Wide angle: Stories of migration

For the first time in many years, the increase in the number of international migrants slowed down in 2020. This slight downturn can be explained primarily by the restrictions on movement linked to the Covid-19 pandemic – the flow of migrants has otherwise been steadily growing for decades. In 2020, 281 million people were living in a country in which they had not been born. This figure has increased from 173 million in 2000, and 84 million in 1970.