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views or policies of the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI), the Asian Development Bank
(ADB), its Board of Directors, or the governments they represent. ADBI does not guarantee the
accuracy of the data included in this paper and accepts no responsibility for any consequences of their
use. Terminology used may not necessarily be consistent with ADB official terms.
Jean-Christophe Dumont
Head of the International Migration Division
Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs
OECD
Migration is growing, although at a lower rate
than in the late 2000s
International Migrant Stock by Region of Destination, Annual rate of change,
1990–2017
7
WORLD ASIA
6
Western Asia Other Asia
5
-1
-2
-3
Source: United Nations Department for Economic and Social Affairs. International migrant stock 2017.
Asia accounts for a growing share of
overall migration to the OECD
Migration flows from Asia to OECD Top 15 Asian countries of origin
Countries, 2000-2016 for migration to OECD countries,
2.0 2016
Millions
Myanmar
1.9 2% Chinese
Sri Lanka Taipei
2% 1%
Japan Others
Indonesia 2% 7%
1.5 2%
Nepal
3%
Bangladesh China
3%
28%
Thailand
4%
1.0 Korea
4%
1.0 Pakistan
India
5%
14%
Afghanistan
7%
0.5 Philippines Viet Nam
9% 10%
Trainees 140 +7 12
140
120
100 India
80
60 Other Asia
40
0
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
International students flows from Asia are
also increasing
Foreign Students by Region of Origin, Worldwide, 2000–2016
A. Number of foreign students by region of origin B. Share of Asia as region of origin
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
Share of Asia in Global International Student Mobility, 2016
A. As a region of origin of foreign students B. As a region of destination for foreign students
Outbound
Inbound
Asia
14%
Other
region Asia
s 49% 51%
Other
regions
86%
International Students are dominated by
inflows from Asia
Other
PRC, 23 countries
Europe, 25 20% United
North States
America, 3 38%
Canada
6%
Latin
America & Japan 8%
Other Asia,
Caribbean,
26
6
Africa, 9 United
Oceania, 1 Kingdom
11% Australia
Middle
17%
East, 8
The labour market
integration of Asian
migrants in OECD countries
Migrants from Asia have recovered from the crisis faster
than other migrants in most OECD countries
Labor Market Indicators for Native and Foreign-Born in the United States, Canada,
Australia, and in the European OECD countries, 2008-2017
Empl oyment ra te Unempl oyment ra te Pa rti ci pa ti on ra te
Forei gn-born 70.8 67.7 71.0 3.3 5.9 8.1 4.0 -4.1 75.2 73.7 74.0 0.3
Na ti ve-born 69.4 65.6 68.5 2.9 6.0 8.3 4.6 -3.7 73.8 71.5 71.8 0.3
Canada Asia 69.9 69.9 72.8 2.9 7.1 8.1 6.2 -1.9 75.3 76.1 77.6 1.5
Forei gn-born 70.7 70.1 72.8 2.7 7.2 8.4 6.8 -1.6 76.1 76.5 78.1 1.6
Na ti ve-born 74.3 72.6 73.7 1.1 6.0 7.1 6.3 -0.8 79.0 78.1 78.6 0.5
Australia Asia 67.6 67.0 68.1 1.1 5.8 5.7 6.1 0.4 71.8 71.1 72.5 1.4
Forei gn-born 69.8 70.0 70.8 0.8 4.7 5.4 5.9 0.5 73.2 74.0 75.2 1.2
Na ti ve-born 75.0 73.6 74.3 0.7 4.2 5.3 5.7 0.4 78.2 77.8 78.8 1.0
European OECD Asia 63.2 62.0 64.9 2.9 7.5 10.0 7.5 -2.5 68.3 68.9 70.1 1.2
countries Forei gn-born 66.8 62.6 63.4 0.8 9.3 15.5 13.1 -2.4 73.6 74.1 73.0 -1.1
Na ti ve-born 65.8 63.6 66.4 2.8 6.3 10.7 8.1 -2.6 70.3 71.2 72.3 1.1
A short update on the
“refugee crisis” in Europe
An unprecedented number of asylum
applications across OECD countries
Evolution of the number of new asylum seekers, 1980-2018
OECD EU
1 800 000
1 600 000
1 400 000
1 200 000
1 000 000
800 000
600 000
400 000
200 000
0
3.0
2.5
2.0
1.5
1.0
0.5
0.0
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