Migration

The number of people, who travel, is increasing.

More than 1 billion people crossed borders

in 2009, over 5 times more than in 1980.
http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/strategy/the_four_global_forces_breaking_all_the_trends

http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/globalization/global_flows_in_a_digital_age

Million people
http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/globalization/global_flows_in_a_digital_age

Short-term travel and students enrolling in

foreign universities grew at 3.4% and 4.8% per year,
respectively, between 2002 and 2010.

http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/globalization/global_flows_in_a_digital_age

Almost 250 million people live outside their country of birth.

http://www.mckinsey.com/global-themes/employment-and-growth/global-migrations-impact-and-opportunity

Between 1990 and 2015, the number of migrants

increased by 60%.
Migrants = people living outside their country of birth.

http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/migration/generalassembly/docs/A_71_296_E.pdf

Of the almost 250 million people,

who live outside their country of
birth, 16 million people come from
India.

http://www.mckinsey.com/global-themes/employment-and-growth/global-migrations-impact-and-opportunity

Of the almost 250 million people,

who live outside their country of
birth, 47 million people live in the
United States of America.

http://www.mckinsey.com/global-themes/employment-and-growth/global-migrations-impact-and-opportunity

42% of the people, who live in Sydney, Australia, were born

in another country than Australia.

http://www.mckinsey.com/global-themes/employment-and-growth/global-migrations-impact-and-opportunity

Of the almost 250 million people, who live outside

their country of birth, 10% are refugees and
asylum seekers who migrated to other countries
to escape conflict and persecution.

http://www.mckinsey.com/global-themes/employment-and-growth/global-migrations-impact-and-opportunity
http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/migration/generalassembly/docs/A_71_296_E.pdf

Research shows that when refugee food aid is in the form of cash rather
than food, the host country has greater economic benefits.
Example
http://www.wfp.org/ provides mobile phones linked to payment accounts
to refugees, who can then purchase food and other items at refugee and
host-country shops that accept mobile payments. Cash aid gives refugees
greater freedom in their purchases and greater variety in their diets. Also,
rising incomes of host-country businesses and farms stimulate new
rounds of spending and income gains in the local economy.
https://hbr.org/2016/10/research-refugees-can-bolster-a-regions-economy

Narrowing the wage gap between immigrant and

native workers from 20 30 percent to 5 - 10 percent
through better economic, social, and civic integration
would translate into an additional global output
of USD 800 billion to USD 1 trillion per year.
http://www.mckinsey.com/global-themes/employment-and-growth/global-migrations-impact-and-opportunity