Rajasthan State PCS

• 09 May 2024

World Migration Report, 2024

Why in News?

Recently, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) launched the World Migration Report 2024.

Key Points

• The Report reveals significant shifts in global migration patterns, including a record number of displaced people and a major increase in international remittances.
  • With an estimated 281 million international migrants worldwide, the number of displaced individuals due to conflict, violence, disaster, and other reasons has surged to the highest levels in modern-day records, reaching 117 million, underscoring the urgency of addressing displacement crises.
• In India, strong influence of climate impacts on internal migration from Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.
  • India hosts the world's largest number of international migrants (18 million) residing in UAE, USA and Saudi Arabia.
  • In 2022, India remained the top remittance destination, receiving more than USD 111 billion, the first country to reach and surpass the USD 100 billion mark.

International Organization for Migration

• About:
  • It originated in 1951 as the Provisional Intergovernmental Committee for the Movement of Migrants from Europe (PICMME) after World War II's upheavals.
  • It underwent name changes from PICMME to the Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration (ICEM) in 1952, to the Intergovernmental Committee for Migration (ICM) in 1980, and finally to the International Organisation for Migration in 1989, reflecting its evolution into a migration agency.
    • In 2016, IOM entered into an agreement with the United Nations, becoming a related organization.
• Members: It currently has 175 Member States and 8 states with Observer status.
  • India became an IOM Member State on 18^th June 2008.
• Its headquarters is in Geneva, Switzerland.