ABSTRACT
International migration has become one of the key characteristics of the increasingly interconnected world of the early twenty-first century (Castles & Miller, 2009). While many of these migrants are f leeing persecution or natural disasters, economic migration is highly significant. Between 1970 and 2010, the number of international migrants more than doubled to 213.9 million. While Europe had the largest share of the world’s international migrants in 2010, largely as a result of movement within the European Union by EU members, international migrants made up the largest percentage of the population in Northern America and Oceania (Table 3.10.1).
