Rapid ageing in wealthy and middle-income countries will make their economies increasingly dependent on migration from poorer countries and the process needs to be better managed, the World Bank said on Tuesday.
The bank's latest World Development Report said about 184-million people live in countries where they lack citizenship, 43% in low- and middle-income countries. About 37-million are refugees, a number that has tripled over the past decade.
Countries including Mexico, Thailand, Tunisia and Turkey may also soon need more foreign workers because their populations are no longer growing, while cross-border migration movements are already becoming more complex, with destination and origin countries spanning all income levels, according to the report.
The report presents recommendations for policymakers, chiefly to better match migrants' skills with needs in destination countries, while protecting refugees and reducing the need for distressed movements. More difficult policy challenges arise when the skills match is weak and migrants are not refugees, often leading to deportation and putting pressure on transit countries. The report said stronger international development efforts were needed in origin countries to reduce the need for migration prompted by economic distress.
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