short readsDec 16, 2022 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.
short readsJan 25, 2019 Latin America, Caribbean no longer world’s fastest growing source of international migrants Growth in the number of emigrants from Latin America and the Caribbean has slowed – due in large part to a slowdown of people leaving Mexico.
short readsDec 11, 2017 Afghans who worked for U.S. government make up growing share of special immigrant visa recipients More than two-thirds of special immigrant visas have gone to Afghans (48,601) since fiscal 2007. Iraqis have received 21,961 such visas.
short readsMar 15, 2017 European asylum applications remained near record levels in 2016 In 2016, European Union countries, Norway and Switzerland received more than 1.2 million asylum applications, below the record 1.3 million applications received in 2015.