Migration, Identity and Sovereignty - Facts and figures from case studies part 1

When did China’s manufacturing industries grow rapidly?

Late 1970s after the 1978 open door policy

In 1989 how many rural migrants were working in China’s cities and how many by 2008?

1989 - 30 million

2008 - 140 million

In 2020, how many Romanians migrated to Germany?

200,000

How many countries are part of the Schengen agreement as of 1st Jan 2025?

29

In 2020 how many international migrants were there across the world?

281 million

In 2020 which country was the biggest recipient of migrants?

USA

How many international migrants went to the US in 2020 and what percent of its population did they make up?

50.6m migrants making up 15% of the population

What percentage of Qatar’s population in 2020 was made up of migrants?

73%

How many people living in Japan in 2017 weren’t of Japanese nationality?

2.1%

In 2015, what percent of people who made the Mediterranean crossing came from war-torn countries?

60%

In 2021, how many people crossed the Mediterranean and arrived in Europe? How many of these people died or went missing on the journey?

123,000 crossed 3,200 died or went missing

Since 2014 how many people have died attempting to cross the Mediterranean?

25,000

How many people move a significant distance within England and Wales eah year?

1 million

In 2015, what percentage of people in the EU were living in a different country to the one they were born in?

4%

When was the British EU referendum? and when did Brexit actually happen?

2016 + 2020

How many Mexican immigrants live in the US?

11 million

What percentage of Iceland’s population is ethnically Icelandic?

93%

What percentage of Iceland’s population speak Icelandic?

96%

What year did Singapore become an independent nation?

1965

When was the Sykes-Picot agreement made?

1916

When was the Crimean Peninsula part of Russia?

1783 - 1954

When did crimea become part of Ukraine?

1954

When did Ukraine become independent?

1991

What year did Russia launch a full scale invasion of Ukraine? and how may refugees did this create?

2022, 7.8million