At 4.8 million, India has highest number of adults wanting to migrate
Globally 66 million adults
want to leave their countries; US, UK are most preferred destinations
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NEWS : India has the second highest number of adults planning to
migrate to other countries with the US and the UK among the most favoured
destinations, according to a report by the UN migration agency.
The UN migration agency,
the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), in its report
'Measuring Global Migration Potential 2010-2015', which analyses people's
migration intentions globally for the period 2010-2015, noted that globally 1.3
per cent of the adult population or 66 million people said they were planning
to migrate permanently within the next 12 months.
The most popular destination for those planning to migrate
is the US followed by the UK, Saudi Arabia, France, Canada, Germany and South
Africa.
Half of those planning to migrate live in just 20 countries,
led by Nigeria and followed by India, Congo, Sudan, Bangladesh and China.
At 4.8 million people, India has the highest number of
adults planning and preparing to migrate - 3.5 million people who are planning
and 1.3 million who are preparing.
For Nigeria, the number stands at 5.1 million people, Congo
4.1 million, and China and Bangladesh at 2.7 million each.
The findings by IOM's Global Migration Data Centre (GMDAC)
shows that less than half a per cent of adults worldwide or 23 million people
are actively making preparations to migrate abroad. One in three adults
surveyed plans to migrate to a developing country.
West Africa, South Asia and North Africa are the regions
with the largest migration potential.
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