Union Minister Kiren Rijiju today left for Sochi in Russia to attend the first BRICS Migration Ministers' Conference which aims at bringing member nations to a consensus on issues concerning migration. The representatives of BRICS nations — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — will deliberate on how to bring the member countries to a consensus on the basic issues concerning migration, including the opportunities, challenges and problems pertaining to regular and illegal migration.<br/><br/>The meeting will also discuss subjects like 'migration as the factor of the successful development of the society in the context of the migration processes', 'influence on the socio-economic and demographic situation in the world' and 'new challenges and strategies in the frames of the transnational character of the migration flows'.