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232 Million People Left Their Countries for New Ones—Where Did They Go?
More than 3 percent of people on earth have migrated, but surprisingly, they didn’t all go to rich countries.
The United Nations recently released new data showing that 232 million people, or 3.2 percent of the world’s population, live outside of their countries of birth. This global diaspora has big implications as countries try to balance growth with unease over outsiders. So where are all of these people anyway? And are they helping or hurting their new homes?
Where do the world’s migrants go?