{"id":17913,"date":"2021-01-15T17:00:11","date_gmt":"2021-01-15T17:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.un.org\/feed\/view\/en\/audio\/2021\/01\/1082212"},"modified":"2021-01-15T17:00:11","modified_gmt":"2021-01-15T17:00:11","slug":"migration-will-continue-to-rise-despite-pandemic-says-un-official-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/01\/15\/migration-will-continue-to-rise-despite-pandemic-says-un-official-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Migration will continue to rise, despite pandemic, says UN official"},"content":{"rendered":"
Migration is part of the modern world, and it is not going away despite a COVID slowdown, a UN official has told UN News.<\/p>\n
Jorge Bravo from the\u00a0UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), explained to Conor Lennon from UN News that\u00a0the longer-term trend is showing an increase in the numbers of people leaving their countries of origin to live elsewhere.<\/p>\n