Country Quote by Priti Patel

As a global community, we face a choice. Do we want migration to be a source of prosperity and international solidarity, or a byword…

— Antonio Guterres

Lots of migrants live in our country, and they make a significant contribution to our economy.

— Sebastian Kurz

Migrants make huge contributions to both their host countries and countries of origin. They take jobs that local workforces cannot fill, boosting economic activity.…

— Antonio Guterres

As responsible politicians, you have to manage migration.

— Peter Maurer

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

It is time we recognised the huge contribution that migration has made to the economic growth of this country.

— Jeremy Corbyn

Our work at the OECD shows that migration, if well managed, can spur growth and innovation. Unfortunately, in the past, migration has not always…

— Jose Angel Gurria

When labor migration is properly managed, it is a conduit for skills and wages to flow where they are most needed. It can, and…

— Guy Ryder

America is the last great goal of these migrations.

— Ellsworth Huntington

I'm a big believer that as much as possible, and there's obviously political limitations, freedom of migration is a good thing.

— Bill Gates

You have a huge number of people who spend their time writing papers which show that migrants pay more to the country than they…

— Duncan Green

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