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    Young people account for about one-third of all global migrants according to UN estimates. Factors like unemployment, economic hardship, and war have prompted many youth to migrate within or across borders in search of work, education, and improved living standards. Nearly all young people are indirectly affected by migration through family or community members who migrate. While youth are major stakeholders in migration issues, they remain largely absent from international policy debates around migration and its impacts. This document provides context and questions for an essay competition asking youth to address opportunities and challenges of youth migration, and to provide recommendations for policies that could better support young migrants.

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    Young people account for about one-third of all global migrants according to UN estimates. Factors like unemployment, economic hardship, and war have prompted many youth to migrate within or across borders in search of work, education, and improved living standards. Nearly all young people are indirectly affected by migration through family or community members who migrate. While youth are major stakeholders in migration issues, they remain largely absent from international policy debates around migration and its impacts. This document provides context and questions for an essay competition asking youth to address opportunities and challenges of youth migration, and to provide recommendations for policies that could better support young migrants.

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    Young people account for about one-third of all global migrants according to UN estimates. Factors like unemployment, economic hardship, and war have prompted many youth to migrate within or across borders in search of work, education, and improved living standards. Nearly all young people are indirectly affected by migration through family or community members who migrate. While youth are major stakeholders in migration issues, they remain largely absent from international policy debates around migration and its impacts. This document provides context and questions for an essay competition asking youth to address opportunities and challenges of youth migration, and to provide recommendations for policies that could better support young migrants.

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    Youth Migration

    Young people are on the move. Improvements in transportation, technology development and increased
    international trade, as well as issues such as unemployment, war, health and economic hardship
    have prompted more young people to migrate within and across national borders in search of work,
    education and a better quality of life. The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) estimates that young
    people between 15 and 30 years of age account for about one-third of all migrants
    Nearly all young people are affected by migration in some way. Some are migrants themselves or are
    considering migrating abroad or within their home country. Others experience migration through the
    departure of friends or family members, and still others, in receiving countries, encounter the political debate
    on immigration and integration policies in their country and may experience cohabitation with new
    immigrants. Young people are major stakeholders in migration and yet youth are largely absent in the debate
    on international migration policies and the effects of migration on development.
    The World Bank International Essay Competition 2011 would like to hear your views on the opportunities,
    challenges and implications of youth migration.
    Questions to address in your essay / video :
    1) How has migration (international or internal, in a sending or a receiving country) affected you, your family,
    your community, or your country?
    2) How do you perceive the benefits of migration (increased opportunities for young people, remittances)
    versus the risks (brain drain, illegal immigration and exploitation of young immigrants)?
    3) What actions can you recommend for broadening opportunities for young migrants in their countries of
    destination and their countries of origin?
    We encourage you to draw on personal experiences when possible and focus on providing your own creative
    solutions for managing migration in a way that most benefits young people. You do not have to be a migrant
    yourself to respond on this essay, as you may refer to the experience of your friends and family or other
    migrants who enter, leave or move within your country. As migration is a multi-dimensional issue, please feel
    free to explore any aspect of migration that you relate to most, such as :
    Rural to urban migration
    international migration policy
    role of diasporas
    forced migration
    integration of immigrants
    migration and development
    remittances
    skilled migration / brain drain

    Essay
    Your essay may not be longer than 4000 words (about 10 pages of standard text).
    Essays are accepted in the following formats: .doc or .pdf.
    You are also required to provide a summary of no more than 250 words. The summary will be used by
    the jury to make a pre-selection.

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