WORLD MIGRATION REPORT 2018:
CHAPTER 6
MARIE MCAULIFFE
ALEXANDRA M GOOSSENS
ANITA SENGUPTA
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the operational challenges of migration; advance understanding of migration issues; encourage social and economic
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Suggested citation: McAuliffe, M., A.M. Goossens and A. Sengupta (2017) Mobility, Migration and Transnational
Connectivity, in IOM (2017) World Migration Report 2018, IOM: Geneva.
Cover photo: Syrian refugees take a moment to photograph the sunset at 30,000 feet. For many, this is their first
time on a plane as they fly to Toronto, Canada. In late 2015, IOM facilitated the resettlement of over
35,000 Syrian refugees to Canada in a matter of months. Syrians living in countries such as Jordan,
Lebanon and Turkey were flown to new homes in Canada. With some having waited for years to be
resettled, the flight across the Atlantic marked the beginning of a new lives for them.
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