IV. Where do migrants reside?

Most international migrants reside in high-income countries, with Europe hosting the largest number of migrants globally, followed by Northern America. In recent decades, nearly all regions have seen an increase in the number of migrants residing there. However, while a combination of labour and family migration explain most of the recent increase in the number of migrants living in Europe and Northern America, for Latin America and the Caribbean, Northern Africa and Western Asia, and sub-Saharan Africa, forced migration has been an additional important driver. Most of the world’s international migrants live in a small number of high-income countries, whereas most of the world’s refugees and asylum seekers are hosted by a handful of mainly low-income and middle-income countries.

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