Migration - general psd

What was the net migration into the UK in the year up to June 2024?

728,000

What percentage of people were living outside their country of origin in 2020?

3.6%

What was the record net migration into the UK in the year up to June 2023?

906,000

How much does it cost the UK per year to keep asylum seekers in hotels?

£3bn/year

How big was the non-UK-born population in the UK in 2020?

9.5 million

When did the Syrian Civil War start?

2011

When was the European Migrant Crisis?

2014-2019

How many Syrians were displaced during the Syrian Civil War?

14 million

How many Syrians came to Europe to request asylum?

1.3 million

What percentage of Syrian migrants were under 18?

25%

What percentage of all of Europe’s asylum claims were Syrian?

29%

How many member states in the EU?

27

When was the Schengen Agreement?

1985

How many people migrated from one EU member state to another in 2022?

1.5 million

What percentage of all migration to EU countries was intra-regional?

52%

What was the total worldwide remittances in 2023?

$860bn

How much were remittance flows into Ukraine in 2022?

$18.2bn (11% of GDP)

By how much does a 1% increase in migrant population increase a country’s GDP?

2%

What proportion of its skilled professionals has Ethiopia lost over the past 10 years?

75%

Give an example of inter-regional migration

South Asia to Gulf States

What percentage of all international migrants are aged 15-24?

11%

What percentage of all international migrants are women and girls?

48%

What percentage of all human trafficking victims are women and girls?

71%

How much of all remittances in 2013 were sent between countries in the South?

2/3

What are the respective HDIs of Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast?

0.45 and 0.53

How much of Burkinabe migration is to the Ivory Coast?

2/3

In 2013, how many Ivorians lived in Burkina Faso?

560,000

In 2013, how many Burkinabe lived in Ivory Coast?

1.46 million

What are the respective HDIs of Myanmar and Thailand?

0.59 and 0.80

What percentage of migrants from Myanmar live in Thailand?

70%

What are the respective proportion of the population in poverty in Myanmar and Thailand?

1/4 and 9%

When did Russia first invade Ukraine? (recent conflict)

Feb 2022

How many Ukrainian refugees were there across Europe as of Feb 2023?

8 million

By how much did the number of homeless Ukrainians in the UK increase in March 2023?

44%

What percentage of Ukrainian migrants were women and girls?

90%

Give an example of an open door migration policy

EU

Give an example of a quota migration policy. How many immigrant visas available annually?

USA - 675,000

Give an example of a skills test based migration policy. How many points required?

Australia - 65

What percentage of asylum seekers did Canada grant asylum to?

60%

When did Denmark tighten their immigration laws?

2010