Facts of migration#3

There are over 50 million migrants from Asia and the Pacific worldwide
The main destinations are the United States, the Russian Federation and, in the case of the Pacific, New Zealand
Emerging destination countries from India – the region’s main exporter of migrants, with 22 per cent of total migrant – include Malaysia and the Arab oil exporting countries
There is also a significant intra-regional migration to Australia, China (Hong Kong), Japan and Singapore, while Central Asian migrants go predominantly to the Russian Federation and Kazakhstan
Migrants working in industrialised countries sent more than $300 billion to developing nations in 2006

Source: The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

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