Migration has always been part of human history. But because of
widespread changes caused by globalization, more people are
migrating than ever before, prompting some to call our own
generation “the age of migration.” In the last 25 years the
number of people on the move has doubled from 100 million to
nearly 200 million people. One out of every 35 people around the
world are now living away from their homelands. This is roughly
the equivalent of the population of Brazil, the fifth-largest
country on the planet. Many migrants are forcibly uprooted:
Approximately 30 million to 40 million are undocumented, 24
million are internally displaced, and almost 10 million are
refugees. As one of the most complex issues in the world,
migration underscores not only conflict at geographical borders
but also between national security and human insecurity,
sovereign rights and human rights, civil law and natural law,
and citizenship and discipleship. Hotly debated, much has been
written about the social, political, economic