1. Resolution on raising awareness about migration challenges<br />Acknowledging that<br />• migration is an inevitable and natural (persistent) process in the modern globalized world.<br />• According to the United Nations, estimated number of international migrants worldwide is<br />about 214 million people, which is 3.1% of the world's population.<br />• The total number of international migrants has increased over the last 10 years by 43%.<br />• immigration regulations are a privilege of individual countries<br />Considering that<br />• All countries face migration: internal migration, external immigration and emigration.<br />• Most of the fears about migration are based on the twisting of facts.<br />• A large number of developed countries in the world were built up by migrants.<br />• The free movement of people across borders is a liberal value<br />Considering that<br />• there are continuous challenges related to undocumented migrants. Although during the<br />last decade the percentage of those categories has been decreasing.<br />• refugees and asylum seekers should be exempt from economic migration laws<br />• in a situation when the population of developed countries is aging and the birth rate is<br />decreasing, migration is an important tool of the solution to keep a welfare and healthcare<br />systems sustained,<br />• migrants to developed countries usually comply with the workforce requirements of the<br />labour market and they are not an economic threat to native-born workers.<br />• migrants are likely to create more jobs as they usually have higher entrepreneurial ability<br />which also leads to growth of GDP in the receiving countries.<br />In order to help prevent the spreading of populist ideas about migration danger across the world<br />the International Federation of Liberal Youth hereby calls upon:<br />• national governments to face migration challenges in their countries, instead of turning a<br />blind eye,<br />• international community to prevent forced migration with all reasonable means,<br />Urges:<br />• national governments to treat migrants equally to native people according to the UN<br />convention of Human Rights and not to perceive them as a potential danger,<br />• national governments to work for a future with freer movement of people across borders<br />and support exchange and cultural understanding<br />encourages:<br />• national governments to include history of migration in their countries into school<br />programmes,<br />• IFLRY Member Organizations to address their mother parties to put the issue of migration<br />into political agenda.<br />In conclusion, we would like to provoke an open discussion of migration issues on the international<br />level and encourage cooperation and information exchange among countries, the International<br />Organization for Migration and the UN.<br />