Building Quote by Alejandro Mayorkas

While migration is inevitable, the fact remains that most people leave their homes to escape violence and the certain persecution that comes from it.

— Richard Grenell

We cannot and should not stop people from migration. We have to give them a better life at home. Migration is a process, not…

— William L. Swing

I wonder the human race has been so fond of migrations, when the young take so hardly to traveling.

— Ivy Compton-Burnett

“Vast migrations of people—some voluntary, most not—have shaped the human condition. More of us flee from war, oppression, and famine today than at any…

— Carl Sagan

...in the midst of migrants in search of a better life there are people in need of protection: refugees and asylum-seekers, women and children…

— Antonio Guterres

Migration is an expression of the human aspiration for dignity, safety and a better future. It is part of the social fabric, part of…

— Ban Ki-moon

The issue of migration has played a key role in all of our member states, wherever we are. Only we, as a European Union,…

— Frans Timmermans

The majority of immigrants are in search of a better life for their families or are seeking safety by leaving violent and corrupt countries.

— Mercedes Schlapp

Why are we ignoring the rest of the world? We need to have a fair and global response to migration.

— Harsimrat Kaur Badal

Emigration is no longer a solution; it's a defeat. People are risking death, drowning every day, but they're knocking on doors that are not…

— Tahar Ben Jelloun

Authorities that erect major obstacles to migration - or place severe restrictions on migrants' work opportunities - inflict needless economic self-harm, as they impose…

— Antonio Guterres

For a few years, more people have been leaving our country than entering it. Wherever it is possible, we must lower the entry hurdles…

— Angela Merkel