Cities to work together to tackle migration ahead of U.N. pact


  • World
  • Sunday, 09 Dec 2018

MARRAKESH, Morocco (Reuters) - Officials from more than 70 cities from around the world on Saturday pledged to work closer together to tackle migration flows, supporting a United Nations pact which a rising number of countries have pulled out from.

With a record 21.3 million refugees globally, all 193 UN members except the United States finalised in July the so-called Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration to better handle migration.

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