Migrants' contribution to building blue economy

I am a migrant. I have been a migrant since my childhood. For various opportunities, from studies to work, I have spent more time overseas than in my own country of origin. I can also say that both my heart and my home are in more than one country.

As Chief of Mission of IOM (the UN Migration Agency) in Kenya, I was honored to be one of the partners of Kenya’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the Global Diaspora Forum, a side event in the recently-concluded Sustainable Blue Economy Conference in Nairobi. It was the first global conference on the sustainable blue economy, bringing together more than 17,000 participants from 183 countries.