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5-Nov-2019: World Migration Report 2020

Since 2000, IOM has been producing world migration reports. The World Migration Report 2020, the tenth in the world migration report series, has been produced to contribute to increased understanding of migration throughout the world. This flagship World Migration Report has been produced in line with IOM’s Environment Policy.

Key findings:

  • India accounts for the highest share with 17.5 million Indians living outside the country.
  • India is the leading recipient of remittances. International remittances in 2018 (2020 report) reached $689 billion, out of which India received $78.6 billion from the 17.5 million living abroad.
  • Remittances received by India have consistently increased between the 2005 and 2020.
  • The top migration corridors for Indians are the United Arab Emirates, the US and Saudi Arabia.
  • Highest number of migrants entering India come from Bangladesh.

Global scenario:

  • As compared to the 2000 Global Migration Report, the number of international migrants has nearly doubled in the 2020 report, from 150 million to 272 million.
  • India is followed by Mexico (11.8 million) and China (10.7 million).
  • Roughly two-thirds of international migrants are labour migrants.
  • The United States was the top remittance-issuer, at $68 billion, followed by the United Arab Emirates ($44.4 billion) and Saudi Arabia ($36.1 billion).
  • The top destinations for international migrants is the US where, as of September 2019, there were 50.7 million international migrants.
  • The US is followed by Germany, Saudi Arabia, Russian Federation and the UK.
  • The proportion of female international migrants has only marginally changed between the two reports, from 47.5% in 2000 to 47.9%.
  • The share of international migrants who were children has dropped from 16% in 2000 to 13.9%.
  • Oceania is the region with the highest proportion of international migrants.
  • The UAE is the country with the highest proportion of international migrants.
  • More than half of all international migrants (141 million) live in Europe and North America.

Reasons for migration:

  • Economic conditions.
  • Ongoing conflicts and violence.
  • Impact of climate and weather disasters.

1-Dec-2017: World Migration Report 2018

Since 2000, International Organization for Migration(IOM) has been producing world migration reports. This World Migration Report 2018, the ninth in the world migration report series is meant to better contribute to increase the understanding of current and strategic migration issues throughout the world.

Indian tops the world in the number of migrants sent abroad. About 16.59 million Indian live abroad. Mexico sent out 13 million migrants, the second highest number.

The United Arab Emirates has the largest number of Indian migrants, who number 3.31 million, up from 978,992 in 2000, followed by the US with 2.3 million, up from 1.04 million.

The number of migrant from other countries living in India is 5.2 million, a fall of 1.22 million from 2000.

In Europe, there are 1.3 million people from India. Britain has most of them.

Canada now has 602,144 people from India, an increase from 319,138 in 2000.

Australia showed a huge jump of more than four times, from 90,719 people from India in 2000 to 408,880 now.

Most of the international migration takes place among developing countries with 60% of the migrants from Asia going to other Asian countries. About $400 billion is sent to developing countries by migrants and the remittances are used to finance education, housing and other activities that promote development.

World Migration Report presents key data and information on migration as well as thematic chapters on highly topical migration issues, and is structured to focus on two key contributions for readers: Part I: key information on migration and migrants (including migration-related statistics); and Part II: balanced, evidence-based analysis of complex and emerging migration issues. The two parts are intended to provide both overview information that helps to explain migration patterns and processes globally and regionally, and insights and recommendations on major issues that policymakers are or soon will be grappling with.