What are the highlights of the World Immigration Report?

The United Nations Organization for International Migration (IOM) and the global think tank jointly released the Chinese version of the World Migration Report 20 18 recently. By analyzing global and regional migration data, the report presents the complexity of migration issues from different dimensions, and provides empirical analysis and policy suggestions for practitioners, policy makers and researchers in the field of migration.

The report shows that by 20 15, the number of international immigrants in the world has reached 244 million, far exceeding 19901530,000, but the proportion of immigrants in the world population has remained relatively stable. In 20 15, immigrants accounted for 3.3% of the world's total population, and immigrants of working age (20 to 64 years old) were the main part of immigrants, accounting for 72% of the total number of immigrants.

By 20 15, Europe and Asia will receive the largest number of immigrants in the world, accounting for 62% of the total number of immigrants in the world, followed by North America, Africa, Latin America and Oceania. The United States is the world's largest immigrant destination country, while India is the world's largest immigrant exporter, exporting more than 6,543,800 immigrants.

According to the report, the available data show that in recent decades, due to the increasing number of immigrants, remittances have generally increased, from 654.38+026 billion US dollars in 2000 to 575 billion US dollars in 2065.438+06. Since11990s, remittances have greatly exceeded the total amount of official assistance projects aimed at helping the economic development of developing countries. High-income countries are important sources of remittances, and the United States, Saudi Arabia and Switzerland are the most important remittance countries in the world.

Source:? Economic Daily