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World Migration Report 2022

Since 2000, IOM has been producing its flagship world migration reports every two years. The World Migration Report 2022, the eleventh in the world migration report series, has been produced to contribute to increased understanding of migration and mobility throughout the world. This new edition presents key data and information on migration as well as thematic chapters on highly topical migration issues, and is structured to focus on two key contributions for readers: Part I: key information on migration and migrants (including migration-related statistics); Part II: balanced, evidence-based analysis of complex and emerging migration issues. This flagship World Migration Report…

World Migration Report 2020

Since 2000, IOM has been producing world migration reports. The World Migration Report 2020, the tenth in the world migration report series, has been produced to contribute to increased understanding of migration throughout the world. This new edition presents key data and information on migration as well as thematic chapters on highly topical migration issues. The vast majority of people continue to live in the countries in which they were born —only one in 30 are migrants. In most discussions on migration, the starting point is usually numbers. Understanding changes in scale, emerging trends and shifting demographics related to global…

International Migration Report 2019

Increase in global number of international migrants continues to outpace growth of the world’s population The number of international migrants globally reached an estimated 272 million in 2019, an increase of 51 million since 2010. Currently, international migrants comprise 3.5 per cent of the global population, compared to 2.8 per cent in the year 2000, according to new estimates released by the United Nations today. The International Migrant Stock 2019, a dataset released by the Population Division of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) today, provides the latest estimates of the number of international migrants by age, sex…

Chinese Immigrants Report 2018

The Globalization Think Tank (CCG), the Social Sciences Literature Press, and the Development Research Institute of Southwestern University of Finance and Economics jointly released the “International Talent Blue Book: China International Migration Report (2018)”. The report was edited by Dr. Wang Huiyao, Director of the Globalization Think Tank (CCG), and Dr. Miao Lu, Deputy Director and Secretary-General, edited by the Globalization Think Tank (CCG) and the Development Research Institute of Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, and published by the Social Sciences Literature Press.

Chinese Social Stratification Issue 2016

“In the future, Chinese society will face a series of stern challenges,” said the China Family Panel Studies 2015 report, produced by the Institute of Social Science Survey at Peking University.“At the same time that our nation’s total wealth has rapidly grown, there are increasingly pronounced imbalances in Chinese society,” it said. “This is reflected not only in the polarization of incomes and wealth, but also in plainly observable disparities in education, health and other social protections.” The report, drawing on the results of an annual survey covering more than 35,000 adults and 13,000 families, warns that more needs to…

Chinese Material and Spirit Issue 2016

A global poll of attitudes toward wealth has found what many domestic critics allege already: Chinese today are just too materialistic. The survey was conducted by the French market research company Ipsos in September and polled more than 16,000 adults in 20 countries. Chinese respondents topped the list in measuring success by their possessions, coming in more than double the global average, according to the results published last week. Seventy-one percent of Chinese respondents agreed with the statement “I measure my success by the things I own,” far higher than respondents from its East Asian neighbors South Korea, at 45 percent,…

Chinese Immigrants Issue 2016

The Wall Street Journal – According to Eric Jensen and some other researchers of the U.S. Census Bureau, China has become its biggest immigrant source. In the year of 2013, around 147 thousand Chinese immigrated into the U.S. China Wealth Report (2013) indicated that over 60% of the wealthy Chinese were considering to or had already emigrated through investments. Besides, China and Global Think Tank CCG published the International Talent Bluebook – Chinese immigrants report (2014), revealing the potential increase in emigration rate from China due to some severe environmental situations, especially air pollution.