18 December – International Migrants Day

Since 2014, nearly 70,000 migrants have died or gone missing along land and sea routes, with the true number likely much higher.

Each recorded death represents a person whose loss deeply affects their family and reverberates throughout communities and societies. This is a silent humanitarian crisis, and it’s one we can solve.

Play the video. Listen for main ideas and note the recommendations for each of five key areas of focus. Listen again to one of the five areas that interests you most, and try to catch as much detail as you can.

You can find out more about the lives of migrant workers in the listening in unit 9 of Develop Your English: with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.