The coronavirus pandemic has slowed international migration by almost 30 p.c, with round two million fewer migrants between 2019 and 2020, in keeping with a UN report launched on Friday.
Some 281 million folks have been residing outdoors their nation of origin in 2020.
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The report, entitled “International Migration 2020,” confirmed that two-thirds of registered migrants lived in simply 20 nations, with the United States on the high of the checklist, with 51 million worldwide migrants in 2020.
Next got here Germany with 16 million, Saudi Arabia with 13 million, Russia with 12 million, and Britain with 9 million.
India topped the checklist of nations with the biggest diasporas in 2020, with 18 million Indians residing outdoors their nation of beginning.
Other nations with a big transnational neighborhood embody Mexico and Russia, every with 11 million, China with 10 million, and Syria with eight million.
In 2020, the biggest variety of worldwide migrants resided in Europe, with a complete of 87 million.
Nearly half of worldwide migrants resided within the area they got here from, with Europe accounting for the biggest share of intra-regional migration. Seventy p.c of migrants born in Europe stay in one other European nation.
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Last Update: Saturday, 16 January 2021 KSA 01:34 – GMT 22:34
