Fast facts on how Greeks see migrants as Greece-Turkey border crisis deepens
As a standoff escalates at the Greece-Turkey border, here’s how people in Greece see migrants, as well as how many migrants live in Greece.
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As a standoff escalates at the Greece-Turkey border, here’s how people in Greece see migrants, as well as how many migrants live in Greece.
The movement of people across borders has halted in much of the world as countries close their borders in response to the coronavirus outbreak.
The number of unauthorized immigrants living in Europe increased between 2014 and 2016, then leveled off to an estimated 3.9 million to 4.8 million in 2017, according to new estimates from Pew Research Center.
Canada resettled 28,000 refugees in 2018, similar to its 2017 total. Meanwhile, the U.S. resettled 23,000, down from the previous year.
The size of Europe’s unauthorized immigrant population in 2017 was less than half the number in the United States.
Money sent by immigrants to their home countries in sub-Saharan Africa reached a record $41 billion in 2017.
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.
Roughly 20 million people who were born in a country now a part of the European Union have moved from their birth country and now live in another EU nation.
India has a long history of migration, as both the source of and destination for many international migrants. Here are five facts about India and migration.
The UK has the fifth-largest immigrant population in the world, at 8.5 million.
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