Contemporary Migration Research SOC 797
Kateřina Sidiropulu Janků
B. Nadya Jaworsky
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Why Migration Matters in the 21st Century
•Who is a migrant?
•The United Nations defines migrants as persons living outside of their home country for more than
one year.
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Migration in the 21st century
•High proportion of women
•Traditional distinction between countries of origin, transit, and destination for migrants has
become increasingly blurred. •Temporary migration has become much more important.

Who is a migrant?
•Three main (fuzzy) dimensions of distinction:
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•“voluntary” vs. “forced”
•economic vs. political
•“legal” vs. “illegal”
•PLUS:
•permanent vs. temporary

How many migrants?
•244 million in 2015 - Estimated number of international migrants worldwide, which has increased
41% from an estimated 150 million in 2000. Growth slowed after 2010.
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•3.3% - Percentage of the world's population are migrants. In other words, 1 of out of every 30
persons in the world today is an international migrant (vs. 1 out of 35 in 2000).
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•It’s 1 in 7 if you count the 763 million that includes internal migrants.
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•http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/migration/publications/migrationreport/docs/Migra
tionReport2015_Highlights.pdf

How many migrants?
•However, the percentage of migrants varies greatly from country to country. Countries with a high
percentage of migrants include United Arab Emirates (83.7%), Qatar (73.8%), Kuwait (70%) and
Singapore (42.9%), in Europe, Liechtenstein (33.1%) and Luxembourg (43.3%)
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•Countries with the lowest percentage of migrants are represented by India and Haiti (0.4%),
Tunisia and Peru (0.3%), Philippines and Somalia (0.2%), China, Indonesia, Madagascar and Vietnam
(0.1%), from the European Union, Czech Republic (4.4%), Slovakia (3.3%), Bulgaria (1.2%), and
Romania and Poland (0.9%).
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How many migrants?
•Facebook (1.86 billion as of December 2016)
•China (1.382 billion est. for 2016)
•India (1.326 billion est. for 2016)
•European Union (510 million as of January 2016)
•United States (324 million as of January 2017)
•Indonesia (260 million est. for 2016)
•International Migrants (244 million in 2015)
•Brazil (209 million est. for 2016)
•Pakistan (192 million est. for 2016)
•Nigeria (186 million est. for 2016)
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Where are the migrants?
(total land mass)
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•http://knowledge.allianz.com/demographics/migration_minorities/?668/real-earth-population-patterns
-demographics-worldwide
The total land area of the 200 territories depicted on the map is around 13 billion hectares. /
Credits: www.worldmapper.org
•http://knowledge.allianz.com/demographics/migration_minorities/?668/real-earth-population-patterns
-demographics-worldwide

Where are the migrants? (emigrants)
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This map reflects the origins of the world’s emigrants. / Credits: www.worldmapper.org
•http://knowledge.allianz.com/demographics/migration_minorities/?668/real-earth-population-patterns
-demographics-worldwide

Where are the migrants?
(net emigration)
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This map shows territories that are losing people due to migration. Mexico is the country with the
... / Credits: www.worldmapper.org
•http://knowledge.allianz.com/demographics/migration_minorities/?668/real-earth-population-patterns
-demographics-worldwide

Where are the migrants? (immigrants)
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This map reflects the number of people that live in a country different from the one they were born
... / Credits: www.worldmapper.org
•http://knowledge.allianz.com/demographics/migration_minorities/?668/real-earth-population-patterns
-demographics-worldwide

Where are the migrants?
(net immigration)
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Regions experiencing the highest net immigration are North America, Western Europe, and the Middle
... / Credits: www.worldmapper.org
•http://knowledge.allianz.com/demographics/migration_minorities/?668/real-earth-population-patterns
-demographics-worldwide

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VWBAhEAVIO4/Slinrpe5oiI/AAAAAAAAD2o/_zRKU0XbLBs/s1600/international+migra
tion.png
•http://www.irregularmigration.info/2009/07/international-migration-visual-aid_4855.html
•Diagram 1: The Starting and Continuation of International Migration

•The average number of people displaced by natural disasters, including floods, storms and
droughts, has averaged 22.5 million a year since 2008 and is growing.


•INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION (IOM)
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•KEY MIGRATION TERMS:
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•https://www.iom.int/key-migration-terms
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•http://www.iom.int/world-migration
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•THE AGE OF MIGRATION PAGE WEBLINKS:
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•http://www.age-of-migration.com/resources/weblinks.html
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