next Image 1 of 2prev Image 2 of 2Defying fierce opposition from the United States and a few other nations, nearly 85 percent of the countries at the U.N. agreed Monday on a sweeping yet non-binding accord to ensure safe, orderly and humane migration. "Unregulated migration bears a terrible human cost: a cost in lives lost on perilous journeys across deserts, oceans and rivers; and a cost in lives ruined at the hands of smugglers, unscrupulous employers and other predators," U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told a migration conference in Marrakech, Morocco. "More than 60,000 migrants have died on the move since the year 2000," he said. It can also involve high-skilled workers from developed nations looking for opportunities beyond their homelands. Since then, right-wing and anti-immigration movements have enjoyed a surge in political support in pockets of Europe.

Source: Fox News December 10, 2018 12:11 UTC