 We are reliant for our health, our food and our economy on the movement of people. Human mobility is inextricably linked with sustainable development. COVID-19 and extraordinary mobility restrictions enforced around the world have immediate and potentially long-term impact on the attainment of many of the sustainable development goals. Some of the sector's most vital to our economies and societies rely on over 164 million migrant workers around the world. Current mobility restrictions have severely limited migrants access and contribution to employment, leading to worker shortages which impact our food security and health systems in both developed and developing countries. If left unaddressed, this will exacerbate existing high levels of inequality within and between countries, especially as remittances are expected to sharply decline, reversing progress made in a fight against poverty. It will also impact nutrition, health and education attainment, which will hamper the efforts of the international community to fulfill the sustainable development goals. This could also lead to increased unsafe or irregular migration. The COVID-19 crisis is a wake-up call. It is an opportunity to rethink how we look at migration since our dependency on human mobility for healthy economies and societies has never been clearer. We must restore the conditions for migration to continue being a central enabler of sustainable development. This includes lifting temporary human mobility restrictions while designing smart border crossing measures which mitigate any related health risks of movement. Governments need to address the challenges facing internal migrants through cash transfers. Universal health coverage needs to become a key focus of international cooperation. Through inclusive, social, economic and fiscal responses, the skills, resources and business networks of migrants need to be maximized to support the recovery of economies and societies. To achieve this, we need strong international cooperation anchored in the global compact for migrations integrated approach to safe, orderly and regular migration and fulfill the 2030s agendas promise to leave no one behind.