 On this 70th anniversary of IOM, I am pleased to present to you the 11th edition of our flagship publication, The World Migration Report 2022, one of IOM's key contributions to promoting balanced and evidence-based understanding of migration, and a central part of our commitment to supporting policy-relevant migration research. This latest edition comes at a time when the world is grappling with the COVID-19 pandemic and mobility restrictions, whose implications, including for migrants, cannot be overstated. The World Migration Report 2022 sets out in clear and accurate terms the changes occurring in migration and mobility globally, presenting the latest key global and regional migration data and trends, as well as salient and emerging issues. These are complex issues, such as the impacts of COVID-19 on migration, mobility, and migrants globally. There is information about migration and the slow, unseq impacts of climate change, among others. This year's edition of the World Migration Report is supplemented by a range of digital tools, such as the new online interactive platform, which allows users to explore and interact with highly visual data, making it accessible to all our audiences. I am proud to say that the World Migration Report team won recognition in two categories of the International Annual Report Design Awards 2021, in both the online and PDF categories for the 2020 edition of the report. As United Nations Migration Agency, we have an obligation to dismissify the complexity and diversity of human mobility. We hope that this 2022 edition of the World Migration Report and its related tools become key resources for you, be it in studies, research and analysis, policymaking, communication, or migration practice.