The push for migration governance is typically situated in destination countries wherein the objective is to better manage migration to reduce irregular migration and ensure that migration is filling labour gaps and facilitating economic growth. This is also reflected in the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM) wherein 7 (objectives 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12) of the 23 objectives focus on reducing different dimensions of irregular migration. In addition, there is a Western bias in the understanding of migration governance, as something that is located squarely in the developed world27. Debates about the merits of multiculturalism, models of migrant integration and limits of cultural freedoms dominate public discourses and policy discussions in traditional migrant receiving countries like UK, Canada, Australia and United States. These discussions preclude a transnational framework that would consider the lives and motivations of migrants in the pre-migration phase and the role of the sending countries in facilitating regular migration. However, if the objective of migration governance is to facilitate migration lead development and even reduce irregular migration, overlooking how migration is pursued and understood in the sending country is counterintuitive. In addition, in sending countries combatting irregular migration entails moving beyond a largely ineffective legalistic approach and engaging with the social and cultural reasons why people engage in irregular migration.