CAIRO, July 31 (Xinhua) -- Egypt has chaired a fourth preparatory session of UN talks on the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM), expected to be adopted by UN member states in 2018, the MENA news agency reported on Monday.
Addressing the meeting, Egypt's assistant foreign minister Hisham Badr shed light on developmental benefits of migration for migrants themselves, or their homelands or countries where they live.
Badr called for joint approach for the GCM, noting that the countries of migrants, the countries they cross, and those they reach are jointly responsible for addressing the issue.
He blamed social and economic factors as the largest cause that enforce youths to migrate, urging more focus on projects that lure young people.
He suggested further cooperation between the origin and destination countries to render such projects successful.
The senior diplomat also proposed maximizing migrants' contributions to development in their origin states, partly through expertise and skills they gain in their new lands.
A cut in duties paid for remittances of migrants to their origin countries was also suggested by Badr.
