Bimal Ghosh is Senior Fellow at the Graduate School of International and Development Studies, Geneva, Switzerland, and Emeritus Professor at Colombia Graduate School of Public Administration, Bogota, Colombia. Previously a senior director in the United Nations, he directed the multi-year, global project on migration management, led several international missions, and served as an adviser/consultant to global commissions/conferences and various international organisations on migration, development and human rights issues. Ghosh has published numerous books and journals articles, and is acclaimed for his seminal contributions on migration management and refugee integration and is a recipient of prestigious national honours for his work.