Shafaqna English- Soaring inflation, fragile job markets and shrinking access to healthcare and education are pushing millions of people in South and South-East Asia onto risky migration paths, the UN’s human rights office said.
The office said people across the region are migrating “not by choice, but out of necessity,” driven by the systemic deprivation of economic, social and cultural rights at home. Poverty, unemployment, weak public services and climate stress are eroding livelihoods and leaving millions with few alternatives but to leave.
“Migration should be a choice, not a necessity born of desperation,” said Cynthia Veliko, Head of the OHCHR Regional Office for South-East Asia.
“When people do not see a future for themselves at home because their rights, such as decent work, adequate education and healthcare, are not available to them – they can be forced into unsafe migration and exploitation, often at great personal cost to themselves and their families.”
Source: News.un.org