with an additional two billion people projected to move there over the next 30 years. As urban populations grow, slums expand even faster, UN data shows. Yet, in 2020, over one billion inhabitants of urban areas were still living in slums or informal settlements, predominantly in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. Cities and towns have become the drivers of economic growth and now account for more than 80 per cent of global GDP.
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