Immigration analyst Alex Nowrasteh on World Migrant Day

World Today

This year on International Migrants day, the International organization for Migration is calling on the global community to remember those who have disappeared on journeys, trying to find a better life.

CCTV America’s Rachelle Akuffo spoke to Alex Nowrasteh, Immigration policy analyst at the Cato Institute’s Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity.

Immigration analyst Alex Nowrasteh on World Migrant Day

This year on International Migrants day, the International organization for Migration is calling on the global community to remember those who have disappeared on journeys, trying to find a better life. CCTV America's Rachelle Akuffo spoke to Alex Nowrasteh, Immigration policy analyst at the Cato Institute's Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity.


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International Migrants Day is meant to raise awareness for people like the ones whose plight is like that of thousands of Rohingya Muslims who have fled violence in Myanmar in recent years. Then only to fall prey to human traffickers in Thailand and Malaysia. All that has been happening despite a crackdown on the trade in Thailand earlier this year. CCTV America’s Tony Cheng filed a compelling story on this here: