Migration can increase the burden on the host cities regarding the need for additional development, as outlined in the Global Compact on Refugees (United Nations, The future we want. Retrieved from UN Sustainable Development, 2012). With an increase in the number of people in a particular region/area, economic activities, the use of natural resources, (urban) infrastructure operations, equal access and distribution of food and water, as well as essential services such as accommodation, health, and quality of education are affected. Each of these elements contributes to achieving sustainable development of a city. As Brown (Migration and climate change. International Organization for Migration, 2008) argues, in the short term, forced migration due to climate change can influence the achievement of SDGs. In the long term, climate change-forced migration (such as migration due to sea-level rises) can roll back the progress that has been achieved so far as it interrupts the provision of education and health-related services, both of which relate to several SDGs such as universal primary education (SDG 2) and reducing child and maternal mortality, as well as combating HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases (SDG 4 and 5) (Brown, Migration and climate change. International Organization for Migration, 2008). Therefore, regardless of whether migration is caused by climate change or other issues, the hosting cities need to ensure that migrants can contribute to their sustainability efforts. Therefore, a focus should be on capacity development, as many migrants have limited access to resources and might feel powerless. Therefore, this chapter links concepts related to sustainable urban development and refugees, such as empowerment, challenges before achieving sustainability, the need for skills development, especially for refugees and asylum seekers, and social entrepreneurship as an avenue for empowerment.