Migration key statistics

• Migration


  The movement of people from one country to live in another for at least a year
• The percentage of people who have migrated globally is 3.5%
• Main migrant corridors

  • East Asia to US
  • England to Australia
  • India to England
  • Brazil to Japan
• Reasons why migration has increased

  • Economic migrants seeking jobs
  • Larger numbers of refugees and asylum seekers
• There are 25.9 million refugees and 3.5 million asylum seekers migrating
• The type of graph used was an infographic - human sphere
• Remittances


  A transfer of money by a foreign worker to an individual in their home country
• How migrants bring opportunities


  • Tax money
  • Jobs
  • Culture
• Migrants face challenges such as human rights violations
• Net migration


  The difference in the number of total immigrants and the total emigrants
• Economic migrants


  Someone who leaves their country of origin in hopes of earning more and getting a better standard of life
• Refugee


  Someone who is forced to flee their country of origin due to persecution, conflict, violence or natural hazards
• Pull factor


  A perceived advantage which attracts a migrant to a country
• Data sources used to calculate an HDI

  • GDP per capita
  • Literacy rate
  • Life expectancy