Throughout the history of mankind, migration has been a constant companion. Today, migration has become a major policy issue in the wake of globalization, enhanced international trade in goods and services and capital flows. Divergences in social and economic development and income disparities increased migration flows mainly of economic migrants for which, unlike political refugees, established multilateral disciplines and rules that do not properly exist in international law and relations people lived outside their country of origin. Enhanced migration flows due to a multitude of factors, such as war, climate and in economic disparities are at the root of current populism and international tensions. It bears to the potential to threat international peace and security, and thus potentially qualifies as a common concern of humankind. The paper expounds the potential of the principle of Common Concern of Humankind in structuring future developments of international law of migration, enhancing duties to cooperate, compliance and obligations to act in the field. It is submitted that Common Concern of Humankind offers a new narrative, stressing migration as as common task of humankind which no longer can be dealt with in isolation by nation states.