On 4 December 2000, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), taking into account the large and increasing number of migrants in the world, proclaimed December 18 as International Migrants Day. The day was selected to mark the anniversary of the 1990 adoption by the UNGA of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights all Migrants and the Members of Their Families. With over two million individuals in the Jamaican Diaspora and the majority residing in the United Kingdom (UK), it is important that we acknowledge the sacrifices they have made to seek a better life for themselves and their families, after leaving home to forge a new path in the unknown.
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