The number of migrants hosted by other countries continues to rise - a million people move each year, mostly within the Majority World. 2 People moving from rural to urban areas - 80 million migrants live in cities and each year another one and a half million move there. 2 Migrant workers - over 35 million people work overseas. Asian women are the fastest-growing category of foreign workers, increasing by 800,000 each year. Immigration policy-makers rattle off numbers of people to be allowed into a country.
Officials then make practical decisions about who can cross their borders.
Lengthy and intrusive bureaucratic procedures often leave potential migrants frightened and agitated. New Zealand Britain China 68,000 family and economic migrants per year. Treatment of migrants 6 Immigrants denied social security until they have been in Australia for two years. India Philippines 115,000-127,900 economic and 58,000 family. Current policy under attack from right-wing.