Hekima Review No. 57 (Dec 2017)

Regarded as an engine of human history, migration is as old as the human species. Migration continues to have far-reaching consequences in our contemporary society. According to the International Organization for Migration (IOM) 2014 report, the number of people living outside their country of origin worldwide has exponentially increased from 150 million in 2000 to 214 million in 2014. The IOM report has extrapolated that by 2050, the figure could rise to as much as 405 million.