Insights into Global Migration: Statistics, Impacts, and Realities
The world's migrant population is estimated at around 280 million internationally and 750 million domestically, with about 85 million forcibly displaced individuals. The US hosts over 50 million migrants, significantly more than other countries, but as a percentage of the population, the US is comparable to nations like France and the UK. Unauthorized immigrants in the US contribute significantly to the economy, pay taxes, and have lower crime rates than native-born Americans. Katrina Diaspora and various aspects of migration decision-making are also explored in this informative content.
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with E. JAMES WEST MIGRATION NOW
Today, number of international migrants estimated to be around 280 million globally. Domestic migration estimated to be at least another 750 million. Around 85 million people are forcibly displaced - c.48 million IDPs - c.27 million refugees - c.5 million asylum seekers
About half of all international migrants reside in 10 countries The US migrant population (circa 50 million) is more than three times larger than the next largest migrant population
However, as a percentage of the total population, the US migrant population (15.3%) is comparable to nations such as France (13.1%) and the UK (13.8%), and significantly lower than countries such as Canada (21.3%) and Australia (30.1%)
IRS estimates suggest that a significant majority of unauthorized immigrants file income tax returns and pay billion of dollars of Social Security and Medicare contributions each year. Most studies indicate that illegal immigrants contribute far more to the US economy than they cost through things such as crime or services used. for every dollar spent on public services for undocumented immigrants, they provide $1.21 in fiscal revenue for the state of Texas Jose Ivan Rodriguez-Sanchez (Baker Institute of Public Policy) Crime rates are significantly lower for both legal and illegal immigrants compared to native-born Americans.
Decision-making about departure, destination, and length of stay is best conceptualized in a continuum from relatively free, via different forms of constraints and coercion, to forced distance of migration may be short, medium, or long migration might be seasonal, annual, multi-annual, or permanent some, wanting to return, become unwillingly permanent migrants because conditions in the society of origin remain uninviting, while others adjust and stay as unintentionally permanent migrants (HARZIG et. al, 2015) Migration is as American as apple pie (FONER, 2022)
