International Migrant Stock 2019

 

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According to the International Migrant Stock 2019, India has emerged as the leading country of origin for immigrants across the world.

International Migrant Stock 2019 is a dataset released by the Union Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs in New York.

 

 

Highlights

• Indian diaspora with, 17.5 million, is the largest in the world.
• Indian Diaspora now comprises 6.4% of the total global migrant population
• The United Arab Emirates was the top destination of Indian migrants followed by the US, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Oman.
• Bangladesh was a top source of migrants to India, followed by Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and China.
• In China’s case, the top source of migrants were from South Korea, Brazil, Phillpines and Indonesia.
• Globally, in 2019, the number of international migrants worldwide was nearly 272 million.
• More than half of all international migrants lived in Europe (82 million) or Northern America (59 million).
• Women comprised slightly less than half of all international migrants.
• Europe hosts the largest number of international migrants, followed by North America, North Africa and Western Asia.
• In 2019, equivalent to 14% of global migrant population, were under 20 years of age.

 

The estimates are based on official national statistics on the foreign born or the foreign population obtained from population censuses, population registered or nationally representative surveys.

 

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• It helps countries make informed decisions by providing a wealth of information through its publications and databases.

 

Source: The Hindu

 

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