Key facts about recent trends in global migration
The number of international migrants grew to 281 million in 2020; 3.6% of the world’s people lived outside their country of birth that year.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
The number of international migrants grew to 281 million in 2020; 3.6% of the world’s people lived outside their country of birth that year.
Ahead of President Joe Biden’s third State of the Union address Americans are focused on the health of the economy and immigration.
More than 3.7 million Ukrainians have fled to neighboring countries – the sixth-largest refugee outflow over the past 60-plus years.
U.S. Hispanics are less likely than other Americans to say increasing deportations or a larger wall along the border will help the situation.
At least 81 voting members of Congress (15%) are foreign born or have at least one parent who was born in another country.
At least 76 of the voting members of the 117th Congress are foreign born or have at least one parent born in another country.
In some EU nations, sizable minorities speak something other than their country’s national language in their household.
Majorities in top migrant destination countries say immigrants strengthen their countries. Yet publics are divided on immigrants’ willingness to adopt their host country’s customs.
Every year, we publish hundreds of reports, blog posts, digital essays and other studies. Here are some of our most noteworthy findings from the past year.
As the number of international migrants reaches new highs, people around the world show little appetite for more migration – both into and out of their countries.
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